Live From Regal 1/19/2020 E. Caribbean

[Steelers0854]

Here is the Patter for today. 
 

 

 

 

[Steelers0854]

We walked through the spa as we wanted to sign up for some treatments. DW is a huge proponent of acupuncture after having done 10 years ago for motion sickness. She felt like she needed a turn up and I love getting a massage on board. So we did the normal tour thing and signed up for services. I forgot how large and beautiful the spa is on the Royal Class ships. 
 

We just did an Aqua Class cruise on the Celebrity Summit. Their Persian Gardens doesn’t hold a candle to the Enclave on the Royal. But I’m not sure it’s a fair comparison as the ships are vastly different in size and age. 
 

Royal Enclave:

 

 

 

 

Summit Persian Gardens:

 

[Reader0108598]

1 minute ago, Steelers0854 said:

We walked through the spa as we wanted to sign up for some treatments. DW is a huge proponent of acupuncture after having done 10 years ago for motion sickness. She felt like she needed a turn up and I love getting a massage on board. So we did the normal tour thing and signed up for services. I forgot how large and beautiful the spa is on the Royal Class ships. 
 

We just did an Aqua Class cruise on the Celebrity Summit. Their Persian Gardens doesn’t hold a candle to the Enclave on the Royal. But I’m not sure it’s a fair comparison as the ships are vastly different in size and age. 
 

Royal Enclave:

 

 

 

 

Summit Persian Gardens:

 

 

[Reader0108598]

Just now, Reader0108598 said:

 

Beautiful! look at those stairs and railings! Those of us with some mobility issues like to get in the water also! That is why the Sky is out ! Enjoy 🙂 Thanks for bringing us along!

 

[richsea]

Enjoying following along. We are boarding on the 26th & got an email today regarding pier 21 boarding. We were on Regal for her repo from NYC, and found wifi to be the best we’ve ever had. Granted, we did not stream any shows, but had no problems with pages loading the whole 10 days.

I agree about the layout of daily activities on their app; very clumsy. But it’s nice that you can bookmark events to make them easy to find.

 

Have a great cruise!

[Daniel1313]

On 1/17/2020 at 5:03 PM, dhdoug said:

Have a great time. We are from the South Hills of Pittsburgh and big Steeler fans. We are boarding the Regal the following week.

Doug & Patty

We board the Regal 4 Sundays from today....   We are NOT huge Steeler fans...  HAHA !!!!

[Steelers0854]

The Celebrity Edge leaving just before us. 
 

[b7440]

Just watched you guy leaving, on the webcam. We will go on end of August out of Paris.

 

 

[ROXY GIRL]

Please let us know if you notice any changes to the cabins after drydock.

THANKS AND HAVE A FUN TIME !!!!!

[Steelers0854]

1 hour ago, ROXY GIRL said:

Please let us know if you notice any changes to the cabins after drydock.

THANKS AND HAVE A FUN TIME !!!!!

honestly didn’t really know what they looked like before so I’m not sure how much I can say about after. I can tell you I thought the beds are super comfortable. 
 

you can check out the photos of the cabin in the post as well. 
 

 

[Steelers0854]

We had early seating, which was a 5:15 start time. We have a table for 2 this cruise. We don’t really mind sharing a table, so can go either way on this. After we sat we asked to speak with a head waiter, Jose, and he came over straightaway. DW was very happy with how they handled her allergies. She can order anything she wants off the menu and they will do everything they can to make it for her. She was excited she wasn’t going to eat chicken and rice like she did on Carnival. She got really excited when Jose said the chef would make her a special dessert ever night. 
 

Tonight was obviously a little Different since they couldn’t plan ahead but they had no problems doing a salad, prime rib, And dry baked potato. 
 

I got the butterflied shrimp, ceviche, a salad and the mussels. Everything was ok, not great. I did have a bite of DWs prime rib and it was excellent. 
 

I don’t normally take pictures of my food at home, lol, so it takes me a day or two to get in the swing of things on the cruise. So sorry for some missing (or late) food photos!

 

 

 

sorry, this is an aftermath photo, but hey it basically looked the same as when it cam out!

 

For dessert DW got a fruit plate and I got the hazelnut soufflé. 
 

 

[Steelers0854]

After dinner we headed to the Princess Theater for tonight’s show. I’ll tell you one thing. The shows in Celebrity were darn near empty every night. Here, the theater is half full with 20 minutes til show time. 

 

[cnd crsr]

Following along and wishing you a wonderful cruise... you are missing snow and cold weather in the GTA!

 

I have food allergies as well and have found Princess to go above other cruise lines to makeor alter food for me.

 

 

[h-sar]

8 hours ago, Steelers0854 said:

 

 

 

 

 

I have found the Regal and Sky cupcakes to taste less like cake and more like muffin. Have never found them to be light and airy like most cupcakes; rather, pretty dense. 
 

Confession time: on my recent two weeks on the Sky, I licked the icing off one of the daily cupcakes each day, but never ate any of the cupcakes themselves, aside from the first day. 😁. Really enjoyed the orange flavoured icing.

Edited January 20, 2020 by h-sar

[Reader0108598]

2 hours ago, h-sar said:

 

 

I have found the Regal and Sky cupcakes to taste less like cake and more like muffin. Have never found them to be light and airy like most cupcakes; rather, pretty dense. 
 

Confession time: on my recent two weeks on the Sky, I licked the icing off one of the daily cupcakes each day, but never ate any of the cupcakes themselves, aside from the first day. 😁. Really enjoyed the orange flavoured icing.

In 30 cruises never found any of their deserts to have any taste! They look great though! Save the calories! Can always find something to eat  but the deserts for me are meh!

 

 

 

Edited January 20, 2020 by Reader0108598

[CruiseVA]

1 hour ago, Reader0108598 said:

In 30 cruises never found any of their deserts to have any taste! They look great though! Save the calories! Can always find something to eat  but the deserts for me are meh!

 

 

 

I agree, the cookies are quite tasty though...  

[Steelers0854]

Here is an internet speed update. This was last night at 7pm

 

 

Here is today at 8am

 

 

you can see some pretty dramatic swings. But the current speed is a lot better than most people get at home so kuddos to them. 

[Woobstr112G]

Thanks for taking the time to post your observations.  We board the Sky on Saturday so this is the perfect motivational tool.....😊😊😊

 

Bob

[Daniel A]

Thanks for doing this, we sail on the Regal in two weeks.  We got our medallions this week but this is really whetting our appetite.  Thanks again, please keep it up.

[Steelers0854]

Welcome to the beautiful Princess Cays!

 

 

 

Here is the Patter for today 
 

 

 

[Reader0108598]

5 minutes ago, Steelers0854 said:

Welcome to the beautiful Princess Cays!

 

 

 

Here is the Patter for today 
 

 

 

Have a wonderful day!! 🙂

 

[Reader0108598]

1 hour ago, Woobstr112G said:

Thanks for taking the time to post your observations.  We board the Sky on Saturday so this is the perfect motivational tool.....😊😊😊

 

Bob

Bob if you get a chance can you check out the pools on board the sky to see if ANY pool has steps not just ladders or a lift! Have a wonderful cruise 🙂

[Reader0108598]

11 hours ago, CruiseVA said:

I agree, the cookies are quite tasty though...  

Have to try the cookies 🙂

 

[CruiseVA]

1 minute ago, Reader0108598 said:

Have to try the cookies 🙂

 

My wife has put a cookie limit on me! Donutes in the IC are pretty tasty as well, I just find that the cakes & cupcakes are pretty bland for my taste.

[Reader0108598]

1 minute ago, CruiseVA said:

My wife has put a cookie limit on me! Donutes in the IC are pretty tasty as well, I just find that the cakes & cupcakes are pretty bland for my taste.

I agree and thanks for the tips! 🙂