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Well I am still NOT receiving your postings in my emails like I was before, so I'm glad I can go to CC and find them HERE. 🙂 Thank you for showing the picture of someone pouring the champagne (I did this 23 years ago on the higher tower) or whatever you call it, as I would like to do it again, for one of my family members to take a picture, once more. Someone mentioned that it didn't look like there were very many young people (they had been on Carnival) under the age of 60 or so, and I am much older than that (most people don't think I am by the way I look/act), and that may be true, but they must remember, this time of year, most young people are IN school.

I don't know what happened, but I was receiving ALL of your postings by email, and then all of a sudden they STOPPED! I had to go to Cruise Critic, just to find you, and "catch up!" Question about the fountain. I was thinking it had already happened, but you had said it was crowded, so maybe you didn't see. I was wondering how a person ( if they wanted to) would be able to pour some champagne in the fountain, as I had seen a picture where a lady was doing that?

I have a couple questions. Did I read some place that "IF" we wanted to make sure we received the medallion in time, we NEED to pay $10.00 for them to ship it to us? If so, did you find it worth it in the long run? I figured I put out enough for everything else on Princess, let alone "another" $10 to be putting out. I see where Regal Princess has the champagne tower. In the picture I seen, I seen a lady on a platform that helped her reach the tower to pour the champagne. If you have done it recently, or know of someone who has, do they charge for a person to do this (if so, how much), or if a person wants to do it, they will let you do it?

What deck is the sea walk on?

I liked the way they had the robe hanging up, and the way they had the arms folded around it. 🙂

CrusinSusan70, I'm GLAD to read NOW, that it was a joke.

Dreamscaper, thank you for letting me know there ARE some other items that are for sale close to the end of the cruise. The reason I say this, someone had just posted and said it was champagne, and I had NO interest in wanting to buy that. 🙂

That makes SENSE, that he (the friend that JUST got married) is NOT cruising with you.

Saint Greg, you JUST heard from your friend who is going with you, and he JUST got married to someone he has known less than a month. Oh my, what kind of decision is that??? 😞 Mary Ann 2, thank you for your input to give me a little "idea" of what some of the speciality restaurants, and other food places serve.

CruisinSusan, thank you for your input in regard to my question of "normally" the cruise ships sales of $10 - $15. If it is champagne, I definitely will not be attending that sale.

The different ones that have posted about different places to get food really helps me. Now one of my questions is, do I have to Google, or whatever the "name" of the "specialty restaurants" to find out what kind of food they serve, or how do I go about to see their menu?

Thank you Dides, and especially Duchessrn, that list is very helpful. 🙂

If you know, could you tell me where I can LOOK ( Princess website or what) for the different restaurants on the Regal ship, as well as the different eating places, that TELL what kind of food they serve, that is, if there is a place to look this up?

It just dawned on me to ask. I know down through the years with most of my cruises, they generally have a $10 - $15 sale close to the end of the cruise. Is that being done on the Regal ship?

CrusinSusan70, I don't like champagne in the first place, so I didn't want to drink it, even if it was offered to me. I just thought it would be an "unusual picture" to be taken, which it was, and it really turned out good with me pouring the champagne into the tower.

Tonit964, the picture you are showing of the champagne tower almost looks like the same one that I poured champagne into the glasses, back in 2000. I see there is a platform to stand on in your picture, and I had to stand on the platform to reach the glasses to pour the champagne too.

ICFT, the only thing I can tell you about the champagne tower was it was taller than me, 23 years ago, and I was 5'5" back then. I have a couple pictures and when pouring the champagne, I could barely reach the glasses then, and I had hi-heels on. 🙂 I just heard that since there is so much rocking/rolling at times, that is why they lowered the tower. How high it is now, I have no clue.

Thank you all for your advice in regard to Holiday Inn and what is going on in February in Galveston. Actually I am leaving that part up to my d-i-l, as her son/my grandson works for this company where there are certain discounts he can get on some hotels, and Holiday Inn on the beach is one of them. When she showed us the price, we thought it was pretty good, but then she said that was the "discounted" price, so we KNEW we were getting a good deal through where my grandson works.

Thank you all for your advice. Actually when booking our reservations for our flights in February, the customer rep mentioned (after we had mentioned none of us had ever been to Galveston) that Galveston was a pretty neat place to check out, which sounds good, as our flight will be coming in early in the afternoon.

I don't believe I have mention this before, but if I did, I'm sorry. In regard to the champagne tower, if there is one on this ship, I would like to know, as the ship I seen it on was the dawn. I remember pouring champagne (not drinking) into the glasses, and it was so neat, and I did that 23 years ago.

Hopefully one of you or Radio might know the answer to my question. I didn't think anything about it, until I believe someone mentioned or maybe I seen a picture, of the champagne tower/fountain. When I read or seen that, it took my mind waaaaaaaaaaaaay back as I remember doing it (not drinking), or pouring the champagne in the glasses. Since I have MANY photo albums, I thought I would look and see if I could find my pictures, still not knowing what year I had done it. To make the long story short, I did find my pictures of me pouring the champagne into the glasses, and it was 23 years ago. My time DOES fly by. 🙂

Dreamscaper, thank you for your input on the dining rooms. I am so used to be assigned to just one dining room, as that way, we get to know our waitstaff and vice versa. Am I correct to understand that all the dining rooms have the same menu for the night?

Yehootu, good to know that the ship we will soon be on handles rough weather. I have done over 15 cruises down through the years, and I've seen just about anything that could happen with a ship, especially when it is "rocking" from one side to the other. I've seen bath doors swinging back/forth, dresser drawers go in/out, etc. Quite an experience, when you are trying to sleep.

Once your on the ship, would you let me know if there is just one formal night or two? We like the two formal nights. I believe someone mentioned that the one formal night is when they do the champagne fountain, and that is nice, but NOTHING like what it was many years ago. Back then the fountain was almost all the way to the ceiling, and I was able to pour champagne into the fountain of glasses. Really a NEAT event that I was able to participate in, and it is a shame after attending what I did back then, it is so much smaller now. Mainly for protection there in the ship with the glasses falling, etc.

Thank you for the input. All I know is this Holiday Inn is on the beach. Thanks for letting me know they have breakfast too.