We had a FANTASTIC day onboard the Voyager yesterday and were sure thinking about Larry & Karen !! It's hard to even know where to begin so I'll just try to summarize....
We arrived around 11:00 am and were the last of the visitors to leave the ship (during the newcomer's muster drill) :eek: just before sail away. The weather was perfect, mid 80's. The ship looks fabulous and we really like all the improvements. Considering the smaller size for the coffee bar compared with the Mariner's space, I think they did a great job utilizing the space in configuring the new coffee corner. We also LOVED Prime 7 and the menu is to die for ! There is new furniture (mostly comfy big padded chairs) through out the ship and restaurants. The entire ship is much lighter with off white walls...it just all seems so cheerful. I took lots of pictures so I may post some for you. The ice cream bar is great....of course I was quick to try that out. There is the pizzeria inside of LaVeranda (had to try this out too ). The pizza is very tasty, not great but better than the previous pizza. If they could find a way to make the crust real thin and crispy, it would really be good.
One of the first people we ran into when we boarded was Jamie Logan. He came over and gave us both big hugs. I asked how things were going (maybe not the best lead in question) and he immediately told us about how disastrous the disembarkation had been the day before. Apparently it was as if the Port of Los Angeles wasn't even expecting them and NOTHING was ready. There was a huge shortage of port people, porters, custom clearance types....just a HUGE fiasco. We heard all this from other officers as well saying it was the worst disembarkation they had ever experienced in their careers. Dana Logan said the last passengers weren't off the ship until 12:15 (or was it 1:15 ?)
Of course Regent (and probably Jamie) was taking the brunt of all the complaints and frustration but it truly sounds like it was a fault of the port authorities etc., not Regent. Many missed their flights and there were a lot of unhappy people....both passengers and crew. Probably a very helpless feeling by the Voyager crew. Thank goodness yesterday was a whole new day and everything seemed to be going very well. Capt Dag looks great (duh) and it was nice seeing him. He will definitely miss having Larry & Karen on board.
We saw sooooooooooooo many passengers and crew we knew and had a wonderful time catching up with old friends. Unfortunately, we didn't see Peggy and Cy :banana:
