Many Royal Caribbean passengers miss this amazing venue
With ships getting bigger and bigger, it's easy to miss some of the best features on the cruise line.
Oasis-class ships offer so well-known that it may also be onerous to explore them even whilst you may in discovering gotten a chubby week onboard. It be easy to miss a venue, in particular when or now not it's now not positioned on the Royal Waddle, in Central Park, or on the Boardwalk.
On Utopia of the Seas, which is totally sailing 3-4 day "weekend," cruises, it may also be even more straightforward to miss something. That ship, along with Wonder of the Seas, has a new venue that first looked when Wonder of the Seas began sailing in 2022.
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To be handsome, passengers may know that this venue exists as an eatery for sea-day brunch and dinner restaurant, nonetheless now not know the total things offered there.
Come Cruise With Me Executive Editor Dan Kline and PostCard Commute Planning's Dennis Post sat down on Wonder of the Seas to fragment this hidden gem.
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Hidden Gems: Mason Jar on Royal Caribbean's Wonder and Utopia of the Seas
Dan Kline: Good afternoon, cruisers. I'm Dan Kline, Executive Editor of Come Cruise With Me. That is comecruisewith.com on the online, or comecruisewith.me.
And we are on the lovely Wonder of the Seas. I'm sitting right here with Dennis Post. Dennis is our accomplice. He is the co-owner of PostCard Commute Planning, our dart agent accomplice.
And we are doing a chunk of films on this ship. And this day, we're going to discuss about type of hidden areas. And it sounds weird to guage that there may also be a hidden set apart of dwelling on Wonder of the Seas, which is the arguably 2nd finest cruise ship on this planet.
Nonetheless we're at the Mason Jar. The Mason Jar is a new venue for Royal Caribbean. It be on this ship. It be on Utopia. It be going to be added to Attract when Attract dry docks this summer season. And as a restaurant, or now not it's if truth be told effectively identified.
It be a southern barbecue restaurant. It be if truth be told now not my popular restaurant. Nonetheless as a bar, I judge right here is Royal Caribbean's best.
With the exception of one of the most necessary bars on Icon, I judge or now not it's their most spectacular bar. Every drink on the menu is a bespoke drink, is terribly lovely, has garnishes, has a chunk of little bit of food with it. It be all type of particular.
And each night in this bar, a country trio performs. And I'm now not an enormous country tune fan, nonetheless they're completely amazing. Dennis, what in discovering your experiences been right here in Mason Jar?
Dennis Post: So first off, great venue. The views are unbelievable. Very trim.
It be a country ambiance. Fun, relaxing is the things that jumped out at me. Of direction, unbelievable drinks.
They've some distinctiveness drinks which may be completely unbelievable.
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Kline: And all the contrivance thru the day, so on a sea day, right here is delivery in general the total day. And the brunch is delivery. It be a greater brunch, in my opinion, than it's a dinner.
And as Dennis mentioned, it overlooks the sea. So we had been going to shoot in front of the ocean, nonetheless the daylight hours did now not if truth be told work that strategy. Nonetheless the numerous thing we're going to discuss about is my popular drink on any ship is in this venue.
And as some of , or may per chance prefer out from discovering out, I'm a whiskey drinker. And I are inclined to drink a Manhattan. So right here's a twist on a Manhattan.
It be known as a A long way From Manhattan. So it's bourbon. It is a ways vermouth, and it's bitters. And it comes with a cut of candied bacon. Very, very straightforward.
And what I want to set apart is knock the cut of bacon into the drink. And also you in discovering that type of salt from the bacon. It cuts thru the candy of the vermouth.
So it handsome affords you a chunk of little bit of a varied trip. I will level out that we are after work hours when we're recording this. Dennis, what drink set apart you may in discovering gotten in front of you?
Post: I obtained the PB&J. It be the PB&J Outdated-fashioned Fashioned, which I handsome learned about this drink, so we're going to be trying it this day. So or now not it's a screwball peanut butter whiskey mixed with a bourbon, Kentucky bourbon.
And then it has a, which I never knew they'd, a strawberry jelly and walnut bitters. And they set apart that in there. And then they in discovering this little peanut butter and jelly sandwich mini, they most frequently set apart it on a stick.
So that you may behold or now not it's a, it appears to be like to be to be like admire an colossal drink.
Kline: There may be a drink right here offered with a chunk of empanada. When the band is taking part in, there may be a slack night menu that has some chicharrones and a few varied snacks. Right here's a if truth be told good, and I comprehend or now not it's weird to claim hidden menu, nonetheless of us set apart now not advance right here all the contrivance thru the day.
And since of or now not it's up on 15, which is, that is factual next to the Windjammer Buffet, they in discovering no theory that this venue exists at night, for this reason of quite heaps of of us set apart now not advance to the buffet for dinner.
From the Mason Jar, I'm Dan Kline. Come consult with us at Come Cruise With Me.
That is comecruisewith.com. Thank you for watching. Cheers, each person.
Post: Cheers.
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