18-21 November 2016
We had our third family cruise thus far! This is by far the best cruise ever (in total agreement with a remark made by a little girl whom i overheard during the cruise hahah)!
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Boarded the cruise at 1130am!
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| Our deck number for our stateroom 9637 and 9639 (joined rooms) |
Our activities
Day 1
1130am- Boarded the ship
1130-1pm- Lunch at Deck 11
1pm- Explored our stateroom which was ready by then (luggage bags sent to our rooms)
230pm- Ship tour (Meeting point at Schooner Bar)
3pm-4pm- Self exploration of the cruise, Ice Cream (soft served yogurt at Deck 11 Artic Zone)
4pm- Mandatory Guest Assembly drill
430pm- Mariner of the Seas Set Sail, ordering of room Service - smoked salmon, turkey etc.
430-5pm- Continued self exploration plus photo taking, Relaxing at the indoor Jacuzzi
530pm- Dinner at the Sound of Music (fine dinning) Deck 5
7pm- Magic show at Savoy Theatre
10pm-Ice Under the Big Top (Ice Skating show) at Studio B
Lights out
Day 2
630am- Watching morning sunrise at Deck 11-14
8am- Breakfast at Dining Room (salad buffet plus ala carte orders for eggs/smoked salmon)
9am- Gym
10am- Family Photo Scavenger Hunt (super fun!)
1030am- Swimming at outdoor pool
1130am- Lunch at Dining Room
1pm- Exploring the ship, watching movies in our Stateroom, Cafe Promenade Bar
3pm- Nap ><
5pm- Exploring the ship, watching sunset, photo taking
7pm- Captain's Welcome Abroad Reception with Top Notch at Royal Promenade
830pm- Dinner at Dining Room (formal), additional purchase of lobster and steak! yum!
945pm- Visiting the Casino
1015pm- Production Show time at Savoy Theatre- Dance performances by Royal Caribbean Dance Crews
1130pm- Chilling at Schooner Bar, Boleros and Ellington's with music
1230-am Movies at Stateroom, pleasant surprise with towel Puppy on bed
Lights out
Day 3
630am- Watching morning sunrise at Deck 11-14
8am- Breakfast at Windjammer Cafe- buffet style (yum yum)
10am- Watch sale,shopping
1030am- Swimming, outdoor Jacuzzi
12pm- Lunch at Dining Room
130pm- 3D Movie: "Trolls" at The Savoy Theatre
2pm- Passport distribution attended by mum
3pm- Movie "Lights Out" at Screening Room
5pm- Exploring cruise, Back to stateroom, watch movies, Room Service- smoked salmon
7pm- Farewell Showtime at The Savoy Theatre- awesome performance by Gold Art Duo from Ukraine and Dance by Royal Caribbean dance crew,
830pm- Dinner at Dining Room, song and dance performances by waiters and waitresses, Thank you speech
1030pm-70's Dancing in the Street Disco Party featuring Cruise Director, Fang and the "Mariner Macho Men" at Royal Promenade Bridge
1130- 70's Disco Time with DJ Sherron at Dragon's Lair
12am- Back to Stateroom, pleasant surprise with towel Bunny on bed; watch movies
Lights out
Day 4
630am- Breakfast at Dining Room
8am- Pack up
9am?- Leaving of cruise :(
Pity we did not try (not enough time):
1. Rock climbing
2. Ice skating (need long pants and shoes!)
3. Movie at the big screen (outdoor movie screening) "Legend of Tarzan" and "Ben Hur"
4. Dreamworks photo taking and meet the greet session (with Shrek, Princess Fiona and other dreamworks characters!)
5. Line dance
6. Napkin, scrapbooking artistry
Food
The quality of the food is exceptional with hardly any repetition between the different days of the cruise (unlike some other cruise we took). The standard is comparable to that of fine dining restaurants, totally value for money!
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| D1 lunch buffet at Deck 11 with wide variety of selections! |
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| D1 lunch buffet salad, bread, turkey, cheese <3 |
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| D1 lunch buffet- pizza, rice, mashed potato (yums), potato salad |
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| D1 lunch- tender beef, salad, mashed potatoes |
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| D1 Room Service- Roasted chicken with sweet potato fries and cookies! |
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| D1 Room Service -Delicious smoked salmon with Brie and cream cheese, chocolate cookies, Cholocate and Pear Tart |
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| D1 Dinner at Dining Room- Garlic butter bar scallop with bread |
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| D1 Dinner at Dining Room- Pad Thai |
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| D1 Dinner at Dining Room- Chicken with herbs and mashed potatoes |
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| D1 Dinner at Dining Room- Tender beef slices with veg and potatoes |
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| D1 Dinner at Dining Room- desserts! Raspberry sherbet, apple crumble with ice cream, chocolate crisp |
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| D2 Breakfast at Dining Room - lots of yummy eggs, yogurt, cereal, crunchy granola |
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| D2 Breakfast at Dining Room - lots of yummy eggs, smoked salmon, pancakes, donuts, yogurt, cereal, crunchy granola |
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| D2 Lunch at Dining Room- Salmon with almond nuts - yummy |
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| D2 Lunch at Dining Room- chocolate with raspberry base tart |
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| D2 Lunch at Dining Room- hazelnut chocolate cake? Cant remmeber the name but it's yummy! |
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| D2 Lunch at Dining Room- super delicious broccoli soup |
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| D2 Lunch at Dining Room- Best dessert with chewy cake and custard like fillings (pity i can't recall the name) |
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| D2 Lunch at Dining Room- Almond cake |
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| D2 Lunch at Dining Room- Buffet style salad! You pick and the waiter will assemble your salad at salad bar, The shrimp is super fresh!!! Loved the breads with butter too! |
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| D2 Dinner at Dining Room- Garlic Butter Escargot |
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| D2 Dinner at Dining Room- Add on orders of super fresh and mouthwatering grilled lobster and best steak (juicy and flavourful) ever at ~$40+ USD |
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| D2 Dinner at Dining Room- Super tender beef and mashed potatoes |
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| D2 Dinner at Dining Room- close-up shots of our grilled lobster |
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| D2 Dinner at Dining Room- close up shots of the grilled beef |
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| D2 Dinner at Dining Room- desserts with chocolate souffle, strawberry cheeseckae, raspberry sherbet and chocolate pubbing like of thing (can's remmeber their exact names) |
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| D3 Breakfast at Windjammer Cafe- buffet style with lots of delicious selection |
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| D3 Breakfast at Windjammer Cafe- their donuts are particularly delicious, soft and chewy with stawberry fillings inside |
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| D3 Lunch at Dining Room- There are tomato risotto and creamy fusilli. Here's a photo of the dessert- caramelized banana with crust, custard and ice cream (VERY YUMMY) |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room- Creamy mussels |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room- Clam Chowder |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room- Tiger shrimp with cream sauce, veg and mashed potatoes |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room-BEST LAMB SHANK I'VE EVER EATEN, super juicy, tender and flavorful |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room-BEST LAMB SHANK I'VE EVER EATEN, super juicy, tender and flavorful |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room- desserts! Tiramisu, assorted cakes, strawberry with ice cream, lemon sherbet and bread pudding! |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room- tiramisu |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room- assorted cakes |
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| D3 Dinner at Dining Room- mum's favourite and daily must order sherbet |
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| The Sound of Music- our allocated Dining area |
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| Our Dinning Room - as elegant as it can be :) |
Entertainment
Really overwhelmed by the numerous fun activities put up by the entertainment team! The special guests performances (by Gold Art Duo) and ice skating show (first in Asia in the sea) were incredible and jaw dropping! The facilities are all well maintained, allowing us to enjoy ourselves the best possible way :)
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| D1- Ship Tour |
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| D1- Ship Tour |
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| D1- Ship Tour |
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| D1- Ship Tour |
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| Our daily cruise compass showing activities for the day, placed nicely on our bed each day by our stateroom attendant |
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| Indoor Jacuzzi just outside the gym! There are also steamrooms and suana available!! |
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| Wonderful view from Ellington's |
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| Movie screening room! |
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| Cafe! |
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| Schooner Bar- a place for meet up for activities and soothing music! |
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| Skylight Chapel |
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| View from Ellington's |
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| Running track, and chairs to relax and enjoy the majestic view |
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| Ice Under the Big Top |
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| Ice Under the Big Top |
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| Watching sunrise! |
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| Sunrise at Port Klang |
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| Gym to burn out the excess fats put on |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- take a photo of the whole team in a shower with clothes on |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- A photo with the whole team forming a word |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- A photo of a team member posing like a top model |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- A photo of a team member sleeping in an inappropriate place |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- a photo of the whole team posing like a statue |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- a photo of a bar tender throwing a glass and catching it |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- a photo of a team member posing like a scarecrow on the running track |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- A photo of a team member using a men's socks as mustache |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- a photo of the whole team thanking a stateroom attendant (opps only one team member, we misread the instructions hahah but the game master let it go cos the other team made the same mistake hahaha) |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- A photo of a team member reading a book |
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| Family scavenger photo hunt- WE ARE THE WINNERS :D with our cute hot macho crew member (He's part of the Mariner Macho Men gang with cool hot dance moves hahaha) |
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| D2 Swimming! |
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| D2 Swimming! |
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| D2 Swimming! |
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| D2 Swimming!painful eyes cos he opened his eyes in saltwater pool hahahaa |
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| Suntanning |
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| Day 2 sunset |
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| D2 sunset |
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| D2 sunset |
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| D2- Formal night |
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| D2- Formal night, meet the captain! Captain's Welcome Abroad Reception with Top Notch at Royal Promenade |
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| Night view, where the outdoor movie screening is held as well |
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| Night view! |
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| 3D Movie: "Trolls" at The Savoy Theatre- their 3D glasses are of super good quality! |
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| Amazing show put up by Ukraine's Gold Art Duo- the guy is a super good comedian, magician, aerobics dancer, dancer and good looking too hehehe. His partner also put up a super good show :D |
Crew Members
They have a group of dedicated crew who provided us with impeccable service! (although some of them aren't but in general, still a very good job overall!) Thankful to the kitchen chefs who prepared so much delicious food to fill our bottomless pit stomachs, Thankful to our meticulous and attentive designated waiter and waitress at our designated table who allowed us to enjoy our dinner wholeheartedly and ensuring that all our needs were met. Thankful to our stateroom attendant who is super efficient in his service, allowing us to have a comfortable and good rest each time we returned to our stateroom. Also thankful to the cruise director, entertainment team for coming up with so many fun activities to keep us entertained on board. Hope i did not miss out anyone! haha
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| Thankful to our stateroom attendant (Han, Xin, no photo of him) who is very efficient in his service, sometimes making up our rooms twice to thrice daily! I'm very impressed. He also surprised us with towel puppy and bunny on D2 and D3 nights |
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| Towel puppy! |
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| Our stateroom attendant would also place announcements and cruise compass for the day on our beds nicely each day :) |
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| The awesome entertainment team, kitchen crew and performers who made all these enjoyable days possible! |
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| Part of the entertainment team and macho man dancer! :D |
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| Sporting bar tender who conceded to our request of taking a photo of him during out family photo scavenger hunt! |
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| Awesome and interesting ice skating show performers |
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| Waitresses and Waiters in the Dining Room putting up a show for us :D (I cant rotate the photo for nuts) |
I would totally cruise with Royal Caribbean again! Looking forward to the next cruise again! :D
Here's their website for more information:
https://www.royalcaribbean.com.sg/ships/Mariner-of-the-Seas.aspx
