🐾 🐾 Sea Dog gets Wet, a "Soggy Adventure LIVE" 10-21-23

[Luckynana]

1 hour ago, Luckynana said:

Bon Voyage Deb and Andy!!  Have an awesome cruise without buddies!🚢

OMG!!!  It was supposed to say WITH OUR BUDDIES!!🫣😁

I'm so sorry Deb and Andy!🥰😘

[Sea Dog]

7 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Good to see everything is going smooth this cruise!  You may of already mentioned but is this your first time with the Key?  

Am I going to be able to see a pic of your 1st ice cream cone.  

Also it looks like you are still on central time.  Isn't the ship on eastern time?

We had the Key before. If the price is right of course. I think in all my cruises I’ve only had a ice cream cone once. I need to have one on this cruise.

[Luckynana]

30 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

On board at 10:50am. I don’t pay attention very well to my 11:30 check in.

YAY!!!!!!  You're finally on Adventure, about to start your adventure!!  Have fun!!

22 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Freestyle cups are noticeably smaller.

 

How Dare They!!!!  What's next, we say??🤨

[laurieal]

Happy Cruise Day! 

 

I loved your pre-cruise pictures. I usually stay near 17th street, but Las Olas looks like a ton of fun so I'll look into booking something there next time.

[Luckynana]

17 minutes ago, Husky1987 said:

Very easy check in!  Stepped out of our Uber at 11:20, through check-in and onboard at 11:40.  Muster done, BOGO D+ reservations done (they let us use one on Day 5…we’ll probably switch it for the group dinner on day 3).  Current situation at Schooner bar:  Kraken Colada for her, Rittenhouse Rye Old Fashioned for me.

 

Oh, that Kraken Colada looks divine!!      Have a great time with our buddies, Larry and Andi!!!!

[BecciBoo]

4 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Good, because you'd shoot your eye out.

We all love that movie and that line but I had a friend whose son really did, seriously with a BeeBee gun!  I kid you not.  Thank God he didn't lose the eye entirely, but it goes to show it really can!

[Husky1987]

5 minutes ago, laurieal said:

Happy Cruise Day! 

 

I loved your pre-cruise pictures. I usually stay near 17th street, but Las Olas looks like a ton of fun so I'll look into booking something there next time.

Our first time on Las Olas….we’ve always done 17th as well but my wife made it pretty clear she likes Las Olas better.  I think @Sea Dog would agree, the Riverside Hotel is a wonderful place to stay!

[BecciBoo]

Here you are, will try to do another this evening as you leave...Bon Voyage

 

 

[Sea Dog]

Chops “The Key” lunch in MDR

 

 

Caesar Salad good

 

 

6oz Filet medium rare very good.

 

Grilled asparagus hot and crunchy very good

 

French Fries were hot

 

 

Royal Chocolate Cake a little small but tasty.

 

 

[h20skibum]

44 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

Those drink glasses seem to me to be shrinking compared the past years.

I was thinking the same thing.  I looked at my Kraken Colada photo from last year, and it did appear larger.  Of course, different bar, different style glass and different ship, but this is concerning.  
 

 

[grapau27]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

On board at 10:50am. I don’t pay attention very well to my 11:30 check in.

Best wishes Greg for a super cruise.

We had our 30th wedding anniversary and first Diamond cruise on Adventure out of Malaga Spain in August 2011.

[HxFx]

36 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Chops “The Key” lunch in MDR

Thanks! We're doing The Key next month (got a good deal - $8 over Voom rate and a 4 day). This relaxing meal was a big reason why! I was already planning on getting Voom since DH will not be with me for the first time on a cruise.

[irishgal432]

Thanks for doing this.  We were booked on Adventrue pre covid right before it was "refurbished" and  somany things were off since they were getting ready for  a refurb. Going again next New Years.  Excited to see pictures.  Is the concierge lounge  up in Viking or still on deck 9?

[Jimbo]

3 hours ago, ch175 said:

We were told the bags would go on the earlier flight. I forgot to put the battery in the air tag this morning so I can’t confirm though.

Always afraid when doing that our bags will go round and round and some stranger will take off with our bags.

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Any idea how "colossal", the colossal shrimp are?  According to Meriam-Webster, they should be "of an exceptional or astonishing degree".

We had the Key Chops lunch last month on Jewel, and the Shrimp WERE NOT! colossal at all, it would have took 4 of the shrimp served to equal  one colossal shrimp.

[Ocean Boy]

41 minutes ago, h20skibum said:

I was thinking the same thing.  I looked at my Kraken Colada photo from last year, and it did appear larger.  Of course, different bar, different style glass and different ship, but this is concerning.  
 

 

I'd like to get one of the new glasses, fill it with water and pour it into one of my old RCI hurricane glasses to determine the difference in volume.

[Sea Dog]

21 minutes ago, HxFx said:

Thanks! We're doing The Key next month (got a good deal - $8 over Voom rate and a 4 day). This relaxing meal was a big reason why! I was already planning on getting Voom since DH will not be with me for the first time on a cruise.

 

That’s what I like about it. The windjammer is a zoo on embarkation day. We had a very nice quiet leisurely lunch.

 

 

16 minutes ago, irishgal432 said:

Thanks for doing this.  We were booked on Adventrue pre covid right before it was "refurbished" and  somany things were off since they were getting ready for  a refurb. Going again next New Years.  Excited to see pictures.  Is the concierge lounge  up in Viking or still on deck 9?

not sure where concierge is but suite and crown lounge are on 14.

[Husky1987]

In the room at 1:00.  Bags were waiting outside the door when we got there.  Everything unpacked…bed made.  These things have been back savers for my wife and I when sleeping on the notoriously hard RC beds.

 

 

Diamond Lounge letter

 

 

Water package has turned classy

 

Edited October 21, 2023 by Husky1987

[Sea Dog]

Hey look at this! We are not kicked out of the Crown lounge from 5-8pm.

 

 

I’ll attend C&A top tier event later  to get the numbers.

[Sea Dog]

Our room 7320.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smaller than other balcony rooms we’ve been in. We can make it work. The difference is other balcony rooms Linda could lay on the couch length ways and take a nap.

[Ocean Boy]

3 minutes ago, Husky1987 said:

In the room at 1:00.  Bags were waiting outside the door when we got there.  Everything unpacked…bed made.  These things have been back savers for my wife and I when sleeping on the notoriously hard RC beds.

 

 

Diamond Lounge letter

 

 

 

I don't know why they still say beverages are to be consumed in there since it is no longer an unlimited drink happy hour where you might be bringing drinks our to friends.

[broberts]

14 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

We had the Key Chops lunch last month on Jewel, and the Shrimp WERE NOT! colossal at all, it would have took 4 of the shrimp served to equal  one colossal shrimp.

 

These days "colossal" shrimp are 16 / 20 per lb. 😨 Marketing loves alternative facts.

[Sea Dog]

Nothing like some naked torsos outside my room.

[Jimbo]

3 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

Our room 7320.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smaller than other balcony rooms we’ve been in. We can make it work. The difference is other balcony rooms Linda could lay on the couch length ways and take a nap.

On the hump mid ship, very nice..........brings back memories of the metal structure under the glass on the balconies.

[mo&fran]

12 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

 

That’s what I like about it. The windjammer is a zoo on embarkation day. We had a very nice quiet leisurely lunch.

 

 

not sure where concierge is but suite and crown lounge are on 14.

The concierge lounge in now the suite lounge is also on 14.   It  is quite nice and a good size, however only open to suites and Pinn's.  

Deck 9 is now staterooms.

[Sea Dog]

Schooner Bar Toasted Marshmallow Old Fashioned.

 

I really like this. Toasted marshmallows give it a unique flavor. My goal is try all the new cocktails.

This one is a winner!