Our first port of call on this sailing brings us to Perfect Day at CocoCay for some beach time at Royal Caribbean's private island.
There are a few different groups of friends on this cruise, we got a floating cabana at the Coco Beach Club. This turned out to be a great decision since it makes coordinating our plans together much easier.
Joining us in CocoCay today was Adventure of the Seas, although I read they had between 400-500 passengers, so hardly a difference in the overall capacity of the island.
We took a short tram ride to the Beach Club, where the staff escorted us to the cabana.
The weather today was hot with a gentle breeze, so it was the kind of day where you want to enjoy a lot of time in the water.
The decision to book a cabana at the Beach Club was partially driven by the opportunity to eat at the Coco Beach Club restaurant. This time around, we had the food delivered to the cabana.
Once again, the food was delicious and I standby my previous opinion that the filet mignon at the Coco Beach Club is the best on the fleet right now.
The rest of the afternoon we spent at the cabana, as well as taking a short swim to the floating cabana.
All aboard was a bit early at 3:30, so we got back to the ship for a shower and change.
After a day in the sun, we were all feeling a bit run down so we decided to have a casual night in Playmakers.
Odyssey of the Seas is the first Quantum Class ship to have a Playmakers location, and they added it to the revamped SeaPlex area.
Royal Caribbean redesigned the SeaPlex, with a new layout that I thought made better use of the space.
Playmakers itself is quite large, taking up the entire side of the upper part of the SeaPlex. Lots of different kind of seating is available, including the most impressive Owners Box I have seen to date.
The Owners Box is a corner of Playmakers that is designed to be a private spot, with an elevated feel. I believe the concept was to offer the Owners Box as an extra cost venue that groups could rent out, but I have yet to see it priced out.
Since no one was using it, the manager at Playmakers offered us if we wanted to try it out.
The Owners Box on Odyssey has leather seats, enormous televisions, and even a Playstation 5.
After watching a few baseball games, we decided to have dinner and ordered one of everything.
The food was fantastic, and once again the nachos and campfire cookie stood out as very, very good.
After dinner, I headed down to Casino Royale to meet Chris Wong, who is the casino host there and has his own YouTube channel.
Chris vlogs regularly from ships, and during the pandemic, he showcased what crew members were going through.
He was very friendly, and we talked about cruises for a bit.
We rounded out our evening with some live music in the pub.
Tomorrow is a sea day.
Stray observations
The Captain announced a medical emergency this evening and that we would make a quick stop in Fort Lauderdale to offload the passenger. Medical evacuations like this are not uncommon, and there was no mention of Covid.
