The new ship was discussed. The option is still with the shipyard and I believe the plans for the update to the current fleet were in place without regard to the new ship. I do not know what the future holds, they probably dont yet either. The economy is a big factor I am sure. Since there was nothing to really report I did not mention it.

Again I dont work at Regent so I do not know all the inside scoop and details. All I know is that the computer issues are not just about the website. Reservations is directly linked to the website as I understand it are so many of their other functions. I heard they were under a time line pressure, and had to be off the old system by a deadline date. I think they just had to go with what they had when they did.

They changed to a different reservations system and did a new web site a few years back. We had about one week of trauma and then all was well. So they have done this succesfully in the past.

There must have been some incredibly difficult and complex issues here. Believe me it is no fun for them either.

Have no idea if there are less tables, I did not ask. We ran through that ship so quickly. We only had about two hours from arrival until dinner time.