[Music] [Music] Hey everyone, Hank with Outer Rim Travels here.
Coming to you from the beautiful Celebrity Beyond. We were fortunate enough, last year, to sail
aboard her sistership Celebrity Ascent. On a, you know, quick preview cruise which
was a 3-nighter. So 5 nights here, that's going to be really really nice. I had
asked Mama Otero, what do you think, you know, for your next Celebrity Cruise? We knew right
away we wanted to board another Edge Class ship and without missing a beat she said, we've got
to go on Captain Kate's ship. So here we are. I'm sure we'll meet the Captain at some point. She's
always, you know, walking around and interacting with guests. So. looking forward to that. I'm sure
it's going to be fun, but this particular Cruise also stops at Royal Caribbean's private island...
Perfect Day at CocoCay. Super excited about that, and Cozumel, Mexico. So thank you for joining me
here on my channel. We're going to explore all the foods, which I'm sure will be fantastic...
And the entertainment, which is, you know, completely unique to this particular ship. Let's
get started. They said that our muster is at Fine Cut Steakhouse. Which is interesting, but
we're here on four. We've got to go up to five, knock the muster out, and go grab some food.
And speaking of food... We had our concierge lunch at Tuscan Restaurant. Started with
a Caesar salad, moved on to a short rib. Not as good as the one at Cyprus, and a
salmon for my mom. Of course, dessert was delicious. Let's head upstairs, take a quick
tour of our stateroom. Because we were concierge, we were on Deck 12 this time. You've got your
little couch. Huge king-size bed. See the size of that bed, it's amazing. Here's our flat
screen TV and this particular stateroom did have a partial obstruction so we had a little piece
of the Magic Carpet there kind of blocking our veranda [Music] view you come back this way you've
got your little desk or vanity area this is where I start to edit these videos your charging station
there's a mini fridge directly underneath that got some dressers there and then our closet which
did come with some fancy robes here is our safe and some more drawers underneath that and our
bathroom with one of the best Showers of any Cruise Line and our coner State Room did give
us perks like did you know these guys are the oldest Apothecary in the US talk about pampered
definitely feel like a celebrity on board these ships our stateroom attendant was just the
absolute best our first dinner was at Cypress the Mediterranean restaurant which we remember
as our favorite from celebrity Ascent so here are some of the goodies we had we did not forget
our Greek though there's the meeso had that last time as well and the short rip with which was
better than the one at tusin I had the lamb shank though since I had had short rib for lunch this
didis sou blew my mind it had a lur in it it was amazing let's get a little more into the
details now just got done with dinner here at Cyprus the Greek Mediterranean restaurant
and it was Sensational exactly as I remember from celebrity Ascent I had had the lamb shank
this time phenomenal and again tried the short rib which was also fantastic but the real
surprise was the tiami Su was incredible I've never had I think it's a brand new
favorite dessert I asked can you guys bring me that to the next restaurant but he
said it's exclusive to Cypress so incredibly delicious you guys so no complains five stars
for Cyprus incredible after dinner we went to the first production show titled Arte and
I'm going to share some of the imagery with you even though I can't use the music they
really do make the best use of that gigantic screen each performance is so different
because that screen behind the artists changes [Music] I think this Salvador do section was
my favorite if you can picture this this number to Lady Gaga's Bad
Romance but a tangle version exactly the treas artists were
always some of my favorites so so talented and it helps give the
show you know that kind of Cirus solay [Music] Vibe look at that screen
this was purple rain how beautiful is that see what I mean about the
screen just setting the tone and the vibe the next morning we arrived at Royal
Caribbean's Private Island perfect day at coko K and it had been almost a
year since I visited so happy to be back there's Hideaway Beach brand new
area on the island good morning morning everyone from perfect day at CoCo K and
this is celebrity Beyond's very first time visiting the island so that's kind
of cool we made a history on this cruise and didn't even realize it I'm going to
head over to Hideway the news section for adults on coko K wasn't even open last year but
something brand new to explore come on let's go as you walk off the ship you're going to
turn to your right and just head down this little Sandy path that they have you can
take a little tram of course but you know I walk everywhere I did it originally so on
our first visit here everything is so close by trams are are fine nothing wrong with
them but got to get my exercise in [Music] we are in let's explore idaway Beach let
me give you a [Music] peek let's hit that hyperlapse there's so many chairs
[Music] everywhere here's the first restaurant like Quick Service restaurant
that you come across you got Burgers and Fries and [Music] things see all
the little picnic tables there's your refreshment station and we're heading
off to the main pool it's over here on the right okay seriously how gorgeous is this pool wow there's a swim up bar and you've got a little
seating area directly behind there you go tons of seeding everywhere then you've got Cabanas that
you can rent as well so here are your Hideaway Cabanas comes with a day [Music] pass here's
another shot from the other side of the pool check out that beach see how many
chairs there are all along the [Music] coastline thought I'd get a shot of the drinks so
you can see what the cost is at time of filming yes this is the only pizza restaurant on the
island slice of paradise they've got pizzas over here and there's one it's guava barbecue
chicken what and then you know standard pepperoni check out this is what I'm having and a couple
of little beef and patas of course this is all included once you purchase your pass to enter
Hideaway Beach let's go visit the even fancier Cabanas this is The Hideout it's a little
pricier but it comes with its own pool as you can see right [Music] here l spared no expense
oh the bathrooms are so so clean they remind me of Disney's Private Island honestly it's a
very impressive section of the [Music] island well first impressions of Hideaway Beach this is
insane amazing incredible so I walked all the way down and visited the Cabanas and they've got their
own little you know infinity pool over there it's just beautiful and as you can see the beach is
gorgeous it's just it's unbelievable they've done such a fantastic job with this island and would I
recommend the pass for the day here yes absolutely if you've already visited the other spots on the
island definitely nice to come to Hideway Beach and just kind of chill out I just I think it's
beautiful and I'm so excited this time to get to visit because it was didn't exist last time it
was closed I mean you can see it from the balloon when my sister and I went 400 ft up in Up Up and
Away you could see they were working on Hideway Beach so absolutely gorgeous and so happy to be
here and definitely glad that I purchased the day pass keep in mind there are a ton of things
to do on perfect day at CoCo K including zip lining not brave enough to do
that but it sure does look like fun you've also got that big pirate ship Splash
Zone for the kids and thrill water park incredible slides in there we ended our day over at Captain
Jacks and I've been waiting to have the chicken wings for a year but we were able to catch
some fun entertainment so Captain Jack and Captain Jill they're on the violin entertain
us for a while while I waited for the wings to cook there they are yum well just had the
famous Captain Jack's Barbecue Wings and I got to say they were as incredibly delicious
as I remember from last year oh my gosh so worth the $9.99 I mean they give you 10 so
it's a dollar a win not bad at all highly recommend it if you come on ra Caribbean or
Celebrity Cruises stop by Captain Jack and have the wings you will not regret it trust me
before long we had to make our way back to the ship the next morning we grabbed a quick
breakfast because we were invited to attend a captain's Club presentation at Eden and that
was our first chance to see the [Music] captain good morning good morning how is everyone
come with the back there hello hello good morning everyone well Welcome to our Captain's
Club celebration how many people have been on Celebrity Beyond before raise your hands very good
how many people have been on Celebrity Edge class ships wow I would say the majority of the room
fantastic well the difference between celebrity Edge Apex and celebrity Beyond Ascent is celebrity
Beyond and Ascent are 20.5 M longer Size Matters so we were stretched in two different sections
on either side of the Magic Carpet so we could add [Music] additional if chief engineer is
not running I'm not either so it's good we're good oh thumbs up fantastic so we added different
venues based on our guest feedback and you know how important your feedback is at the end of the
cruise you get that survey and the information that you put in there what you like to see on
board our ships we take that to heart we put it on to the next vessels now of course the celebrity
Edge class is not complete we have number five coming at the end of next year what's the name
Exel yes fantastic do you remember the survey that went out last year asking for your choice of two
names do you remember that it was between vertex and Excel and they went with Excel and I don't
know if you're aware of this but there are certain CR criterias when naming a ship for celebrity
Edge class vessels there was three criteria in particular one it had to be six letters or less
do you know why got to fit it on the ship stack it had to represent the highest points the peak
kind of the elevation the Pinnacle so obviously Pinnacle wouldn't have worked and it had to be a
name that could not have been used on a ship ever before so of course we've got Edge Apex Ascent
uh Beyond and now Excel coming out very exciting itineraries all over the world and you are on a
very special Cruise because this was the second time ever That Celebrity Cruises sailed into
perfect day at CoCo K did you enjoy the island yesterday yeah so you're part of history and
of course that is going to be on Celebrity beon itinerary coming up we're here in the Caribbean
until 2026 so we look forward to seeing you all on board a little later they recognized all the
employees of the month of celebrity Beyond and not to toot my own horn but it kind of brought
back some memories because back in the day when I worked for Royal Caribbean Celebrity I was lucky
enough to be employee of the year for 2 years in a row now I don't say that to brag or anything
like that but for those of you that don't know me I do work very very hard and I'm always at
the top of my game so you can confidently book your vacations whether on a cruise or Disney
with me oh my goodness look at that view we were back at tusin for our next dinner
that's the salmon Tartar and the pasta [Music] carbonara with canoli for dessert well sure you guys noticed I skipped over
yesterday's dinner basically because I just had a very simple side salad I just stuffed my face
on the island started with hamburger hot dogs fries then went over to Hideway Beach and had
the chicken barbecue like wava barbecue Pizza super crispy delicious and a couple of beef
and panas over there and then Captain Jags for the barbecue chicken wings which were a hit
everybody loved them got 10 plane 10 barbecue everyone enjoyed the wings so I mean that was
a hit tonight we dined over here at Tuscan going to kind of give you my thoughts first off
it did take a long time for them to bring the food out on a positive note it was not cold at all so
we experienced that on a another you know Cruise which I'm not going to name names but the food
was hot I did not love my carbonara be completely honest it was a little little tough I mean they
call it ardente it's a little tough for me the taste was not bad at all just I don't know not not
my favorite and then I had the salmon tartar which was good and the Pumpkin roasted pumpkin salad
which I had on a scend before and that one was good so I mean overall the canoli also on a scend
I think was better somehow The Filling tasted more like canoli here it was more like a uh Miracle
Whip kind of inside a canoli shell kind of strange didn't really taste much like canoli but I mean
overall I'm going to give TUS in tonight three out of five stars you know and that's being generous
because I did enjoy the appetizers and the dessert was okay but the main entree didn't love it
tomorrow we're dining over at Normandy the French restaurant and we'll see what I think of that meal
all right heading over to the show they've got the second big production number tonight we're super
excited it's called elements again as with the first production show can't really share the music
don't want any copyright issues but I did try to capture some of the best moments from production
show number two elements I hope you enjoy [Music] it it goes without saying that video Simply
doesn't do these performances and these shows Justice it's just incredible to be sitting in
that theater and experiencing these [Music] shows wow wow look at that isn't that beautiful clearly this is rain it's one interesting prop after another which really really helps Elevate
these performances and the [Music] shows honestly I cannot compliment this cast of performers enough they
were just absolutely [Music] phenomenal I was kind of waiting to see what
they would do with fire and boy it's it did not disappoint I really do love the way they
incorporate the acrobatics into these shows just makes it all the more
interesting you know [Music] I'm really glad I was able to film the final bow because boy did these guys deserve
all the Applause that they got that evening guys go check out a show aboard the
Celebrity Cruises ship that's all I can say really [Music] day4 brought us to KML Mexico and even though I
wasn't planning to get off the ship I did decide cuz some of the folks we were with wanted to see
KML I did decide to get down for a little bit but Mama o Tera was getting a little antsy we were
on day four and she had not met Captain Kate so kind of made it a point this morning morning to
meet the captain and boy was she excited when the captain wandered over to Cafe Al bachio and Mama
oot Tero gave her a huge hug and we chatted a bit welcome to Mexico we are here at cosl today for
the day not venturing into town but we are going to try maybe a beer have some food and visit the
shops here at KML let's go let's come hang out [Music] we're here at Senor frogs in Cosmo Mexico
not going to go in for frog legs but just you know checking out the place and listening
to the music over here this Senor frogs has been here oh my gosh as long as I can remember
maybe 30 years at least 40 50 Years anyway it's a good time and if you like frog legs or
want to try frog legs definitely come over here hey there Barbie having fun we walked around a bit visited some
of the stores there's your Mexican hats big bags tons of clothing at very decent prices t-shirts as well and I found this one really funny kind of the knockoff Little Mermaid
look she sinks the other los maros skulls tons of mugs for six
bucks and Shop glasses as well did you know that pure vanilla
extract is a thing in Mexico I had no idea we're here at a little little store in
cosmal and we just bought three Coronas for five bucks what that's like one for $6
on the ship or even back in Miami so I mean got to do it when you find those deals
right buddy now I'm not sure which Carnival ship this is but you can see Bolt the roller
coaster up there and it was time to head back we had a super nice time in CML grabbed a
couple of beers did some shopping and just you know visited Senor frogs and just fun time now
heading back to the ship to grab some lunch quick shout out to celebrities destination Gateway
where you debark we love it tonight was French night and that Bri cheese is divine of course
French onion soup to die for the salmon was actually really really tasty and crispy this is
the beef on crud they had that on the ascent and that creme Bret oh my goodness well tonight's
dinner at Normandy was freaking phenomenal so so good that free cheese and of course French
Soup To Die For I cheated the other day and I had french onion soup early because I just
couldn't save it for French night but was fantastic then instead of having the be on
coup which I had last time on Celebrity scent I decided to go with the sammer which was also
fantastic and then for dessert creme brulee so I'm the only person that has not had the creme
rule so far on the C Beyond and it was delicious so five out of five stars for Normandy you
know sometimes it's hit or miss and I guess the Italian you know restaurant maybe had a bad
night the other night but back on a roll because Normandy highly recommended was fantastic
have you ever experienced silent disco on a cruise ship I thought you get a kick out of
watching these folks Dan with their headphones on seems like a good time heading upstairs to
the Ocean View cafe for breakfast figured I'd show you how close to the elevators and
the stairwell to Ocean View we are let's go oh yeah and I do have my Mickey shirt
with me Mickey's never too far away next cruise on the Disney Magic and next week
we're actually out at Disneyland so lots of Mickey coming up let's head over
and check out Ocean View cafe come on here's your first look
at the hallways on Celebrity Beyond we are on Deck 12 178 come over
this [Music] way you got the elevators we can hop on an elevator go up one
floor to deck 14 or just grab the stairs HEI you'd be real proud of me been taking
the stairs a lot up to the Ocean View cafe [Music] just come this way and that's it we're
here how awesome is that so we're just one deck away from the pool deck here
we are Ocean View [Music] cafe you've got your hand washing station right
there and let's head on in have some breakfast I'm here at Ocean View cafe about
to have breakfast and pro tip for you in case you didn't know most cruise ships do have the
powdered eggs for breakfast you can ask for a custom omelet any way you like and that way you're
kind of guaranteeing that you will have real eggs for breakfast so this is what I'm having egg white
with mushrooms spinach and onions little mushrooms on the side and love the hash browns here little
bacon and sausage the buffet breakfast here at Ocean View is actually really really good let's
dig in a little later that morning we attended oceans ahead Captain Kate's presentation on her
life so we're going to kick this off let me see if okay there we go first picture so one of
the questions I get asked a lot is how does one become interested in becoming a cruise ship
captain where does that dream even stem from for me it was when my parents took my brother and
me on our very first cruise on Premier Cruise Lin's big red boat the Atlanta yay we've got
Atlantic pans in the house now if you're not familiar with Premier Cruise Lines this is the
brochure and if you see on the left- hand side it says the cruise that comes with a Walt Disney
World vacation free because what would happen is you would either go on to the parks first
and then onto the cruise ship or the ship first and then go into Disney World so it was
a combo pack it was the original Disney Cruise Line and I've met a lot of people who have
been sailing for quite a while even before that I was born do you remember the picture in
the center that was the midnight Buffet do you remember the midnight Buffet does anybody
miss the midnight Buffet be honest because what would happen during the midnight Buffet is
people would go up they would fill their plates and then as you walk the corridor about 3:00 in
the morning you would find all of these piles of plates that were still filled in the corridor so
we have done way with the with the food waste and and midnight bus dayss but when I sailed when I
was 12 years old bless you we had the midnight bu and that's a picture from one of those particular
evenings but back to this original picture in the top right hand corner that is a photo of
the certificate that hangs on my Captain's office bulkhead today that is my junior cruiser
certificate signed by the captain and um that was one of the pisal moments that I had with my
parents because when we got off the ship and we were packing the car to drive home this picture on
the right hand side I I just need to point out we were the coolest kids on the cruise rocking our
San Francisco 49ers starter line jackets if you know you know um but when we were packing the car
to drive home I said to my dad I know what I want to be when I grow up he said what's that I said do
you know the person that plans all the fun events on board the ship my dad said the cruise director
I said yes I want to be the cruise director and my dad said to me well you can do anything you want
in the world including drive the thing and that's where the seed was planted when I graduated
I applied to every single cruise line in the industry and at the time it was still email was
a new fangled thing so I sent my resume my CV via snail mail and via email to every single cruise
line in the industry and I didn't hear anything back for over a year so I changed my resume and
I applied to be a bartender with Disney Cruise Line Disney Cruise Line they took my resume they
looked at it they go she is not qualified to be a bartender because I had never served a drink a
day in my life but she is qualified to drive our ships there you go so they took the resume they sent it over to the
marine department and that's where I got my foot in the door with Disney cruise lines as a third
officer which is the entry-level position onto the bridge so I joined Royal Caribbean as a second
officer I spent 13 years there as Second Officer first officer deck first officer navigation
First officer safety chief officer safety and staff captain and in 2015 I was sailing with my
husband who at the time was the chief engineer on the Quantum of the Seas we were off the coast
of Oman I was his guest on board and he came in and he said um very early in the morning I was
still asleep he said Celebrity Cruises is on the phone and I said well why is Celebrity Cruises
on the phone he said I think they're calling to offer you the position as Master on board one of
their ships so that's going to wake you up really fast so I go running out into the living space
and I take the phone call and it's Lisa L Toof Perlo who at the time was our president and CEO at
Celebrity Cruises who I met when she worked over at Royal Caribbean and she was calling to offer me
the position position as the first female captain on Celebrity and also the first American woman to
be a captain on Mega cruise ships in the cruise industry and I said no I'm good just kidding
I said hell yeah I'll be right there but thank you so she brought me over to Celebrity Cruises
um and when I got home from that trip I took that letter that she had written me and I went
over to my mom and dad's house I got a really nice bottle of champagne on Father's Day and I
was pulling the champagne out of the fridge I gave the letter to my dad he started reading it
out loud and when he got to the part about being promoted to captained he went quiet and he looked
up at me back down at the letter looked back up at me tears streaming down his face and my poor
mom is shoving ice cream in her face next to him has no idea what's happening amazing right next
up we went and attended bug naked trivia it was super super cute bug is a hairless Sphinx cat
and she is Instagram famous it was really funny to watch her meow on Q when they asked her to say
hi hello bu are you going to say hello to [Music] everybody hello we didn't know much about bug
during this you know trivia but we sure did learn a lot and she's absolutely ad adorable
our very last dinner was at Cypress you know so nice got a D there twice already reviewed
with five stars but I thought I'd show you the mushroom bisque the escargo which was
absolutely delicious my main entree was the spinach and ricotta ravioli was excellent and
that cheese cake was just as good as I remember from celebrity as scent our waiter also brought
us a little chocolate mousse to try loved [Music] it well that does it for another lovely Cruise
aboard Celebrity Cruises man these go so fast I say it every time but you know before you realize
A J already leaving the ship so you know sad saddest day of the cruise but we will definitely
be back aboard celebrity Beyond we love the ship Foods I mean the entertainment and her celebrity
Captain which is actually so so involved from the morning announcements that are so fun and she
gives like you know her mom's tip of the day and gives us the details you know technical details
of how the ship is doing and all that kind of stuff I mean incredible and her presentation and
Bug naked trivia I think honestly in all my years of sailing she is probably the most involved
Captain aboard any cruise that I've ever been on and it really does add to the experience now
I'm going to give you the rest of my thoughts let's start with coners cuz we did book coners
this time mostly I was curious but I also found a partial obstructed you know you saw a little
piece of the Magic Carpet there at in our banda that was that decreased the price a little bit
and allowed me to book concierge the coner lunch was nice to be able to go you know sit down
have your sit down lunch instead of kind of the craziness of the buffet we don't mind the buffet
aboard the Edge class ships at all so I mean that's kind of not that big a deal when it comes
to concierge you've got a few perks you know here and there but I think the biggest perk is instead
of just a couple of points in your Captain's Club you get five so five points that helps you kind
of rack up those points quicker to get to the next next TI anyway that's it it's time to say goodbye
to another ship but the consolation is that in about a month we will be boarding the Disney Magic
and I guess we'll be some of the first people to step foot at Disney's Lookout key at Lighthouse
Point crazy is that I mean not that crazy because I booked it what a year and a half ago to make
sure that I'd you know be one of the first on the island so so excited for that anyway thank you
as always for making it all the way to the end I hope you've enjoyed the video I hope that you hit
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hit the like button as well cuz that does help and you know I will see you on the next one it's
not quite Disney Cruise Line yet we've got a trip out to Disneyland we're going to visit Star Wars
night oh my goodness cannot wait as always thanks for joining me and I will see you on the next one
have an out of this world day you guys take care
