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ckrobyn

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ckrobyn

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Hey everyone :)

 

Just off the Adventure this morning, and I am still in San Juan tonight. Leaving for Toronto in the morning, and home to -15 freezing cold weather!!!

 

We had an outstanding cruise and met some amazing folks from our roll call :D A shout out goes to Plyman and Audome78 - you guys still have me laughing!!!! As always, a thank you to Mr. Goofy for keeping us all on our toes on our roll call for the past 10 months or so!

 

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

 

My Time Dining is now available on the AOS. My pre and post cruise stay were at the San Juan Marriott and Stellaris ......and I am still here listening to the ocean for a few more hours anyways!!!!

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Welcome back Robyn... Let us know all the details when you get back. How was MTD?

Did you have to sign up on board? What time did you leave Aruba?

 

Will be on AOS in less than two weeks!

 

The most important question!!!! What time did we leave Aruba??? 8pm :D

 

MTD was great - you can sign up at the dining room on deck 5 at 3pm on boarding day. You will have to pre pay all of your tips :o

 

2 more weeks 'til you sail on the AOS....lucky you!!!! :p

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Did you go to any of the shows and if you did how were they? Who is the cruise director?

 

We have already prepaid our tips, so we are good to go!

Just got off the AOS yesterday too. The cruise director was Casey Pelter, he was pretty good, not as good as Mike S from last year.

The ice show was excellent and El Goucho was too! There was Mosaic, a group of young men who made all the sounds of the instruments with their own mouths.(great) The RC singers and dancers were very good as well. The late night comedy was very good, just alittle hard to understand him sometimes. The Quest, don't miss it! You will have a wonderful time!:)

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Glad to hear you had a great cruise--we sail on 03/22/09. We are also staying pre-cruise at the Marriott and heard it is a great hotel. Any luck in the casino at the hotel???

 

I hope the weather warms up for your return home.

 

We are trying Portofinos on 03/24/09 were you able to try it out??

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I hate to break it to you Robyn but we just returned yesterday from Radiance (South America) and the temp here in Toronto is -27 with the wind chill. The good news is by Wed it will return to its usual -2!!!

Soak up every glorious moment while you can.

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I am behind in reading, is AOS going to full MTD? Or does traditional seating still exist?

 

Since you had a post-stay, it is not applicable - but did you overhear what baggage options were available? For example hand the airline your checked backs right after customs, etc.

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Welcome back Robyn!! Hope you do not go into shock when you get off the plane at home with the temperature as low as it is. Going in August for the first time on her, awaiting your comments! Thank you in advance! :)

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So Robyn, how hard was it for them to drag you off your favorite ship?

 

Hey Wrona :)

 

It's always hard to drag me off my favorite ship :( I hate to leave....especially since the opportunities to sail the AOS for next February may be limited depending on when she heads to Europe.....

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Hi Robyn, welcome almost back. Please let us know how this cruise on the AOS compared to the others. We were a bit disappointed that our cruise in December was not nearly as nice as our previous cruises on the AOS.

 

Hi Nan :)

 

I always love cruising on the AOS - it's like coming home each time I step onboard. You didn't mention anything specific that wasn't as nice in December as on previous cruises - what are you referring to?

 

The only comment I will make is that although I am not a "foodie", I felt that the food had taken a turn for the worse on this cruise.... I usually enjoy the WJ, but even the welcome aboard lunch was disappointing and the honey stung chicken I look forward to for so long was dried out :(

 

Other than that (and food does not make or break or a cruise for me) I had a wonderful time!!!!!

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Glad to hear you had a great cruise--we sail on 03/22/09. We are also staying pre-cruise at the Marriott and heard it is a great hotel. Any luck in the casino at the hotel???

 

I hope the weather warms up for your return home.

 

We are trying Portofinos on 03/24/09 were you able to try it out??

 

You will love the San Juan Marriott, it's fabulous :D

 

Yes, I did have luck in the Casino - I won $150 pre cruise and another $200 post cruise :)

 

We had dinner at Portofino on the Wednesday (Curacao) and it was wonderful as always! I recommend the filet - and you can ask for a side of lobster tail with it ;)

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How was the emabrkation/debarkation traffic/check in. It was horrible last November. Hopefully, they have corrected it?

 

Embarkation was a breeze, but likely because we were amongst the first in line :rolleyes: We were there at 10:15 a.m.

 

Debarkation was very civilized!!!!! It is my first time cruising with this new enhanced debarkation process where they have no annoying announcements! As long as you are where you are supposed to be at the assigned time, the debarkation process was totally organized and completely painless :D

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