Thursday, September 15, 2016

Throwback : Royal Caribbean mariner of the seas - Jan2016 2nd to last day



Breakfast

1)Deck 3 Rhapsody in Blue Dining Room 
- Semi buffet style
-Dreamworks character performance


2)Deck11 Windjammer Café  more variety

3)Room service : limited menu 

My choice/ advise :
1day Dreamworks character meal
1day room service for experience(departure day no room service)
Then the rest of the breakfast meal would be  Deck 3 or 11 
(Deck 11 breakfast in better....do request for choc milk cos it is awesome.)

2nd day : 
It is better than yesterday 

Dreamworks character performance-Highly recommend!
USD$10 per person
2hr session
Free shrek ears for all kids
There are warming up session for the kids -singing ,dancing before the arrival of the characters.
Then the character will go around the table to take pic- no need to queue

Menu :

Breakfast : 
I love the choc shake it yummy!
The staff will go around to serve this bread too-yummy!
 My Main breakfast : 


3rd day breakfast : 
Deck 3 Rhapsody in Blue Dining Room 
This benedict egg taste very sour think add too much vinegar.







Cafe food : 
The coffee taste quite diluted.I still prefer room service one.
Chocolate chip cookies nice (taste like subway)

Maybe I came in late afternoon most of the sandwiches already turn cold.


 Morning  & afternoon time : 

The sandwiches are cold in the afternoon : 

 The donut taste very normal not so nice to be frank

 This is cold too :(
 This sausage bun  is nice & hot maybe they just baked...but they are very hot cake very fast no more.

Lunch :
2nd day @ Deck11 Windjammer Café
buffet style
The drink doesnt taste nice 

3rd day  
Deck 3 Rhapsody in Blue Dining Room 

Ala carte style : 
Our table : 
Cesar salad always nice 
 My Main course :  Chicken - so hard ! Doesnt taste nice

Dessert : Can see from the picture doesnt taste nice

Dinner : 
 2nd day formal 

Our table : 
 2nd day dinner : formal wear but actually nothing to be fantastic ...just wearing only.
That my dressing : 


Menu : 
 My Salad : normal
 Main course : 
Dessert menu : 
 This dessert taste normal although I m a chocolate person : 

 This is my boy kids meal-doesnt taste nice too...have a hard time to get him to eat.



3rd day dinner : 
menu : 



Soup : I m a mushroom lover this taste normal too.
I think delifrance mushroom soup taste better.

Main course: 
To be frank from the menu almost all are curry...i dont take beef so I choose chicken again 
I choose chicken - so hard !!!

Desserts : 
This is their so call " mango pudding " in the menu -very different to singapore / hk/ msia style
Ice cream not in the menu but u can ask for it , they will serve.I have ice-cream everyday cos the dessert doesnt seem to taste nice & I want something sweet.







Everyday after dinner nice towel decoration with compass: 
  2nd day : 



3rd day : 



Activities for the kids
Mini playroom & arcade:






Character appearance at certain timing : 
(check the daily compass )


Other include  :
1) Fisherman toy rental free 
2) Nursery chargeable hourly rate
personally wont choose to leave my boy there.
Reason: 
I) We decide to bring our boy anywhere we go, we should let him include in our activities not leaving him there alone with stranger.
II) Maybe it is ideal for older toddler.
What I observe : 
Saw only 1 staff around.
Rental of toy is at the same place,she got to take care of the child & handle us for rental of toy.
I saw she didnt wash her hand when she give snack to the child.
Before that she was showing me the catalogue of the toy & pass me a file to record the toy rental.
3)There is 1 session of royal babies playgroup in the mid morning for the cruise trip but we found the outdoor area very hot & sunny so we also skipped that.

Our room : 

Balcony view before depart :








Casino : 
Casino : operate only sailing time.

Instruction :
Casino use USD$ slot in ... can put in min $1.
(can change notes their cashier there)
1st slot in seapass  then slot USD$
Then if wanna change to other game...press "cash out" they will print out a ticket with remaining value.
Then continued to use this ticket to slot in to play instead of slot cash.
At the end of the day use this ticket to exchange for cash.




 My winning in just less than 1hr -didnt really have time to play since with a toddler -do it during bb nap time. I m too tired to play during night time too .
Win  a little better than nothing still consider lucky :)
This is the receipt which I have mention: 


Surrounding : 



Sales for the 1st day : 
Souvenirs : 

Do not expect like disney cruise shop.
Not much souvenir.It either they produce less or the demand is alot.
Good can save $ for those but disappointment for someo who is like me who like to buy souvenir for memory.
I didnt buy this cos I couldnt decide.
Port : 




Swimming pool view : day & night

Drink :
Can bring water bottle.
I bring 1l water to boil but it is not enough for the cruise trip for my boy...
Suggest 1l for 1 day would be enough.
Their plain water taste funny.i find uncomfortable to let my boy drink.

Other activities :
Ktv do not operate whole day...it is according to their timing in their compass.

Yes i also miss.

My thoughts :

Service 

Very bad
1)Other than the online purchase issue I mention on 1st day,
I also requested for cake to sing @ the dining room ...never happen - no cake & singing like never request before. As my LO is cranky due to no afternoon nap so i didnt bother to check anymore.

2)The day we are leaving or checking out is very pack...we actually queue hours to get out of the cruise & custom settlement.
Suggest slowly eat breakfast hang a while before leaving the cruise if see long queue

3) Do not expect the food is nice...
My friends told me those paid meal taste better but they only told me after the trip.
To be frank the cruise food should have taste nice whether paid or not paid to make the experience a pleasant one.
Alotof people told me RC food is better than star cruise.Personally feel compare to my 2003 star cruise trip, i think star cruise taste better.Just that RC make it like a high class restaurant.That all.
Of course maybe star cruise food standard also drop.

Anyway if u read this after u have book RC...just take note of my tips, relax can mental prepare .
If you havent , can consider other cruise.
I will also consider to try another cruise next time.

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