Day One continued

The announcement came on the PA and we headed to the Live Studio for Muster.

We were seated next to a lovely couple from Virginia. We chatted while they checked people in. The interesting part about this muster was the sign language. There seems to be a large contingent of hearing impaired persons on board and there are ladies who sign for them. They had a close up of her on a tv screen and I spent the entire time watching her sign. She was really interesting to watch.

After muster we went back to the room and Olivia was there with our champagne. Also on the desk was a gift card that I had not noticed before. As well as the flowers from Kim we have received a 200.00 OBC from her parent company: American Discount Cruises. At first I thought it was a big mistake but when I went on line and checked it was no mistake. We have $200.00 more than we thought we had. Using Kim as our travel agent has been such a good move. I must remember to write to BJ and Henry and thank them again.

Ken’s luggage arrived and he hurriedly put things away and we changed for dinner. Sail away was great watching from our balcony. The ships horns played the theme from The Love Boat twice and I tried to get a video of it. People waved from the shore as we sailed out of the harbor. We toasted the trip, and enjoyed our champagne as we sailed away.

We are at a table for 8 and our waiters are Mel and Aladdin. The food was very good as usual. I had fruit and a cold soup and Basa filet. I had a Norman Love chocolate soufflé for dessert.

After dinner we made our way to the Princess Theatre but the show had already begun so we decided to shop instead. I got my magnet to add to the collection on our fridge, Ken replaced his anniversary pin and we got Tee for Leo and Emmie and a Sweat shirt for Noah. Now my shopping is done.

If you believe I won’t shop any more I have a bridge for you to buy, hee hee

Anyway we discovered more places we had not toured earlier.

 The fountain show was cancelled because of the wind. But on that deck I discovered a small bag of popcorn not yet claimed…. How perfect was that!

By now it was time for the second show so we proceeded to the theatre. As usual the music of the Princess \orchestra was entirely too loud.

The cruise director is Martyn Moss and he is great. He could easily earn a living as a stand up comic if he were not already employed. The actual comedian for the night was Eric Lynden and he was very good.

After the show we made our way to the International Café. I had a latte and Ken had a Mocha. We also had one peanut butter cookie.

 The band in the Piazza is called Rhapsody and they had the crowd eating out of their hands. They perform the classics and people we dancing and clapping and singing along. It was definitely high energy and we will certainly go there again.

By then it was almost eleven o’clock so it had been a very long event filled day and we were ready to call it a day and a night, so we went back to our room.

I continue to be impressed with this ship. It is grand in every way. It is so large and yet so intimate. We have not seen it all yet and I know we have walked miles. There are a lot of very young adults on this cruise which is not the usual demographic. There are also several families with small children.

There is a new TV and internet system that is a big improvement. I will tell you about it in another post.

There are so many things to report on, but the bottom line is that we just love the Regal Princess and we are looking forward to these 2 weeks even more than I  thought we would.