Friday, May 31st
The meeting with Mr Frank Del Rio, Chairman of RSSC, was suppose to last 30 minutes but took an hour. Actually we could have spend 3 hours and would still be having a nice discussion. It was a very frank and candid sharing of our thoughts and his. I was impressed with the man but did not like some of his responses.
I was a half hour late for our dinner with Joe & Allison, our friends from Galveston. One of the issues we discussed with Mr Del Rio was the length of dinner in Compass Rose. It takes nearly 2 1/2 hours for dinner service and did last night too.
Another rough night and morning of Atlantic Ocean cruising. Captain usually makes PA when about to sail to tell us about forecast sea conditions. He didn't last night as we did not sail until 11 pm. I did not put on a patch and by time I did in early morning hours I was already not feeling too chipper. I was not sick but felt like I might be. We had another mandatory life boat drill for all guests at 10 am. Thanks to Costa and Carnival's events it is law that all ship must have one every 14 days. Kind of silly since we leave ship day after tomorrow. We did not go and told them we were sick when they came to do check of suites. I have been in the suite all day but feeling much better now. Ocean is better now too.
We are in middle of packing suitcases. Such fun?? I have one packed and weighed (we have luggage scale). We are allowed four 70 pound bags by the airline. First bag weighs 64 pounds. Rebecca about has another one filled now. Tonight we have invited the Jean Ann Ryan company male singer, Ron, and his dancer girl friend, Alex, to join us in Compass Rose for dinner. We had dined with female singer and another dancer earlier in cruise. These kids are lots of fun and so talented.
Photos for today are from yesterday evening when several buses were returning to the ship from their tours. I had a great view from our balcony of all the activity. We have experienced this "Welcome Home" treatment on our other Regent cruises. I got some good photos with my telephoto lens. The passengers are first greeted with hot towels then some glasses of champagne. A lot of the crew members and senior staff are lined up to cheer and greet them back to the ship. I felt so sorry for the crew as it was very windy and quite chilly with a passing rain shower too. They were out there for nearly an hour and a half.
Tara and bar staff trying to set up champagne glasses on table setup on pier but so windy the table cloth knocks glasses off on concrete.
Ice carving and starting to roll out red carpet.
Hot towels will be available when passengers return from tours.
This is Judy
This is taking place right below our balcony.
I felt sorry for the crew as it was cold and windy. They stood out there for hour and a half.
Staff Captain, Jozo
Goren (F&B Mgr) and Ray (Cruise Director)
Crina (Asst F & B) and Ray
Senior staff: from left--Staff Capt, Chief Engineer, General Manager, Captain.
Crew lined up to greet and cheer passengers back on board. The band is playing from promenade deck.
Hot towels and champagne
They hired two local, very athletic guys on stilts
Started raining, damn!
Our suite stewardess, Jane, and her husband who is a butler for penthouse suites.
Our good friend, Joe, with his trade mark blue hat.
Joe again without hat. Not is wife on his left. Allison did not go on tour.
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The meeting with Mr Frank Del Rio, Chairman of RSSC, was suppose to last 30 minutes but took an hour. Actually we could have spend 3 hours and would still be having a nice discussion. It was a very frank and candid sharing of our thoughts and his. I was impressed with the man but did not like some of his responses.
I was a half hour late for our dinner with Joe & Allison, our friends from Galveston. One of the issues we discussed with Mr Del Rio was the length of dinner in Compass Rose. It takes nearly 2 1/2 hours for dinner service and did last night too.
Another rough night and morning of Atlantic Ocean cruising. Captain usually makes PA when about to sail to tell us about forecast sea conditions. He didn't last night as we did not sail until 11 pm. I did not put on a patch and by time I did in early morning hours I was already not feeling too chipper. I was not sick but felt like I might be. We had another mandatory life boat drill for all guests at 10 am. Thanks to Costa and Carnival's events it is law that all ship must have one every 14 days. Kind of silly since we leave ship day after tomorrow. We did not go and told them we were sick when they came to do check of suites. I have been in the suite all day but feeling much better now. Ocean is better now too.
We are in middle of packing suitcases. Such fun?? I have one packed and weighed (we have luggage scale). We are allowed four 70 pound bags by the airline. First bag weighs 64 pounds. Rebecca about has another one filled now. Tonight we have invited the Jean Ann Ryan company male singer, Ron, and his dancer girl friend, Alex, to join us in Compass Rose for dinner. We had dined with female singer and another dancer earlier in cruise. These kids are lots of fun and so talented.
Photos for today are from yesterday evening when several buses were returning to the ship from their tours. I had a great view from our balcony of all the activity. We have experienced this "Welcome Home" treatment on our other Regent cruises. I got some good photos with my telephoto lens. The passengers are first greeted with hot towels then some glasses of champagne. A lot of the crew members and senior staff are lined up to cheer and greet them back to the ship. I felt so sorry for the crew as it was very windy and quite chilly with a passing rain shower too. They were out there for nearly an hour and a half.
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