Boatmans Lady

1 hour ago, scuba diver said:

Great info on your cruise.  Any chance you have pictures or copies of the Compass Rose dinner menus.  My daughter and SIL are cruising on the Voyager in March and are curious about the menus.  All of my old copies are jut that, very old copies.

 

Jay

If Deep Freeze doesn't have any, I can post some when we are onboard. We join on the 5th for the TA. 

Looking forward to your musings. 

We are boarding on the 5th after a pre-cruise Winelands and Wildlife tour. 

Enjoy your post cruise wine tour. 

12 hours ago, DeepFreeze63 said:

Yes, there is entertainment every evening A very nice pianist has played every evening from 6 to 6:45 in OL; almost always natural duo has played in the Voyager lounge; and the 9:30 in the theater is either the Production cast or a Guest Entertainer. Late night has the return of the OL pianist (sometimes as Music Trivia), the Natural Duo in Voyager, and the Orchestra in Horizon Lounge. DW and I think the entertainment has been either very good or excellent with only a female violinist from whom we departed early. Both of our last nights has featured "Beatles Night" at 9:30 in the Horizon Lounge - great fun!

Thank you so much. 

Sounds as if we are in for a blast. 

Have never had a Beatles night on any of our previous cruises, so here is hoping 🤞

11 hours ago, DeepFreeze63 said:

John E as CD - been on (except for 7 weeks) since Voyager restart in January; excellent organizer of Trivia; very affable; and an amateur magician.

Richard Rubin as ACD - zany character, gifted pianist, runs a fun music trivia (Mary played every time offered) - I told him you were coming.

Emiliano C. as Head Sommelier. Also, Ugo the GM (a South African by birth residing in Italy) is "into" wines.

All are presently scheduled to be on Voyager on 1/05/2023.

Can I ask if there is entertainment in all the venues in the evening? 

We were on Voyager early on her relaunch and there was a fab pianist in the observation lounge after the show or film and a duo in the Voyager lounge. 

There was no orchestra and I just  wondered if the orchestra there was one now. 

How would you rate the entertainment as a whole 😀

3 hours ago, Carol From California said:

We did not like the Cullinan Southern Sun. Such a poor choice for Regent.

We too are in the Cullinan Southern Star,  would you like to expand on why you don't rate it. 

I must admit my heart sank as I thought we were going to be in Table Bay Hotel. 

But it will be what it is. 

51 minutes ago, zipcruise said:

Absolutely Wonderful! Thank you so much for those festive impressions 🎄

we will fly to Miami on Monday (if it’s hopefully working out…), but I’ve heard that the situation at Frankfurt airport is pretty chaotic. If my luggage doesn’t make it to Miami, is there a chance to buy items like pants or a dress or shirts onboard?

We will have the same dilemma in a couple of weeks as we fly from the UK to SA and we have all sorts of strikes going on. 

I intend to use our hand luggage allowance wisely and pack a couple of days clothes for each of us in our carry on cases. At least that way we will have three outfits that we can mix and match with. 

2 hours ago, DeepFreeze63 said:

Seas have eased but winds remain fierce.  No loungers on pool deck or water in the pool (depth ranges from 3'3" to 5'6").

Had a TERRIFIC saxophone performance last evening - show flew by! Mostly terrific Guest entertainment on our B2B with only 1 "stinko" (in my opinion) Guest entertainer.

The affinity group on board had a "Motown Sound" event in the Voyager lounge (anyone could attend) at 10:30 last night - the ship rocked and not just from the seas.

Christmas carols in the Atrium tonight

Sorry you have had to miss some ports but glad the entertainment has been good. 

Just over three weeks till we board the ship 😀

45 minutes ago, papaflamingo said:

When does your cruise depart?

We fly on the 1st January and board the ship on the 5th.

Online check-in is this Thursday 15th and all it says until the 6th is TBD. 

With all the strikes leading up to the new year in the UK, I'm just getting edgy about it all. 

I'm sure everything is fine. 

We are only 3 days from online check-in and our itinerary on our cruise personalise is still say TBD for our flights (we know these and have selected our seats) our pre-cruise hotel and tour. 

Our TA asked which hotel would we be based in and Regent replied that it should be The Southern Sun, The Cullinan but we haven't received anything officially or even an itinerary for the pre-cruise tour. 

I'm sure on our previous cruises this infor has showed much earlier than this. 

18 hours ago, DeepFreeze63 said:

A poster requested opinions about excursions in Walvis Bay.

On our long day we rented a Regent van for 8 hours; we saw "everything" per a pre-selected itinerary (which we got from a passenger who rented a van on our 1st leg). There were 4 of us and the driver/guide; it could have taken 6 passengers but it would have been less comfortable. Came back after 7 hours as not to miss the return performance of the Nambian (Mascoto) Youth Choir @ 6PM.

 

Taked to 2 sets of "non-birders" who went on the Bird Watching tour - they enjoyed it very much. and even reported sighting a jackal!

 

This AM we went (very early) on the Seals and Dolphins excursion  - Great fun in a 25 passenger catamaran. Shortly after departure, we were visited by: a huge sea gull who "stole" fishes from our guides outstretched hand; then a young seal who was fed as he/she wandered among the passengers; followed by 2 (later 3) LARGE, beautiful pelicans who could be petted and who posed in a lot of selfies; saw thousands of seals close up; and as a final thrill - a whale sauntered by our boat. A Wow for sure. Tasty finger food, champagne, beer and "the world's best fresh oysters" were served in the enclosed cabin.

Thank you. Sounds a great stop and we too have the seals and pelican tour booked. 

Really looking forward to our overnight stop in Walvis Bay. 

Loving your carry on report from Georgia Peach and we too travel with our companions and our grandchildren love following their adventures. 

A quick general question for anyone. 

On all the cruises we have undertaken and I see on yours, friends of Bill W meet. Who is Bill W? 

I'm just intrigued. 

4 hours ago, Wuzzle10 said:

Ours came this week as well, very excited, which cruise are you on? We are Sydney to Bali on explorer 

We are doing Cape Town to Rio De Janeiro on Voyager. 

Hope you have a fab cruise. 

2 hours ago, HotRoot said:

Let me see if I can do this.  Here are ours.  Previously we had ones like yours.

Ours are very much like airline tags and some of the us Brits that weren't receiving anything apart from online documents were given the same ones we received in the post today at the pre-cruise hotel in Rome, so yes the USA cruisers seem to be getting different ones to us. 

2 hours ago, Techno123 said:

You are on the same cruise as us and we have the same as Boatman'sLady (just deck 7) - maybe they are the UK version?
 

Are you doing a pre-cruise too? 

Will be nice to be back onboard again. 

6 hours ago, DeepFreeze63 said:

Update: As of now, John E will be replaced as CD on Voyager by Andy (with Tammy) when ship reaches BsAs; John will go on vacation then.

 

Warm weather gear broken out as outside temp about 63F and winds about 30 knots. Will be late to Walvis Bay as winds are on bow (ship going at max. speed).

Thank you. That is a long stint John E has done as he was on before Voyagers first cruise back, but will look forward to seeing him again. 

Looking forward to your report from Walvis Bay as we are overnighting there. 

Much excitement in our house today as this envelope arrived from Regent with 

deck luggage tags enclosed. No making my own like last year and thank you to Regent for listening to the feedback and sending these out. 

Excitement is beginning to mount but we have a little event called Christmas to get through before our pre-cruise tour 😀 

14 hours ago, GeorgiaPeach51 said:

@SusieQft  You will be happy, then!  There was commentary about the wines, information about them, and why they were appropriate to each dish.  I learned a lot, and of course, it is such a pleasure to drink really superb wine rather than the wines we normally drink.  

Really hoping we can sign up to this on our forthcoming transatlantic on Voyager. Thank you for all the fab positive posts about it. 

20 hours ago, DeepFreeze63 said:

Thanksgiving at sea. Turkey to be served in all passenger dining venues at dinner.

Had "County Fair" on deck this AM - well participated in and great fun. Apparently hasn't been held recently on Voyager.

Ate our dinner last night at Pool Grill for the first time in all our 22 Regent cruises (we made Titanium level at start of this cruise). It was a nice alternative as we wanted a quick, casual meal. Both the sausages and the steaks were grilled to perfection.

Really hope we get to experience a County Fair on our Voyager cruise as we have 7 sea days and these look a fun thing to attend. 

5 hours ago, DeepFreeze63 said:

Correction to earlier post: CD John E. is on board for last 2 months of the World Cruise; Paul ? does the 1st two months. The husband/wife team, who had been CD & Social Hostess on WCs retired. 

Thank you, I asked about John E. 

If he is leaving soon is there any information on who is replacing him? 

Will be sorry to miss him. 

On 11/20/2022 at 2:24 AM, carolina cruisin said:

I almost hate to say anything the way everything keeps changing. So, we sitting at home in SC at 11am, feeling sorry for ourselves. Decided to call Delta to ask if we were still booked on the second leg of our trip. They advised that they had rebooked our entire flight. Who knew??  Called Regent and found they are holding the ship. Contrary to what we were told last night. Luckily we had not unpacked. So yet another trip to the airport. We are now sitting in Atlanta waiting to depart at 11:45pm. Arrive Lima 6:20am (we hope). So we may see you yet. Drinks will be in order. For all that have sent well wishes, hope to see some of you tomorrow, others perhaps sometime in the future. Not getting too excited until we step onboard. 

Really hope you made it to the ship and have now relaxed. 

GeorgiaPeach51 got to laugh at you eyeing the floor as being comfortable to sleep on 😂

I fear that will be me at Schiphol airport late in January!! 

Hope you have a good night's sleep and boarding goes smoothly. 

Thanks for the update and glad all is good. 

John was our CD in March, will he still be on for the TA in January? 

2 hours ago, GeorgiaPeach51 said:

The laundry service is fantastic and a lifesaver….but it’s the shoes…😜

Oh how I wish I could take lots of shoes but my feet swell so horribly that I stick with the few pairs I know will fit 🤣 but I love looking at everyone's pretty shoes. 

Hope you sort your packing easily  and quickly. 

On 11/6/2022 at 11:33 PM, alainciao said:

We are approaching final payment.  We have good flights BWI to Haneda and return.  With current airline unreliability I was wondering what our redress would be if Regent changed (after FP) our flights to very undesirable routing with, say, close connections and additional stops.  We are not young and resilient as we once were and would not want an itinerary which would very probably lead to a horror story such as some we have seen recounted on CC.  I did go to Regent's web site but did not see anything relevant.  My guess is we would be stuck.  Any knowledge out there regarding this? TIA.

We have long paid our final payment and I noticed in the wee small hours that KLM had brought our flight home from Rio forward by 6 hours which meant we landed in Amsterdam at 06.00 and our onward flight wasn't till the middle of the afternoon. 

A phone call to our TA resulted in Regent swiftly changing our onward flight to 07.20 and assuring us, there is no luggage to collect, and our onward gate is in the close vicinity. 

So be reassured if things do change Regent will do their best to sort it. 

23 hours ago, 2012_Alaska_bound said:

 

Yes they are.

23 hours ago, Kwaj girl said:

 

The wines onboard can vary from ship to ship depending on sourcing availability and where a ship may be taking on provisions.  

Ex; Villa Maria as well as Pouilly- Fuisse(sp) were AWOL the last several weeks on Mariner.  BUT we had a great red from Portugal-Escada, as well as a Red Blend from R Cellars

20 hours ago, Portolan said:

Actually, some variance because, as the referenced list shows, some are keyed to specific restaurants.  Only Splendor and Explorer have Pacific Rim, and Navigator (only) doesn't have Chartreuse.

 

I was disappointed to see that the list no longer indicates that Pacific Rim has the Gewurztraminer that we greatly enjoyed on all previous voyages on both Explorer and Splendor.  Perhaps that's temporary, but I will include it in my beverage request for Splendor in January and Explorer in March.  We much prefer it to Riesling.

Thank you. I have printed the list off and use it as a starting base. 

We have quite a few sea days, so am looking forward to partaking in the odd glass or two.