topanga49er Posted December 19, 2023 #276 Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 12/16/2023 at 9:29 PM, Dan83 said: This was the first time flying in to PBI for a Port Everglades cruise. It went very smoothly and I won’t hesitate to do it again in the future. Overnighted at a Boynton Beach hotel. I saved enough on a one way ticket alone to more than compensate for the $80 Uber cost. Round trip for a family of 4 equals huge savings over FLL. Wow, I would have lost that bet. Which airlines do you fly? I am local to PBI and always thought that FLL was much cheaper. Will have to check more at PBI in future... thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#55worktoplay Posted December 19, 2023 #277 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Very late to the party but enjoying the journey. Love that Daryl has joined. Have a great time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #278 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I do need to get back on track, but been out enjoying the day, then off to the show soon. Meanwhile, here is today’s compass cruisecompassDay4.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #279 Share Posted December 20, 2023 And here are a few things that were in our cabin that may be of interest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #280 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Stopped at the crown lounge briefly. These were their snacks, and they didn’t look too bad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted December 20, 2023 #281 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Curious. What are the bright yellow things in the Crown Lounge? ☺️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 20, 2023 #282 Share Posted December 20, 2023 20 minutes ago, Coralc said: Curious. What are the bright yellow things in the Crown Lounge? ☺️ They look like little quiches to me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan83 Posted December 20, 2023 #283 Share Posted December 20, 2023 6 hours ago, topanga49er said: Wow, I would have lost that bet. Which airlines do you fly? I am local to PBI and always thought that FLL was much cheaper. Will have to check more at PBI in future... thx We flew Delta. I’m a little biased toward them. For these particular dates, PBI was the cheapest by far. Although last cruise FLL had the best deal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan83 Posted December 20, 2023 #284 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Our first block delivered today. Another attempt at Hiro in 20 minutes, then I’ll try to upload some pics from Aruba. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #285 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Coralc said: Curious. What are the bright yellow things in the Crown Lounge? ☺️ 1 hour ago, Ocean Boy said: They look like little quiches to me. They were little quiches. What a keen eye. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #286 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Dan83 said: Another attempt at Hiro in 20 minutes, then I’ll try to upload some pics from Aruba. Yeah, they rescheduled us for Hiro tonight, and it originally said it would be at 9:00. We got there after we got out of the 1977 show at 8:50, and found they changed the time to 8:30, so it was packed and well underway. We will try another night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #287 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Aruba today. We didn’t have any excursions booked, so one of the first things we did was seek out an optical place to repair Susan’s glasses. She had lost the nose pad to one side, and we found the ship doesn’t sell any repair kits. So we found this place, just off the ship. They were great. $4 and she was good as new. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted December 20, 2023 #288 Share Posted December 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, h20skibum said: Yeah, they rescheduled us for Hiro tonight, and it originally said it would be at 9:00. We got there after we got out of the 1977 show at 8:50, and found they changed the time to 8:30, so it was packed and well underway. We will try another night. That is really disappointing. They should have had the time right. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #289 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Decided to walk to Eagle Beach for the afternoon. We found a nice little beach bar along the way for some food and drink. I can confirm that the beach bar loaded rum was very good We had a flatbread veggie pizza And the views were nice. 8 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #290 Share Posted December 20, 2023 We got one of the thatch roof umbrellas and a couple lounge chairs for $40. The water was warm after we got in, and the views were not bad. Since I saw pictures of snowmen back home, I made a sandman. It must have been popular, because several people stopped to take pictures. The rest of the afternoon involved relaxation. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #291 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I missed doing pictures at dinner the last couple nights, but remembered tonight. Asian pork tacos Tiger shrimp Royal chocolate cake. I can say that all the meals we have had so far, have been good. The portions are smaller than in the past, but since I lost so much weight, it has been plenty. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #292 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Tonight, we had the ice show, 1977. I thought the set and costumes were a little dark for some scenes. Liked the drone opening The Royal guards kept the theme at the beginning The skating was excellent I would be dead if I tried this wheel thing. The middle part was hard to follow, but we enjoyed the music at the end 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #293 Share Posted December 20, 2023 One thing I discovered when I went to order some drinks at schooner bar, was that I was apparently with the wrong woman. I know, I didn’t have that many drinks. But when I pulled out Susan’s card, to order us some drinks, her name had changed to Elizabeth. Evidently, they gave her back the wrong card when we were in the Crown lounge. So we headed off to guest services to get a new card. So now it is maybe good, but it doesn’t open our door. Looks like I will need to make another trip in the morning. I did have them make me a Union Jack Lava Flow at Schooner bar, and they did good with it. Glad I had the recipe with me, because they didn’t have a clue. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #294 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Found the piano player tonight , too 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #295 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Not necessarily in order, but I took this yesterday of the soft serve ice cream. I mean, now, it looks like they are using baby cones. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #296 Share Posted December 20, 2023 And now, for the first time ever in a cruise report. If you ever wondered what the inside of the cabin door lock looks like, here it is. I stepped out of our cabin, and found the cover had fallen off. Hmmm, wonder if I could charge Royal for my repair to put the cover back on. Knowing them, they would probably say Daryl made it fall off. 🤣 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare perfect match Posted December 20, 2023 #297 Share Posted December 20, 2023 The beach bar you stopped at for lunch on your way to Eagle Beach looked good. Do you recall the name of it? Eagle Beach looks good too, and I loved your sandman! Was Daryl jealous of the time you spent building the sandman? I wondered if that is why he wasn’t in that picture. Hope your door lock was fixed quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #298 Share Posted December 20, 2023 2 hours ago, perfect match said: The beach bar you stopped at for lunch on your way to Eagle Beach That was the Ocean View Bar. It is located at J.E. Irausquin Boulevard 41, Oranjestad, Aruba. It is about halfway between the ship and Eagle Beach, or about a 20 minute walk to it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #299 Share Posted December 20, 2023 New day, new island. Sailing toward Curaçao. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted December 20, 2023 Author #300 Share Posted December 20, 2023 The cruise compass for day 5 cruisecompassDay5.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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