Miracle to Mexico (maybe?) Oct 8 to 14, FTTF and new menus!

[Dicecatt]

Day 2 Sea Day Continued

 

First Elegant Night,  I decided to do an elaborate updo hairstyle which was such a process to take out that I later made a gif out of it for more offspring entertainment (it caused much hilarity but without Cheers I'm not brave enough to share it on Cruise Critic).

 

We had Your Time Dining and we checked in on the app. I liked that process overall except when they assign you a table it says you have 10 mintues.  The problem with that is it's inconsistent with notifications. Most of the time I only saw the table was ready when I physically checked the app,  and I wouldn't receive an actual notification until I was walking into the restaurant.  My husband seemed to get them 30 seconds to a mintue before I did but always a couple of minutes after the table was actually assigned.  

 

Dinner was overall very good, we both enjoyed this night and the service was great.  

 

Shrimp cocktail,  which I ordered a few times this week.  

  

 

Clam and Chowder,  I especially enjoyed the seasoning on top.

 

 

My husband ordered the Caesar salad and said it was terrible. He actually said it was the worst Caesar he can remember having ever.  We heard that from a few other people as well,  hope that improves!

 

We both ordered the Duo, filet and short rib, with extra side of mashed mainly because it wasn't clear it came with mashed. The filet was good,  my short rib was totally delicious.

 

 

My husband's was not,  the entire piece was not edible. He wasn't even going to say anything,  just eat the filet,  but I told him he really needed to try the short rib and that it was so good,  so we showed the server.  

 

The server immediately made it more than right and brought out a whole plate of short rib! 

 

 

We ordered Red Sangria and Cosmos, and both had the Grand Marnier Souffle which we both really enjoyed.  

 

 

After dinner we went to Alchemy. Ordered the Curative Peach Cocktail and the Pain Relief. I really wanted to try the Purple Sunset but they didn't have lavender syrup. We saw some new friends, then headed to see the comedian for the late show. 

 

We went 40 minutes early I think and it was already getting busy, there were lots of seats but they steadily filled up and it was totally packed when the show started.  I think the theater is adorable, Wonderland themed stuff is my favorite! 

 

Ordered a Screw Looze, a Sex on the Stage and two Monsters (my first). I have no idea if it energized me? 

 

The comedian was funny,  we intended to go to more shows but we really liked a band that played at Red Frog and often the times conflicted so we only went once.

 

 

As far as Cheers goes, a rough estimate, $35 ahead in just alcohol on this day. I'm not adding receipts, I'm basically multiplying drinks on my fingers,  but it's close enough.  Part of our fun was discussing the various drinks.  I have not yet found my favorites but they are coming! 

Edited October 21, 2023 by Dicecatt

[Dicecatt]

Day 3, San Diego/ship day

 

We were not in a hurry to get off ship in San Diego, as we had no plans.  I elected to not get an internet package so we couldn't really arrange anything.  I didn't wake up on purpose to watch the port arrival but it's always fun to watch coming into a port. 

 

We ordered eggs Benedict and egg sandwich for breakfast on the mdr and a large mimosa.  No wait to get off the ship, it was probably 9 30 AM. It was already really hot, which surprised me a little.  

 

There isn't much to do right at Port and we just couldn't settle on anything. We love San Diego,  who doesn't? It's amazing with countless options.  It just seemed like a lot to arrange transportation and tickets and specific clothing,  and maybe walk a ton, unexpectedly.  So we took a brief walk around for 45 minutes or so. 

 

 

 

Spotted a cool super yacht.  Love Below Deck,  so it was fun to look at the pretty boat.  Considered a few of the museum and boat tours.  Ultimately decided to go to Serenity.  

 

 

 

We headed back and at some point during the two check points I lost the sunglasses I have guarded and protected for over 5 years.  I checked with guest services several times but none of the many sunglasses they had were mine,  so sad.  Definitely time for something slushie. 

 

 

So, the order of importance was this: Sushi, drinks,  clamshell, enjoy all.  

 

 

 

 

 

I called a couple of my children and sent them the gif I made of taking down my hairdo and as I expected,  it was thoroughly appreciated.  

 

I checked on my cats.  They are apparently being jerks and suddenly didn't come to my friend for their wet food,  which means my greedy old man cat probably ate all three bowls after she left.  

 

I'm not trying to be a cheerleader for Cheers, because every cruiser is different.  The value for me really began on this day. I was really sticking to drinks that were easy to drink and didn't have a lot of alcohol.  I normally don't do that,  because when I buy a drink,  I want it to count.  It was really fun to get whatever fruity cocktail I wanted to enjoy in the sun.  

 

Sat on the inner pool ledge.  This pool has a nice design,  it has 2 layers of seating and room for standing.  It didn't feel crowded to me ever,  even when I was around several people.  Meet a group of women,  most of whom didn't know each other,  and we so started talking and giggling and,  you know.  Really fun. 

 

 

Edited October 25, 2023 by Dicecatt

[z_cruisers]

Very good review!!! 😀

[Dicecatt]

On 10/29/2023 at 5:04 AM, z_cruisers said:

Very good review!!! 😀

Thank you! I just got back into town from something else so hopefully I'll finish it this week! 

[momof3cruisers]

Serenity deck on a port day might be my favorite thing ever. Looks like a nice cruise so far.