Rare florida23 Posted September 29, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 29, 2023 This post was recognized by LauraS! "Congrats on your first "Live from..." Thanks for generously sharing your time at sea with everyone at Cruise Critic! Please consider submitting it to the site for publication as well: Click: Write a Review" florida23 was awarded the badge '"Live from...."' Arrived at 1200 for our scheduled boarding and was at the end of a long line. It took about 20 minutes to get processed and aboard. The ship is lovely and everyone is delightful. This is our 3rd Regent cruise. Sail away party was fun. Dinner in Compass Rose was very good although service was a bit slow. The evening show was an introduction for what is to come. Internet is slow and spotty so far. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1982CruzStart Posted September 29, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Have a great cruise and I look forward to reading whatever you have time to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkystheLimit Posted September 29, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Make sure you go to see Alexandria the pianist and vocalist on board. He is excellent and very kind. We just got off the ship yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare florida23 Posted September 29, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted September 29, 2023 We are this evening as we depart Quebec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlondon Posted September 29, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 29, 2023 florida23, We're doing Montreal to Boston next year on Grandeur. i am very interested in your reports on foliage and shore excursions. Also is the ship full? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Zqueeze1 Posted September 29, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Another “Live” thread! Thanks for taking the time to share your cruise with us. Have a wonderful cruise. Z and TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gpilon Posted September 29, 2023 #7 Share Posted September 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Zqueeze1 said: Another “Live” thread! Thanks for taking the time to share your cruise with us. Have a wonderful cruise. Z and TB Will try and also do one next July on our Grandeur cruise. Still a ways out but will hope to let people know how Grand Grandeur is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare florida23 Posted September 30, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Had a wonderful day in Quebec city yesterday. A very walkable town both lower and upper. Several beautiful churches. Breakfast and lunch in La Veranda. We enjoyed Alexandr on the piano for pre dinner drinks. Compass Rose again for dinner. The food was good but the service was slow. About 45 minutes from the time seated until the first course. Understaffed. The show was Tuxedo and was very entertaining. Today we're in Saguenay. We are tendering ashore here. The scenery is breathtaking. We're seeing spotty changes in the leaves along the way. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy The Wanderer Posted September 30, 2023 #9 Share Posted September 30, 2023 I think you've lucked out with the weather so far, am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare florida23 Posted October 2, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted October 2, 2023 The weather has been great. Today was a sea day, a bit windy with lots of folks bundled up. Not me, I love it, long sleeve T-shirt and shorts. Good breakfast and lunch in La Veranda. Dinner in Compass Rose not so good. My opinion only, Thai pork roll was very dry, fried rice overdone and hard. My wife had fish that was cooked to well for her taste. Same waiter as the last few times but not as busy. Great speaker twice today for our next ports. Corner Brook, Newfoundland tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare florida23 Posted October 3, 2023 Author #11 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Another beautiful day in Corner Brook. The scenery is breathtaking with spotty areas of leaves changing. A local told us that it’s usually over by now but hot summer weather has slowed the change this year. Dinner in Prime 7 was wonderful. Today in Sydney, Nova Scotia. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kjbacon Posted October 3, 2023 #12 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Enjoying your live from posts! Thanks for taking us along. The northeast is beautiful this time of year and I’m glad your weather is cooperating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
registrar Posted October 3, 2023 #13 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Glad your enjoying your cruise along with sunny weather! Could you tell us more about the sail away party in New York? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
registrar Posted October 3, 2023 #14 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Sorry……Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare florida23 Posted October 6, 2023 Author #15 Share Posted October 6, 2023 The weather has been great. Today was a sea day, a bit windy with lots of folks bundled up. Not me, I love it, long sleeve T-shirt and shorts. Good breakfast and lunch in La Veranda. Dinner in Compass Rose not so good. My opinion only, Thai pork roll was very dry, fried rice overdone and hard. My wife had fish that was cooked to well for her taste. Same waiter as the last few times but not as busy. Great speaker twice today for our next ports. Corner Brook, Newfoundland tomorrow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare florida23 Posted October 6, 2023 Author #16 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Sorry that last post didn’t publish until just now. The weather finally caught us today. Fog so thick this morning we could hardly see the dock upon arrival in St. Johns. It didn’t lift until after about 1 pm. We did a highlights trolley tour with a great guide. Very interesting. Dinner again good in Compass Rose and the show tonight was great with David Shannon, a singer/actor with many broadway plays behind him. Tomorrow is Bar Harbor and we’ll clear CBP there and won’t have to in NY. Saturday looks very iffy with the tropical storm coming through. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginny123 Posted October 6, 2023 #17 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Will be on the Mariner soon. Any recommendations as to the dining wait staff in Compass Rose? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RachelG Posted October 6, 2023 #18 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Wow, sounds like you are doing way better with weather than we did when we did this itinerary last year. We missed a bunch of ports and had to avoid hurricanes. Hope the good luck holds out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonTri Posted October 6, 2023 #19 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Anyone know who the CD will be on the Christmas cruise in Dec? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare florida23 Posted October 9, 2023 Author #20 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Off the ship in NY. Pretty painless. Used a porter to get our bags and walk us across for a taxi. He bypassed the queue and we were off to JFK quickly. Newport was a nice walking town. Portland before that was fogged in and rainy most of the day. Overall impression of the cruise was great. The crew again makes the trip memorable. We didn’t see the leaf color changes that we expected but there is always next year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlondon Posted October 9, 2023 #21 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Very disappointed in your foliage report. As I said we are on Grandeur next year with the same itinerary and were expecting good color. Unlucky for you, but we hope this is an aberration due to all the rain. Glad to hear the rest went well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy The Wanderer Posted October 9, 2023 #22 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Just now, newlondon said: Very disappointed in your foliage report. As I said we are on Grandeur next year with the same itinerary and were expecting good color. Unlucky for you, but we hope this is an aberration due to all the rain. Glad to hear the rest went well. It's been a weird year. Lots of very warm weather, and dry. The wildfire smoke apparently has also affected the trees' cycle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Zqueeze1 Posted October 10, 2023 #23 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. We did a similar itinerary (Montréal-Miami) a few years ago and also missed the change of the foliage. Get home safe. Z and TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcandkc Posted October 10, 2023 #24 Share Posted October 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Zqueeze1 said: Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. We did a similar itinerary (Montréal-Miami) a few years ago and also missed the change of the foliage. Get home safe. Z and TB And that Montreal-Miami cruise had LOTS of rain. First day in NYC was very WET. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMarg Posted October 11, 2023 #25 Share Posted October 11, 2023 May I ask if the internet was Starlink? Did you find the internet speeds acceptable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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