We spent the most time at Good Spirits, right of the piazza, and loved Outriggers as well (outdoors, lots of comfy seating, and great views right off the aft!)
We had fun with the group that was gathered at Outriggers jeering and booing the late comers. Unfortunately there was a Princess excursion that was held up a bit so we had to hold the ship for them and the late folk weren't in any real danger of being left behind. Reading a bit further it looks like your sailing experienced the same thing. Boo!
There were three flavoured Grey Gooses on our sailing (October 24 - Nov 5th) on the Regal. I can't remember what the other two were, but the Rosemary and White Peach with soda was on of my favourite "light refreshers".
I enjoyed a heavily modded lavender honey latte. Normal is *way* too sweet for me, so I asked for "half or less" sweet with an added shot of espresso. Turned out pretty good most of the time.
Strange - again, we saw him in the main theatre and yes they had the camera they projected on a large screen to follow his close up card trick. The theatre was packed. That little theatre is way too tiny!
How curious - on ours he did it up on the fountain deck thingy in the middle. I think we ended up with a fish carving. Must have been a reason why they had to switch locales.
You'll still need to select an option, even if you're just walking off with your luggage or walk off with your own arrangements and want them to take your luggage off for you (section one or two as applicable) so they can assign a walk off time.
Politely ask your waiter. We ate at the MDR for breakfast once and were disappointed with the menu as well. Then we noticed that the guy at the table next to us was in fact enjoying an eggs benny. Unfortunately we had already ordered but good to know for next time!