Splendor Rome to Miami 11/13

[pingpong1]

Hi Crisy - We're in Barcelona now and staying at the Intercontinental.  Having a great time...But also looking forward to getting on Splendor on Monday!  Regards

[pingpong1]

6 minutes ago, pingpong1 said:

Hi Crisy - We're in Barcelona now and staying at the Intercontinental.  Having a great time...But also looking forward to getting on Splendor on Monday!  Regards

Any "luck" in the cassino yet?  🤞

[crusin7]

Hi Pingpong. We were only able to play after dinner last night.  The place was crawling with people.  I was a little bit lucky but must have felt badly so I gave back all my $$$ plus some more!  Cathy did okay.  The man next to me was very lucky.  He earned a hand pay on the first few spins.   So there is hope!

[pingpong1]

15 hours ago, crusin7 said:

Hi Pingpong. We were only able to play after dinner last night.  The place was crawling with people.  I was a little bit lucky but must have felt badly so I gave back all my $$$ plus some more!  Cathy did okay.  The man next to me was very lucky.  He earned a hand pay on the first few spins.   So there is hope!

Thanks!  😜

[crusin7]

Yesterday we had the Seven Seas top tier event.  It was held in La Veranda.  It was a Honig wine tasting event.  The room was packed full! Gudrun had said there were 400 Seven Seas members.  24 Titanium and 4 diamonds.  
We had dinner in Prime Seven.  Food was good.  Dessert amazing!

crab cake

6 Oz. Fillet 

A half order of the Popcorn Sundaeae 

 

[crusin7]

Good morning Palamos!

Gingerbread Cappuccino 

 

[2012_Alaska_bound]

On 11/13/2023 at 1:11 AM, crusin7 said:

Yesterday we went for an early dinner at Piccolo Mundo.

We went there for lunch on 11/13. Delicious! Caprese salad, cheese and pepper pasta, and a whole sea bass.

[crusin7]

We had dinner in Pacific Rim last night.  The food and service were good.  Drink service was a bit slow. 
 

Pork Ribs

Closeup of Ribs

 

I had coconut ice cream for dessert.  Excellent!

[crusin7]

Good Morning Palma De Mallorca

 

[Gpilon]

7 hours ago, crusin7 said:

Good Morning Palma De Mallorca

 

Have the pool and pool bar areas been busy?

 

[crusin7]

We had beautiful weather for our Palma, Tapas and Flamenco Show excursion.  Our guide was pretty good.  I enjoyed the dancers. 
 

Ole!

Le Seu Cathedral 

We couldn’t enter the church because of Sunday services.  

[crusin7]

The pool has been moderately busy.  No chair hogs. The bar has been empty.  Service at the pool grill has been the best I’ve seen. 

[crusin7]

We ate in Sette Mari for the first time.  We had requested our very favorite eggplant parmigiana.  It was delicious!  We started with another favorite Spaghetti Puntanesca. 
Delicious

 

Excellent

We were served by Dewi.  She is excellent!  

[crusin7]

Welcome to Barcelona!  We are next to the Norwegian Prima.

 

 

 

[crusin7]

Yesterday there were 168 in transit guests.  We chose the 0850 excursion Barcelona Neighborhoods.  I would highly recommend this excursion.  We were lucky that there were only 16 guests and 2 guides.  So we split into two groups of eight. 
We had a scenic tour of Barcelona.  Unfortunately there was a fire at a downtown factory Saturday.  Smoke lingered in the air.

 

We stopped at 2 local markets.  We had cappuccino at the first stop.

 

Beautiful Produce

Lots of the world famous ham

We walked around a quaint neighborhood and visited the local church.  Then we all met for tapas.

Russian salad…potato salad 

Papas Bravas

We were back on the ship about 1345.  A good day. 

[crusin7]

Cathy and I had planned to go to Sette Mari last night but it wasn’t to be.  We had to change our room in Barcelona.  We put our valuables in the new safe.  When we tried to open it for our casino funds (thinking of you pingpong)we were met with failure.  Half open half closed.  Our butler called security and said they would be right there.  Security didn’t show because they were waiting for the 7 passengers who were delayed.  That was why we were late leaving the port.  By time we got to Sette Mari a 1 hour wait.  
Compass Rose was also crowded.  We both had the Black Mussels.  No pictures too hungry.  I had the Veal Piccata over Polenta 

 

 

Kahlua soufflé 

 

 

 

 

[crusin7]

Yayyy!  I had the pleasure of meeting @pingpong1.  I was skipping out of the Captain’s Welcome party in favor of the Casino.  He was going to the party and will report back.

Cathy and I got to Sette Mari before opening and joined the line.  They were almost full by 6:45.  
Spaghetti Carbanara…Delicious!

 

 

Lamb Chops…Best lamb on the ship!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cruiseluv]

Ohhhh… I’ll have to go back to Sette Mari to try the Carbonara! 

[frantic36]

2 hours ago, crusin7 said:

Yayyy!  I had the pleasure of meeting @pingpong1.  I was skipping out of the Captain’s Welcome party in favor of the Casino.  He was going to the party and will report back.

Cathy and I got to Sette Mari before opening and joined the line.  They were almost full by 6:45.  
Spaghetti Carbanara…Delicious!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does the Carbonara have cream in it? I'm hoping not.

[crusin7]

Good Morning Atlantic Ocean!

 

 

The navigational map shows we are off the Moroccan coast near Rabat.  We had to move our clocks back 1 hour.  

[crusin7]

Yesterday the Italian Buffet on the pool deck was very good.  I didn’t take pictures but most everything was delicious.  Peppers and onions, grilled veggies, lasagna, meats, fish and very fresh pizzas.  Yummy!

We went to Pacific Rim again.  We definitely made better dinner selections.

 

Sashimi

 

Soft shell crab tempura 

 

 

Black Angus NY Strip Loin

 

Pad Thai

[crusin7]

Happy Thanksgiving  🦃 from Arrecife!

 

We had a very small Thanksgiving Parade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[crusin7]

Compass Rose will open early at 6:00pm to accommodate all the turkey dinners.  Turkey dinners will also be available in all the specialty restaurants.

 

[crusin7]

As expected Compass Rose was slammed last night.  We arrived at 6:15 and they were already half full.  By 7:30 the staff were practically sprinting to complete orders.  They appeared to have extra staff but struggled to catch up.  One example is our desserts were served without silverware.  We waited a few minutes before we could get someone’s attention. 
 

Turkey

 

Pumpkin Pie Vanilla Ice Cream

[crusin7]

Good Morning Santa Cruz De La Palma. Canary Islands!