Live - 🛳️🚢🎉🍾🥳🚢 - Navigator of the Seas 5-31-2024

[juanrod]

12 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Have a great cruise. We will be on Navigator this October and first time out of San Pedro. I will be interested in everything from checking in to food and drink. I am especially interested in visiting the Bamboo Room as Royals version of a tiki bar. I am curious how well the drinks are made.

We are also going on in October for Halloween cruise.  Which week are you going ?

[Sea Dog]

4 minutes ago, juanrod said:

We are also going on in October for Halloween cruise.  Which week are you going ?

Looks like we will miss each other. We sail on the 18th which is our anniversary and how we like to celebrate. I would love to do a cruise at Halloween time.

[Denversail]

I just don’t know what to say. Actually I kind of do. I hate my house. Our garage door has now started randomly opening on its own. I think it did it the other day but Mr. IT and I weren’t 100% sure about what had happened so we wrote it off. 
 

I was just walking in the kitchen a few minutes ago and I heard it opening. I closed it and was explaining to Mr. IT what was happening and it opened again. 
 

We are concerned about this for obvious security reasons. It also creates a dog problem. Our dogs have an exit from our yard to the garage. Our Pup-Pup would roam and smell every corner if given the choice. 
 

Mr. IT has declared he will identify the problem. 

Edited May 30 by Denversail

[Denversail]

I am partially packed. I don’t hear the garage door opening at the moment. I haven’t seen any lights flickering. Just waiting for my pizza to get delivered and I will probably head to bed. I do have to get up @2:30 am. 

[Coralc]

You can change the garage door codes. I had a rental car one time after a collision (not my fault). I would come home from work and use the remote to lock the doors. When I walked inside, all of the ceiling fans were running at high speed. This was in the winter. Fan remotes were on the same frequency as the rental car remote. 🙄

[Dupable]

Dupable here.

 

back from Arizona and a bit sad and jealous to see Denver sail head off for a cruise without us.  We are actually going on a 7 night cruise on the same ship but not until November - so far away.  But we have a list of chores for her to do on the trip.

 

 1.  Check where our room is - I even suggested she could take a quick pic if the door was open but she seemed pretty opposed to that idea.

2.  Have read a few negative reviews about Navigator.   Looking for her opinion of food, condition of ship, etc.
3.  She is flying into LAX - curious how that goes, Uber cost and time. 
4.  Casino - hearing very crowded and slots old and many broken.  We will see if she can tear herself away from blackjack tables to check this out.

5.  We loved hiding and searching for ducks on our last cruise.  Sadly denversail is not a duck person and refused to take a duck with her.

 

cant wait to see how many !

 

 

[Denversail]

We will get back to Dupable a little later. I have a lot to say about her demands. 
 

Well last night felt like a complete disaster. Mr. IT tried a bunch of different things but couldn’t get the garage door to stop opening on its own. We decided just to switch it over to manual.

 

Mr. IT kindly offered to get up at 3 am to load my bag in the car and get my car out of the garage. I said that is silly. I’ll just pull my car out and leave it in the driveway for the night. I head to bed thinking nothing else of it.

 

I was woken around 10 pm by this roaring sound. Our house is getting pounded by hail. It is dumping. It sounds like our windows are about to shatter. It is so loud. Mr. IT promptly reminds me where I’ve left my car. 

[Denversail]

It was still really dark when I left for the airport and my car was covered in leaves but I didn’t see any damage.

 

I can also report that my flight was uneventful. I arrived at the airport at 4 am. I moved through with the common folk and still got to my gate with 30 minutes to spare. I headed upstairs away from the crowds and got a Caribou coffee and bagel while waiting to board.

[Denversail]

My flight landed a little after 7 am. I was in terminal 7 and it was a very short walk to baggage claim. My bag was the first one out. I walked outside and immediately saw the walkway over to the Uber pickup area. It was an easy 5-10 minute walk. At this point it is only 8 am so I find myself with a few hours to spare.

[Denversail]

Next I experienced the worst Uber drive of my life. It was supposed to be about 35 minutes. I had decided I would go to Happy Diner which is right near the port. I selected the comfort option and it said it would be $55.

 

My Uber driver was dancing a beat on the gas pedal. I felt like a bobble head. At first I thought something was wrong with his car but nope I could see him lifting his leg up and down. Thank god I don’t get car sick. He also locked the windows so I couldn’t roll down the window. About halfway through the ride I’ve become a sweaty bobblehead. The driver doesn’t speak English but I finally get him to turn on the AC.

 

My favorite part was every time his phone gave him directions he would slow down from the 50 mph he was going on the freeway to 35 mph so he could read his phone. 

 

 

[julies5280]

So glad you got there. One of your trips just wouldn’t seem right without a little bit of drama 

[Denversail]

I enjoyed the Happy Diner. The food was pretty good. My only complaint is that my hashbrowns were a little undercooked. My omelette was delicious. 

 

I finished up with breakfast at about 9:30. My map showed I was about .07 miles away. I decided I wasn’t in a hurry and would just walk it. I only had my purse and a large rolling suitcase. It was an easy walk and I was at the port check in area by 9:45. 

[Denversail]

I hadn’t printed my luggage tags. They had a little table set up where you just give them your name and they fill out tags for you. If you recall my check in time wasn’t until 12:30. I immediately noticed two lines. One was for folks with a checkin time of 10:30. The other line was really long and said it was for folks with an 11 o’clock check in. 
 

I knew from past experience not to go near the 10:30 line. I would just get turned away. I got in the 11 o’clock line. We waited about 15 minutes and they let us in. They didn’t even check my sail pass until I was in the building at the security check. I’ve also learned that once you are in the building they don’t care about your checkin time. I did over hear the workers at the door annoyed with a woman who got upset with them cause they wouldn’t let her in with a 12:30 checkin time. I have no idea why she got stopped and I didn’t even get checked. Maybe she tried to go in with the 10:30 group? 🤷‍♀️

 

I was quickly checked in and on my way to the upper level when they let the folks in front of me go and then stopped me and said they weren’t letting anymore folks up and I need to take a seat. This is where things started to get ugly….

Edited May 31 by Denversail

[Tree_skier]

On 5/29/2024 at 7:45 PM, Sea Dog said:

I am especially interested in visiting the Bamboo Room as Royals version of a tiki bar. I am curious how well the drinks are made.

I love the Bamboo room and it is my go to bar when on Navigator.  I'll be back on board in Oct as well.  Sadly a little after you get off.  Drinks have always been well made there.  

[Tree_skier]

On 5/30/2024 at 8:27 AM, juanrod said:

We are also going on in October for Halloween cruise.  Which week are you going ?

I'm on this sailing as well.  I'm looking forward to this quick little cruise.  The costume parade should be great!!

[Denversail]

Now folks have been cutting line in front of me all morning. It happened at the kiosk at the airport, when I went to hand my bag over at the airport, and again when I went to the table to get luggage tags. I just decided to roll with it. In a moment of weakness I did comment about how some people are aholes at the kiosk but they were pretty brazen about it. I’m not in a hurry and want to enjoy my time so just rolled with it outside of my one slip.

 

Remember I mentioned I was the first one stopped and told to take a seat. They weren’t exactly organized about it and folks just sat wherever. They left us sitting for about 15 minutes and the area quickly filled up. Then they started letting folks in 30 at a time from the front rows. I was probably sitting about 6 rows back.
 

At about the 30 minute point people start getting upset. They are bitching at the workers that they letting people in out of order. They’ve been there for 25 minutes and the folks they are letting in got there later. The woman explains she is doing her best. At this point she has let in the 1st 4 rows. I don’t disagree that it is being done out of order but in my mind at most it is maybe a 15 minute delay. So who cares?

 

The worker then makes the mistake of starting to let in the complainers. This caused her to jump from the 4th row to the back row. This caused an uproar including some racist comments from some folks. 
 

At this point I have to step in and point out that I’ve actually been waiting the longest and I’m managing not to complain. Everyone is going to get on and they should leave the worker alone. I don’t know what is wrong with people. 
 

 

[Denversail]

10 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

I love the Bamboo room and it is my go to bar when on Navigator.  I'll be back on board in Oct as well.  Sadly a little after you get off.  Drinks have always been well made there.  

I’m currently drinking in the Bamboo room. It is a cute little bar with comfy seating. 

[Denversail]

Anyways made it on the ship a little after 11. Did my muster and just chilling having some drinks.

 

 

[3yorkies]

3 minutes ago, Denversail said:

Now folks have been cutting line in front of me all morning. It happened at the kiosk at the airport, when I went to hand my bag over at the airport, and again when I went to the table to get luggage tags. I just decided to roll with it. In a moment of weakness I did comment about how some people are aholes at the kiosk but they were pretty brazen about it. I’m not in a hurry and want to enjoy my time so just rolled with it outside of my one slip.

 

Remember I mentioned I was the first one stopped and told to take a seat. They weren’t exactly organized about it and folks just sat wherever. They left us sitting for about 15 minutes and the area quickly filled up. Then they started letting folks in 30 at a time from the front rows. I was probably sitting about 6 rows back.
 

At about the 30 minute point people start getting upset. They are bitching at the workers that they letting people in out of order. They’ve been there for 25 minutes and the folks they are letting in got there later. The woman explains she is doing her best. At this point she has let in the 1st 4 rows. I don’t disagree that it is being done out of order but in my mind at most it is maybe a 15 minute delay. So who cares?

 

The worker then makes the mistake of starting to let in the complainers. This caused her to jump from the 4th row to the back row. This caused an uproar including some racist comments from some folks. 
 

At this point I have to step in and point out that I’ve actually been waiting the longest and I’m managing not to complain. Everyone is going to get on and they should leave the worker alone. I don’t know what is wrong with people. 
 

 

I sail on Navigator frequently and find the port to be the best organized of all Royal uses.  I always go online and get the 10:30 a.m. board time and it is always enforced.   If you get another time, it's best to board at that time because the seating area in the room where you board is very limited so they stop people as needed to be sure there is enough room for everyone.   That's also likely why the board by the times set.   Interesting to hear how it works a bit later in the process, but at 10:30 it is seamless.   I am usually on board by 10:45 sitting at the bar in the Bamboo Room by 11:00 after a quick stop to reserve my dining times for the UDP.   Love that little bar!   Say hi to the parrot for me.  

[Mr. IT]

10 minutes ago, Denversail said:

Now folks have been cutting line in front of me all morning. It happened at the kiosk at the airport, when I went to hand my bag over at the airport, and again when I went to the table to get luggage tags. I just decided to roll with it. In a moment of weakness I did comment about how some people are aholes at the kiosk but they were pretty brazen about it. I’m not in a hurry and want to enjoy my time so just rolled with it outside of my one slip.

 

Remember I mentioned I was the first one stopped and told to take a seat. They weren’t exactly organized about it and folks just sat wherever. They left us sitting for about 15 minutes and the area quickly filled up. Then they started letting folks in 30 at a time from the front rows. I was probably sitting about 6 rows back.
 

At about the 30 minute point people start getting upset. They are bitching at the workers that they letting people in out of order. They’ve been there for 25 minutes and the folks they are letting in got there later. The woman explains she is doing her best. At this point she has let in the 1st 4 rows. I don’t disagree that it is being done out of order but in my mind at most it is maybe a 15 minute delay. So who cares?

 

The worker then makes the mistake of starting to let in the complainers. This caused her to jump from the 4th row to the back row. This caused an uproar including some racist comments from some folks. 
 

At this point I have to step in and point out that I’ve actually been waiting the longest and I’m managing not to complain. Everyone is going to get on and they should leave the worker alone. I don’t know what is wrong with people. 
 

 

 

@Denversail this is where your new vlog should have started,  LIGHTS.... CAMERA..... ACTION.....    Next stop:  Viral cruiser vlog

 

 

 

[Sea Dog]

30 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

I love the Bamboo room and it is my go to bar when on Navigator.  I'll be back on board in Oct as well.  Sadly a little after you get off.  Drinks have always been well made there.  

 

I made note from you to look for Raj and tell them Dave (Tree Skier) sent me.

 

 

19 minutes ago, Denversail said:

I’m currently drinking in the Bamboo room. It is a cute little bar with comfy seating. 

Was Raj the bartender? @Tree_skier says he’s the best. How are the cocktails?

[Tree_skier]

23 minutes ago, Denversail said:

I’m currently drinking in the Bamboo room. It is a cute little bar with comfy seating. 

Is Raj still there?  He’s the best!

[Denversail]

Let’s loop back to @Dupable. Now about a month ago she became obsessed with the idea of getting a casino comped cruise. I don’t know why she has decided to pursue this now. I’ve been getting comped cruises for years.

 

She has questioned me about it nonstop. She has joined Facebook groups on the topic. I continue to discourage her from going on social media.  She doesn’t understand why I’m not interested in other folks gambling habits. She has harassed me endlessly to join some casino degenerates Facebook group that she has decided is fascinating. She has given me endless tips on how I can get comped rooms. I keep reminding her that I already get them and don’t need tips. She insist that I’ll be better off with her guidance.

here are a few of the request she has made that she chose not to list in her above post:

 

1. Find out the best slot machines and watch to see which ones are the winners (I don’t play slots)

 

2. Find the host and introduce myself and find out if they will still be on this ship in November. If so I should communicate that @Dupable will be here then. (I tried to explain they don’t care )

 

3. She admitted to this but she really wants me to try and take a picture of the inside of her room. (Who does that?)

[Dupable]

Dupable here

 

sounds like you’ve had an interesting morning. Glad you are on the ship and relaxing now. Maybe you have a little time to do some of your chores.?

[Denversail]

2 minutes ago, Dupable said:

Dupable here

 

sounds like you’ve had an interesting morning. Glad you are on the ship and relaxing now. Maybe you have a little time to do some of your chores.?