On the Splendor BtoB Dec 3 -20

[cwn]

Well I will try to pick up where Georgia Peach left off. Be forewarned I am not as good a writer as GP! So others on the ship feel free to contribute!

After a tour of the Miami Bario for over an hour in Fri afternoon traffic we finally fingered out we had entered the wrong address in the GPS for our Hotel. Problem solved and 45 mins later we are home for the night. We had an early dinner at Texas de Brazil, not wonderful but close by, fun and filling. It is a long long drive from Texas!

It took nearly two hours to get the rental car turned in today and get to the ship! The Art Festival is this weekend and the hotels, taxis and streets are a mess.

Once we got to the ship, we were boarded in 15 minutes. On Board about 12:20 sitting in the Coffee Connection watching the guess parade by as they head up to the LaVeranda for lunch. We decided to just stop at the bar.have a snack and a drink and wait for our room to be ready in another hour. We have early reservations  at Chartreuse so don’t want to be tempted with a buffet and then spoil our dinner!

No the decorations yet, but maybe some by tomorrow or the next day. I am excited explore the ship and see it decked out for the Holidays!

Edited December 3, 2022 by cwn

[mrlevin]

See you in 10 days!!!!

[cwn]

32 minutes ago, mrlevin said:

See you in 10 days!!!!

We try to have everything running like clock work for you by then. 

[cwn]

We got in our suites about 2. We have an aft facing G. Many co plain that whose are too small but we love the aft view and can’t swing the named suite price tag. First blush the suite is beautiful….lots of molding and rich looking fabric. Of course this is the newest ship we have ever sailed on so that helps. 
First off I like the long desk it provides a lot of surface place. Small coffee table is  plus as we usually ask for that to be removed. The walk-in closet is big enough for us and the bath is very pretty and easy for me as I need mobility aids.

as for the balcony I can see the water from the bed and the living area chair and sofa 

The balcony has a small over hang so not enough to send time just sitting for us but we like to go out at sail away and see the big picture. There is a solid rail along the bottom of the balcony but that isn’t really a problem for us as we can still see the water when sitting. When using the balcony we are either standing  watching the world go by or I am reading or sleeping mostly the latter! Some suite pictures.

Edited December 3, 2022 by cwn

[zipcruise]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. Please have a wonderful cruise with lots of sunny und funny days. We will embark December 20th, and im thankful for any information about the ship.

[Kwaj girl]

I see you brought some traveling companions.  😉

[Techno123]

30 minutes ago, Kwaj girl said:

I see you brought some traveling companions.  😉

I'm glad we aren't the only ones 😂😂 Scooby comes on all our holidays and our room steward on our first Regent cruise used to leave him in some unusual positions 😜

 

[RJ2002]

Thanks for giving us continuing reports from Splendor!  Enjoy your cruise.

[Kwaj girl]

@Techno123 ours come alongfor the ride, too.

Edited December 4, 2022 by Kwaj girl

[GeorgiaPeach51]

I’m so glad you are doing this!  It will give readers a cross section of views from multiple people, so much more valuable.

 

I hope you have the most wonderful time and that it is just what you have hoped and dreamed it would be!  Please post Christmas photos for me!  

[Kristal Blade]

Your cabin looks gorgeous! We love an aft view, but don’t have it when we board after you.

Thanks for continuing on from GeorgiaPeach, these updates are just getting us more excited!

[LewiLewi]

We will be sailing on Dec. 13. Any bridge games scheduled on the daily program?

[Zqueeze1]

Another thread to follow!  I’m all set and ready to enjoy your adventures.  Glad to see that you are in a G2 suite since we have one booked on an upcoming cruise, so thanks for the pics.  Have a great cruise and a wonderful time. 
 

Z and TB

[vegasdriven]

cwn, we are also thinking of booking one of those suites for a future cruise. Looks lovely!

Can you tell me if there is a drawer in the middle of that desk? That would have to be where my makeup would live. That’s probably my biggest concern about the suite😊

[vegasdriven]

Forgot to say- have fun!

[red1head]

Enjoy your cruise! Thank you for sharing your journey with us. 🥂

[cwn]

20 hours ago, Kwaj girl said:

I see you brought some traveling companions.  😉

 

19 hours ago, Techno123 said:

I'm glad we aren't the only ones 😂😂 Scooby comes on all our holidays and our room steward on our first Regent cruise used to leave him in some unusual positions 😜

 

Finally go my phone working with the ships internet.  We won’t travel without Jack and George or let’s say they wouldn’t let us. The cabin attendants have had fun with them over the years!

[cwn]

5 hours ago, LewiLewi said:

We will be sailing on Dec. 13. Any bridge games scheduled on the daily program?

Here is todays program and I don’t see any formal bridge on the schedule.

I went the craft card making and it was well attended. Dick went to the speaker who he said was terrible…. Read everything off the computer in a monotone. He said you have to really work at making pirates of the Caribbean boring! Though Regent has had good speakers on our cruises this one is a miss.   

Edited December 4, 2022 by cwn

[cwn]

2 hours ago, vegasdriven said:

cwn, we are also thinking of booking one of those suites for a future cruise. Looks lovely!

Can you tell me if there is a drawer in the middle of that desk? That would have to be where my makeup would live. That’s probably my biggest concern about the suite😊

There are two shallow drawers in the middle, but four nice sized drawers on the right… where I have my make up and hair stuff. One small top drawer in each night stand and 5 nice deep drawers in walk-in closet. We are only using three of those.

Really loving the balcony. It is sunny, water is blue and we are sailing along with two other cruise ships. The ship is shading the balcony right now. 

[cwn]

We had a great dinner last night in Chartreuse. The lamb chops were wonderful. Service was spot on.

Dick went to the coffee connection and I had room service. The food came hot. On time as ordered.  Already talked about our morning. It is nap time now. Dealing with Miami yesterday was exhausting so we are in need of a nap! The sea is moving enough to rock us to sleep!!!

We have Pacific Rim on the schedule for tonight so we need to be at the top of our game!
The ship seems very full and we ran in to some people who were feeling no pain last night on a crowded elevator…..unusual in our 200+ days on Regent. But it is Holiday time in the Caribbean. 

GP,  the film crew is on for the whole cruise I heard this morning and they should decorate the tonight or tomorrow night.

Sail away, lamb chops and Observation Lounge  this morning at card making.

[cwn]

For those interested in this kind of stuff I thought the craft was fun and easy. Annabelle is really cute and fun to be around. She does the need point in the afternoons also.

 

[Kwaj girl]

@cwn is there no "duo" on this voyage (like Kasia & Boogie currently onboard Mariner, or the Voice & Keys Duo aka Rachyll Ruiz and Gerry Sayno)?

[cwn]

4 minutes ago, Kwaj girl said:

@cwn is there no "duo" on this voyage (like Kasia & Boogie currently onboard Mariner, or the Voice & Keys Duo aka Rachyll Ruiz and Gerry Sayno)?

Nothing so far only Resident pianist Gino de Luca.

[Kristal Blade]

Love the card!

Im hoping that will be available over Christmas because I have told my hubby he can make me a birthday card on board. He has 6 days to achieve it!

 

I have a small question, if you don’t mind cwn. Is there a kettle in the room? We like to be able to make a cup of tea and hope we don’t need to trot off to a bar/cafe every time. We are going to bring our own tea bags. Thank you.

[cwn]

6 hours ago, LewiLewi said:

We will be sailing on Dec. 13. Any bridge games scheduled on the daily program?

Found this in yesterdays program….at 6-6:45