Musings from from Regal Princess, Nov 5-12, 2023

[BlerkOne]

The Godmothers of Royal Princess

 

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Laundry bag and something for scale

 

 

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I think I saw the most dolphins ever for a cruise from Galveston.

 

Sailing away

 

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Embarkation Dinner

 

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Today is looking good ..

 

 

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And, of course,

 

 

[CruzeQueen2]

@BlerkOne Thank you for all the photos! I can really get excited about this ship now. Sailing from Galveston, like you are.

Enjoy your last two days! Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences.

[XBGuy]

Thank you, @BlerkOne, for the pictures from Vines.  The Crudités and the Charcuterie Board look great.  Mrs. XBGuy and I would enjoy noshing on either of those with some nice wine.  I have to say that the Truffles also look great, but I have to question how much we would enjoy them with a glass of wine.  As a red wine drinker, I might be OK, but I see no way that my wife, predominantly, a white wine drinker, would enjoy it.

 

Does anybody have any Vines Truffle wine pairings that they have enjoyed?

 

I realize that this is a completely trivial First World problem,  but isn’t that Cruise Critic’s raison d’etre?

 

In my case I could see where we would place a la carte orders for the Crudités or Charcuterie and just avoid the Truffles.

[BlerkOne]

2 hours ago, XBGuy said:

 

Does anybody have any Vines Truffle wine pairings that they have enjoyed?

 

I was drinking pinot grigio with all of it, but I know I'm no wine connoisseur. Vines has a full bar, so you could also have a martini or whatever. They probably have a nice port.

 

Actually speaking of red wine - I think they only had a limited selection, but this is the first cruise from Galveston, and the ship may not have been fully supplied.

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[BlerkOne]

The first full sea day was the first Formal Night.

 

There is a lot of interactive game playing between officers and passengers.

 

The CD

 

 

[BlerkOne]

Obviously the officers get a lot more practice 🙂

[BlerkOne]

I tried lunch in the MDR again. I must have skipped dessert, or at least a picture of it. And a readable picture of the menu (menus are available through the app)

 

[BlerkOne]

aha - I had cheesecake for dessert.

 

 

[BlerkOne]

Ha... I'm calling this the lunch menu for the first sea day

 

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The first formal night menu

 

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I found the entertainment on the ship to be entertaining!

 

 

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The production shows were quite good, even if not what I might typically attend. The contract is up for the 15 person staff, so will have new members next cruise. I'm not sure if the shows are also changing.

 

[BlerkOne]

Looks like we have a shadow back to Galveston

 

 

[BlerkOne]

Well, as this cruise is basically done, I'll just post a few highlights later. Others, including me 😀, will post current menus, food, etc al, from the Nov 12th cruise 

[BlerkOne]

Here is the follow on cruise thread...

 

 

[amovva]

We will be sailing Regal soon.  Is Alfredo's Pizzeria still "casual" dining that requires plus/premier to be included dining?  Saw the cruise critic and princess websites say it is included dining so I was a bit confused.

 

Thanks