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  1. My first time on Regatta, some years ago, I ordered the King's Cut and it was boneless and as you described, about 2 inches thick, so I guess it does vary. Either way, though, it's usually tender and delicious.
  2. 2" thick sounds like the King's Cut—perhaps they gave him that by mistake. The Queen's Cut I received was less than 1/2" thick. Maybe they thought I wasn't hungry...
  3. Just off Regatta. Ordered rare ribeye in Polo and it arrived between rare and medium rare, so I was happy. It was a pretty thin cut, though; didn't seem like it could have been the advertised 20 oz. Ordered the Queen's cut prime rib another time in Polo and it was properly medium rare, but also seemed thin and not 16 oz. as the menu indicated. I wonder whether thinner cuts is a new, economizing trend.
  4. So many comments about the hard-to-get Medium Rare. Is it better to order Rare and hope for Medium Rare, rather than end up with Medium or Medium Well and have to send it back? Has anyone ordered Rare and had it arrive actually too rare?
  5. Didn't know they had heaters available—hope they will have them on our Alaska trip as well. Ship will be full, so I'm sure they'll want to use the outdoor space.
  6. Sounds like the system has been upgraded—good to know. My comments were based on our cruise on Sirena a few years ago. Looking forward to Alaska on Regatta in a few weeks (there probably won't be many outdoor Terrace opportunities on that one, though).
  7. I wish it was a phone app, then you could pause it. No way to do that with the TV's revolving slide show.
  8. Yes, of course, and we sometimes did that. Just saying it would have been convenient to have something printed in our cabin to refer to.
  9. Wish there were printed menus for GDR included with each day's issue of Currents. The TV menu shows one category at a time (appetizers, main courses, desserts, etc.), but sometimes they change before you can look at all the options and you have to watch the whole cycle again. We ended up taking photos of the screens.
  10. Similar experience on Sirena a couple of years ago (special menu, funny hats, horns, etc.), but with an unwanted "extra". We had retired early after a long day. At midnight, the captain decided that everyone needed to celebrate, so did a live countdown on the speakers in every stateroom (not just in the hallways, as usual with announcements). Woke us (and I imagine quite a few others) from a sound sleep. It was very loud, and no way to turn it off. I don't know if this is standard procedure for New Year's on O, but you might want to be aware.
  11. Are the new, improved pizzas also available on the R ships? We tried pizza on Regatta a few years ago and it was pretty unremarkable.
  12. We loved having breakfast on our balcony while going through the Canal on Sirena, with the lecturer's commentary playing on the cabin TV.
  13. We've been in a rear Concierge cabin on Regatta. We liked the extra balcony space, but didn't like the solid railing, which restricted views when sitting. Most balconies on the sides of the ship also have 180-degree unobstructed views, plus railings you can see through.
  14. We also did San Diego to Rio on Sirena (December 2017). Did almost all private tours since we found a fellow cruiser on our roll call who was researching and organizing them. They all were very good, we thought, and much less expensive than the equivalent O tours. Regarding mosquitos, we came well prepared but never saw a single one. When some of us were walking around Manaus on our own, one person had an expensive necklace ripped off and stolen right on a busy street, so best not to wear jewelry off the ship.
  15. Why is a rear cabin better for Alaska?
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