🍹North to Bermuda, Mariner Live - Oct 16, 2022

[Ocean Boy]

8 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

You know, I don't know. I'm just looking at my list to order. No surcharges yet. I do have a couple tiki bar drinks on my list. Those may get surcharges

 

Is anyone else sailing now noticing an annoying pop up for Icon reveal when they use the app. It sux. Thinking about voicing my opinion to anyone who will listen.  Once is fine, but every time is not

 

Also don't see any drinks in SL last night. Might be on Laura's account

Why is a TA OBC non-refundable since it didn't come from RCI?

[John&LaLa]

Did sail away on our balcony. Already posted the Harmony pics. Downside to our balcony was we couldn't get up close and personal with the latest SpaceX booster.  Oh well, I've seen plenty. 

 

This is just a photo dump, but I'll put spaces between pics😉

 

 

 

[Sea Dog]

Bon Voyage! Great pic of you guys!

[orville99]

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

Is anyone else sailing now noticing an annoying pop up for Icon reveal when they use the app. It sux. Thinking about voicing my opinion to anyone who will listen.  Once is fine, but every time is not

On Harmony, it popped up the first time I opened the app today, but never after that. Maybe it works differently on an iPad than on a phone.

Edited October 17, 2022 by orville99

[bobmacliberty]

Love the drink list idea. Definitely stealing that.  If you want to go over 48 drinks, add a New Fashioned to the list.  I don't remember the exact recipe but it was on the Ovation Schooner Bar menu and was based on Southern Comfort.  Greg will probably know the recipe if your bartender doesn't. 

 

Enjoy Bermuda!  Love that place.

[bobmacliberty]

You teased us with a picture of your bathing suit, but no picture of you wearing it.  

[dani negreanu]

1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said:

Why is a TA OBC non-refundable since it didn't come from RCI?

 

Might be OBC from "group booking" which usually is not refundable.

[John&LaLa]

34 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

You teased us with a picture of your bathing suit, but no picture of you wearing it.  

 

Later in the week, possibly

[bobmacliberty]

Just now, John&LaLa said:

 

Later in the week, possibly

 

Sure...best done after a long day of filling in your drink list.

[John&LaLa]

29 minutes ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Might be OBC from "group booking" which usually is not refundable.

 

Yes, group booking. 

 

Not a problem, Laura found a $124 bathing suit and a pink Spirit Jersey in the shops

[John&LaLa]

Just now, bobmacliberty said:

 

Sure...best done after a long day of filling in your drink list.

 

It screams late night hot tub

[John&LaLa]

Ok, back to yesterday. And FWIW, I thought I fixed the photo dump, even added some captions, but the edit didn’t save. Sorry

[John&LaLa]

So, after sail away it was off to SL to see who we knew up there. 

 

It was fairly subdued, found a seat on the purple couch and chatted with some suite guests. Kept running into them later last night and even this morning. Very nice.

 

I started with a Long Island Tea. It was tasty

 

Then I was feeling a little beat, so I got a vodka and Red Bull. Decided I prefer Jaeger Bomb FWIW

 

Food was blah. They had wings, but they seemed undercooked

 

I also found the senior officer profiles handout

 

Didn't stay long, had to meet friends next door in Olive or Twist

 

[Jimbo]

56 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

You teased us with a picture of your bathing suit, but no picture of you wearing it.  

I don't think anyone wants to see that.................

[John&LaLa]

Another oops. Mariner doesn't have Olive or Twist, that's from Freedom. Here it's called Ellington's. No idea how I screwed that up.

 

Luckily, one couple knew what I meant and they were there. And since it was 5:30, the first seating crowd was leaving, so lots of room

 

Pretty evening

 

Our 2nd couple made it up about 15 minutes later. No one could tell them where Ovive or Twist was. But it was fine. Maybe they were just being nice.

 

First drink here was the Mai Tai. Very good, very rummy.

 

Laura had a perfect Lemon Drop. She didn't like the one she had later in the evening

 

Next up was the Hurricane. I asked the waiter for a Cat 5. He didn't understand what I meant, so I started to explain how Cat 5 is the strongest, but he still didn't get it, so I gave up🤣

 

And then we were off to dinner on 3

 

[OCSC Mike]

The CD doesn't matter a ton to us but Marc is a great guy. He happens to live very close to me and my wife has a connection to his kids.  We actually saw them onboard one of his cruises pre-pandemic.

*BING BONG*

[John&LaLa]

Miriam made the reservation for 6:45 MTD.

Short wait in line. Mariner doesn't have the 4 podium setup like Oasis ships do, but no biggie.

 

Hopefully our new home for next 8 days

Great team, but location was back by kitchen.

 

 

Just showing my choices

 

Antipasti.  Love the red pepper. Hope to get a plateful one night

 

Waldorf with walnuts, grapes, and raisins

 

Fried Chicken. Gravy was divine

 

And Key Lime pie. 

 

Laura said she wanted nothing

 

Dinner drink was Cape Codder, I think. Starting to get fuzzy🤣

 

Great time at dinner, off to casino

Edited October 17, 2022 by John&LaLa

[John&LaLa]

9 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

The CD doesn't matter a ton to us but Marc is a great guy. He happens to live very close to me and my wife has a connection to his kids.  We actually saw them onboard one of his cruises pre-pandemic.

*BING BONG*

 

I remember him doing Chubby Bunny game on Enchantment 

[OCSC Mike]

4 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I remember him doing Chubby Bunny game on Enchantment 

 

Is that shoving marshmallows into your mouth? 🤣

[John&LaLa]

Laura got there first, I had to do a pit stop.

 

Anyway, when I got there she was chatting with @irishgal432 She has my Starbucks mugs from Voyager and was introducing herself. We share the same super TA. Bummed that trip fell thru.

 

Dancing Drums wasn't kind to Laura. She ended up down $225. But she got it back today. I think I had another Mai Tai. I can repeat drinks in casino since they're no charge

 

And then we hung out in Schooner waiting for Karaoke. Hard to find space for 6 people, but we managed.

 

Good times for all

 

[John&LaLa]

2 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

Is that shoving marshmallows into your mouth? 🤣

 

Yep. Used to do it in Centrum

[jk04]

3 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Nice view aft. VAB in background

 

Got pics of the VAB from Indy.  Forget just how big that building really is.  Sounds like you are having a great time so far!! 😀

[Ocean Boy]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Sure...best done after a long day of filling in your drink list.

Maybe after we've all been filling in our own lists, too.

[mil76]

On 10/15/2022 at 8:14 PM, John&LaLa said:

Taking these out brought back sad memories of our August Baltics trip that never was😪

 

I wondered why I didn't see any posts from you on that cruise.  I was hoping to live vicariously through you since COVID saw to it that we couldn't do the cruise in June.  

[Sea Dog]

3 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

I don't remember the exact recipe but it was on the Ovation Schooner Bar menu and was based on Southern Comfort.  Greg will probably know the recipe if your bartender doesn't. 

 

Don’t have the exact recipe for the New Fashioned but here are the the ingredients. You could probably do approximates. I had one last night in the Schooner Bar. All the Schooner Bartenders should know how to make it.