My first cruse.

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Originally Posted by mercrazy

Sounds like it’s for kids, drunks, or gamblers. New movies ain’t fit to watch. I doubt if they have old black and white westerns. Is the food like tv dinners? Do they have senior cruises with real chefs?

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Not a lot of kids. I would say about 25 to 30 adults per kid and most are teens. Not many little kids at all. Plus there is an entire section of the boat that is adults only. Has it own indoor pool. There are 2 movies playing. The new Superman movie. (Not very good) and F1. The food is all 5 star quality. All prepared by professional chef's. Even the free stuff is fancy smancy. Tonight I had the Lasagna El Forno. My wife had the Spiced Lamb Kofta. Check out tonight's menu.Attachment 546328 Attachment 546329 Attachment 546330

I just open up my gps speedometer in my phone. This giant floating city is doing 25mph.

Did the fancy food names make it taste good? I’m very hard to please with food.

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Originally Posted by mercrazy

Did the fancy food names make it taste good? I’m very hard to please with food.

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I am the pickiest eater you will ever meet. I like basically nothing. Beef pork chicken pasta, and pizza. yes. Seafood is lobster shrimp and some tuna. Nothing else. Very few vegetables. If I try something new and I don't like it I might actually puke. Wrong texture will also set of my gag reflex. But everything here so far has been delicious. Filet minion had a surcharge. But everything else has been free. Beef tenderloin. Burgers, fries, hotdogs. Bacon and eggs. Spaghetti, rigatoni, mac and cheese. All delicious. I think I already gained 5 pounds. By the way I don't gamble at all and I barely ever drink. I still have bottles of alcohol left over from my 50th birthday party. I will be 58 soon. I am having a great time.

Holy crap it is rough out tonight. Must be 8-10 foot waves. The wind is blowing really hard. The bow is closed because of the amount of spray on the fifth deck. I am even getting some spray on my 8th floor balcony. The boat is rocking and bouncing. Things are creaking and groaning. The pools are sloching back and forth. Even the crew said it is very rough tonight.

my honeymoon cruise was 87 worlds, Mcdonalds for lunchs, Benihana for dinners!wouldn't change a thing.

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Originally Posted by skialot2

I just open up my gps speedometer in my phone. This giant floating city is doing 25mph.

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I always tune in to that channel on the TV that has the ship info like location, speed, etc. Can't look away from it lol.

Docked in Aruba today. Still find it amazing that this giant ship can dock all by itself with no tug boats in 20 to 30 mph winds. Just 1 pilot boat to drag the ropes to shore because the ship doesn't actually fit at the pier with another ship in the way. They also needed to use a truck to drag the ropes to the dock cleats
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We had room service last night at 1am. I had a bacon cheeseburger and my wife had a Philly cheesesteak. My burger was very good. My wife said it was by far the best cheesesteak she ever had. Some more pictures of the free cafeteria food. Pictures do not do the food justice. Specialty dining tonight at Chop's Grill. More Felet Minion for me.
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when i was younger i might have gotten my cruise money's worth out of the food, now we share a steak,unless I'm at st. jermaines casino rama then eat the whole thing and feel like getting valet wheelchair service when leaving!

Wow!!! Chops grill was fantastic. Absolutely delicious. Filet minion for me. Grilled Branzino for my wife. Plus a loaded baked potato. Giant tater tots. Key lime pie and warm chocolate cake for dessert

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We just left Aruba. It is still beautiful but it is so much more commercialized. It is so much more devoloped. There is so much more traffic it takes forever to get anywhere now. The view of the ocean is nice except it gets destroyed by an ugly ass giant oil platform that dominates the horizon. But I guess it's ok because it's not a windmill.

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Another great meal at a specialty restaurant on the ship. Giovanni's table. Awesome again. Beef Carpiccio for an appetizer. More Filet Minion for me. Gnocchi gorgonzola for the wife. Yummy
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Must be nice. $2500+ is far out of my price range for entertainment. On a side note, some people like to travel, some don’t. I get nervous if I’m more than 20 miles away from home. Must be something different in our dna?

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Originally Posted by mercrazy

Must be nice. $2500+ is far out of my price range for entertainment. On a side note, some people like to travel, some don’t. I get nervous if I’m more than 20 miles away from home. Must be something different in our dna?

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This is our first Vacation together in 17 years. Scrimpt and saved for a long time to afford it. Already cant wait to get home. We head back to San Juan Puerto Rico tonight. Tomorrow I am going on a behind the scenes tour of the inner workings of the ship. I get to tour the bridge and everything.