We Just got off Ovation of the seas and Our cruise director was Mike I think his last name starts with a P, but he was Absolutely great, very funny and nice Captain and he had his own sign off that was fun.
Hey! Thanks for watching! We’ve had CD Mike Hunnerup from Ovation on one of our cruises and he was super funny and put on a good show. The cruise director Mike we mentioned in this video was Mike Szwajkowski, who is currently on Icon of the Seas. We’ve had Mike Szwajkowski on Wonder and Odyssey and he’s one of the best cruise directors out there. Nicole and I need to go back on Ovation, we sailed that ship for our Alaskan cruise in 2021 and absolutely loved it.
Our flight out of JFK was 5 1/2 hours delayed so we got to Rome later than expected. We still have time to do the Vatican and Trevi fountain and we saw the Colosseum the next morning but everyone should stay the day your cruise gets back. We left the port at 9:30 AM for the airport and our flight was not till 5 PM so that’s a long wait at the airport when you could be sightseeing in Rome.
Completely agree on staying an extra day. We did that on our trip as well. Allowed us to have another day in Rome to explore and we didn’t have to rush to the airport and just sit there. We have it planned similarly for our trip to Barcelona in October. Gives us a day to explore the gothic quarter and hopefully find a good restaurant to try.
Thanks for the videos about odyssey of the seas Greek isles trip , we are booked for July and we can’t wait for the experience , your tips are a great help for us 🙏🏻
Comments like these are exactly why we started making content. Thank you so much for the compliment and for watching. Let us know how your trip is, hopefully it’s as good as ours was. 😁 let us know if you have any other questions!
We just got back on Sunday from the same cruise. We had different shows. We also had a lame magician. I generally do not like magicians anyway. And the big show was called the book and that was cheesy and we left. Wasn’t impressed with many of the shows. I was shocked at how much bingo was. We paid $60 for four of us to play. If I could do it over, I would book dinner at a specific time, rather than my time dining, because some of the servers we encountered were not the best and when you have your own table with the same server every night, he gets to know you. Overall a good time. Thanks for your videos.
The magician, Jamie Allen, is so lame :) lol I fell asleep during the book during our sailing. We haven’t done bingo since our cruise aboard Oasis in 2019 due to how expensive it felt. Maybe one day we’ll do it again, but probably not anytime soon. I can see how a specific time would allow you to have a consistent service with your server. This is sort of what we had by eating at coastal kitchen each night. We knew our server and he knew what our preferences were. Glad y’all had a great time. And thank you again for watching.
Definitely! We really enjoyed this trip and our time in Rome. There is so much to do and see. Let us know how it goes! Have fun and thanks for watching.
We tried Wonderland on Wonder of the Seas in March of 2022. Now, I wasn’t the biggest fan of it, but it’s probably something that you should try if you like unique food and unique experiences. I don’t regret trying it but the food was just weird and we didn’t have a choice in what we ordered. Nicole liked it way more than I did. If you do try it be mindful the mad hatter does make visits to the tables and he’s mischievous. We reviewed it on our wonder of the seas food video. th-cam.com/video/l1NVv2y_9gc/w-d-xo.html
Yes we definitely recommend it. The hotel is an 18 min walk to the colosseum, 18 min walk to the trevi fountain, 22 min walk to the Spanish steps, 54 min walk to St Peter’s Square, 25 min walk to the Pantheon. We pretty much walked all over the archeological area of Rome from the Hive Hotel. Thank you for watching!
You didn’t fly First Class (you repeatedly said you did). You flew Business Class. And your pronunciation of Italian place names is laughably bad. Every single one was wrong. Not even close.
Hey, first off thanks for watching. Second, we appreciate the feedback. I used first and business to describe the class that we were flying cause colloquially I felt they were interchangeable since it was the top class that SAS offered. If it’s not right, okay. I do not speak Italian, I speak English and Spanish. Before, during, and after this trip I listened to “how to pronounce” for certain words online and via apps and did my best to pronounce them correctly. I googled a bunch of these during the process of making these videos from Europe and honestly I just suck at Italian and no matter how many takes or how many times I repeated things over and over I still got em wrong. I wasn’t going for laughably bad, but thanks for letting me know.
We Just got off Ovation of the seas and Our cruise director was Mike I think his last name starts with a P, but he was Absolutely great, very funny and nice Captain and he had his own sign off that was fun.
Hey! Thanks for watching!
We’ve had CD Mike Hunnerup from Ovation on one of our cruises and he was super funny and put on a good show.
The cruise director Mike we mentioned in this video was Mike Szwajkowski, who is currently on Icon of the Seas. We’ve had Mike Szwajkowski on Wonder and Odyssey and he’s one of the best cruise directors out there.
Nicole and I need to go back on Ovation, we sailed that ship for our Alaskan cruise in 2021 and absolutely loved it.
Our flight out of JFK was 5 1/2 hours delayed so we got to Rome later than expected. We still have time to do the Vatican and Trevi fountain and we saw the Colosseum the next morning but everyone should stay the day your cruise gets back. We left the port at 9:30 AM for the airport and our flight was not till 5 PM so that’s a long wait at the airport when you could be sightseeing in Rome.
Completely agree on staying an extra day. We did that on our trip as well. Allowed us to have another day in Rome to explore and we didn’t have to rush to the airport and just sit there.
We have it planned similarly for our trip to Barcelona in October. Gives us a day to explore the gothic quarter and hopefully find a good restaurant to try.
Thanks for the videos about odyssey of the seas Greek isles trip , we are booked for July and we can’t wait for the experience , your tips are a great help for us 🙏🏻
Comments like these are exactly why we started making content. Thank you so much for the compliment and for watching. Let us know how your trip is, hopefully it’s as good as ours was. 😁 let us know if you have any other questions!
We just got back on Sunday from the same cruise. We had different shows. We also had a lame magician. I generally do not like magicians anyway. And the big show was called the book and that was cheesy and we left. Wasn’t impressed with many of the shows. I was shocked at how much bingo was. We paid $60 for four of us to play. If I could do it over, I would book dinner at a specific time, rather than my time dining, because some of the servers we encountered were not the best and when you have your own table with the same server every night, he gets to know you. Overall a good time. Thanks for your videos.
The magician, Jamie Allen, is so lame :) lol
I fell asleep during the book during our sailing.
We haven’t done bingo since our cruise aboard Oasis in 2019 due to how expensive it felt. Maybe one day we’ll do it again, but probably not anytime soon.
I can see how a specific time would allow you to have a consistent service with your server. This is sort of what we had by eating at coastal kitchen each night. We knew our server and he knew what our preferences were.
Glad y’all had a great time. And thank you again for watching.
Thanks for the advice, we are going in May to Odyssey OTS and have a 3-night pre-stay in Rome. Seems like it's going to be a fun time.
Definitely! We really enjoyed this trip and our time in Rome. There is so much to do and see. Let us know how it goes! Have fun and thanks for watching.
Okay, you guys convinced me. I'm going! 😂 Can't wait to hear about your trip from Barcelona on Symphony. Thanks for the great information and advice.
Yes! Do it!
Thank you so much for watching. We can’t wait for the Barcelona trip, we have a lot of planning to do and not a lot of time to do it.
I know you all only did Izumi, but have you all done Wonderland before on other sailings? What are your thoughts on that restaurant? Did you all like?
We tried Wonderland on Wonder of the Seas in March of 2022.
Now, I wasn’t the biggest fan of it, but it’s probably something that you should try if you like unique food and unique experiences. I don’t regret trying it but the food was just weird and we didn’t have a choice in what we ordered. Nicole liked it way more than I did. If you do try it be mindful the mad hatter does make visits to the tables and he’s mischievous.
We reviewed it on our wonder of the seas food video.
th-cam.com/video/l1NVv2y_9gc/w-d-xo.html
Would you recommend the Hive hotel ? Is it walkable to all the sights ?
Yes we definitely recommend it. The hotel is an 18 min walk to the colosseum, 18 min walk to the trevi fountain, 22 min walk to the Spanish steps, 54 min walk to St Peter’s Square, 25 min walk to the Pantheon.
We pretty much walked all over the archeological area of Rome from the Hive Hotel.
Thank you for watching!
Yeah can I hear more about Jamie Allen? 😂😂😂
Lol. The worst stage over the top magician with the lamest tricks. I’ll show you his big finish the next time I see you.
@@letsgetwanderlost showing other passengers his trucks 😂😂😂
You didn’t fly First Class (you repeatedly said you did). You flew Business Class. And your pronunciation of Italian place names is laughably bad. Every single one was wrong. Not even close.
Hey, first off thanks for watching.
Second, we appreciate the feedback.
I used first and business to describe the class that we were flying cause colloquially I felt they were interchangeable since it was the top class that SAS offered. If it’s not right, okay.
I do not speak Italian, I speak English and Spanish. Before, during, and after this trip I listened to “how to pronounce” for certain words online and via apps and did my best to pronounce them correctly. I googled a bunch of these during the process of making these videos from Europe and honestly I just suck at Italian and no matter how many takes or how many times I repeated things over and over I still got em wrong. I wasn’t going for laughably bad, but thanks for letting me know.