birthday and retirement cruise

Platinum guest so had a quick and smooth process

ate in the Lido Marketplace at the buffet, Guy's Burger, and the Deli for breakfast and lunch. Guy's Burger is always good buffet was great for breakfast with plenty of choices but rather wanted the guava juice for breakfast at the fountain instead of an orange juice cocktail that tasted watered down. not a lot of meat choices on buffet for lunch. had no idea of what some of the meat dishes were. the ham and pork loin at the carving station were really great. watermelon was sweet and great on embarkation but started tasting watery on the buffet but the honey dew, cantaloupe, oranges & grapefruit sections, and pineapple were great. bananas were overripe. ate in the Reflections Restaurant every night for dinner. not a lot of variety of entrees to choose from. the short ribs, filet mignon, and prime rib were tender and very tasty. ordered fruit plate to eat with the Caesar salad and they ran out of grapes and replaced with 2 small pieces of kiwi. fruit plate came with 5 small grapes and one night I received 6 grapes but after that they ran out. ordered banana split for dessert but ship ran out of bananas last 3 nights of the cruise so they called it "a split without the banana". only offered the strawberry cheesecake on embarkation and brought out the delicious & hot cranberry rolls just once during the cruise. did not go hungry and still had plenty to eat.

didn't do any activities due physical pain

1. Flick was great and interesting to see 2. Iliad violinist group in Atrium were great 3. Duo group in the Atrium were great 4. Rokstedy at the Piano Bar was awesome and entertaining singing a variety songs from back in the day to the current 5. Deon "Cruise Director" was awesome, friendly, energetic, and so entertaining and he kept the party going.

Reflections Restaurant wait staff and asst maitre d were attentive and great. Guests Services staff and the Manager were pleasant and professional. my room steward was great and attentive to my needs.

Arnold "cabin steward" kept my bathroom stocked with plenty of towels. only wanted him to take my trash and replace my dirty towels each day.

was out of the cabin around 820A but took forever to get an elevator down to deck 3. finally a crew member opened a closed elevator. waited a while for wheelchair assistance so didn't get off the ship and taken to my hotel shuttle pickup point until about 950A. debarkation had 2 exits but didn't seem to be staggered and moving smoothly because guests were all over the place making it difficult to get off the elevator and walk through the Atrium to the wait area for guests needing wheelchair assistance.