It has been fantastic so far...just to have the ship moving. :D We held our breaths during the lifeboat drill (got a bit suspicious when they told pax NOT to bring life jackets - so we're not sailing this time, either? :eek: ). But no worries. We sailed out of Fort Lauderdale right on time Tuesday, then had a great day in Key West today. The weather has been spectacular!

We booked a category C at the aft of the ship (784) and are really enjoying it. It's similar to the aft suite we had on the Paul Gauguin, but of course this suite is larger (as is the balcony).

There is a HUGE mixture of guests on board...from 6 months old right on up to 90s. Several families with teenagers. I'm sure it's due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

It's been so wonderful to see a lot of the staff/crew who were on "non-TUT" still on board. We are having a great time but still insist on SAILING on a B&K escorted cruise! One of these years!?

Kristin, I hope you both have a wonderful cruise and thanks for checking in!!

Sounds like you are off to a great cruise.
Enjoy yourselves!! :hello1:

Great to hear from you Kristin. Have a wonderful cruise!

Hi Kristin enjoy every minute on your cruise- you and Greg deserve it!!!!

Kristn, you just made my day. I am so happy you are FINALY on a cruise going somewhere. Have a great time !!!

Kristen, great to hear from you! Especially since we do the same itinerary two weeks from now. Have a wonderful time!

Kristin, So glad you are finally getting your cruise! Have a great time!

Kristin,

Have a great time you deserve it.

Susan

Thanks, everyone! It's been truly exceptional so far. We dined at Prime 7 the first night and Le Veranda last night. Also enjoyed the Coffee Corner for a quick breakfast. All 3 of these venues were "new" for us, as the last time we were on Voyager was October 2008 and while on TUT we didn't really have the time. And I guess we seemed to have forgotten about Le Veranda last time! It was excellent. We have never had a better antipasti.

It's been fun to hear the stories from the staff and crew about what they did during drydock! Sounds like they all did some type of manual labor, no matter what their regular role is on the ship. And the strike in France hampered things. Items were supposed to be loaded by cranes, but the crane operators were on strike. So the crew manually loaded everything themselves. Good grief!!!

We're docking in Cozumel soon - bye for now!

Good stalk, Karen! That's us (on the right, of course!). It was a great day in Cozumel. The best part of the day, however, was running into Debbie Tate, Linda Litteken and their husbands! We were so surprised and thrilled! It sounds like it was a last-minute trip for them. Hoping to have dinner with them.

The staff held a little Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade around the ship this morning, complete with balloons and costumes (even Santa Claus was there!) - very cute.

We're so grateful for the beautiful weather, and superb staff and crew here. It's been A-1. A very blessed Thanksgiving to all our American friends! I don't even know the football scores yet, I'm having that much fun! :)

sounds terrific

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Glad you are finally SAILING. Hope you have a truly wonderful trip.

Yes Debbie and Linda got on at the very last minute as we often have to do "space available".

This used to be easier to do but with the ships so full it is pretty difficult for the girls to get on the ships now. I was delighted for them. Susan and Julie are holding down the fort along with the other girls but it is usually quiet over Thanksgiving the week before and the week after so it should be okay.

Want to hear about all your ports and excursions as we are doing this itinerary in Feb.

The amazing thing is, Debbie and Linda actually got adjoining suites! And we are a full ship. We had dinner with Debbie, Russ, Linda and Ron last night - GREAT way to spend Thanksgiving. We enjoyed it very much. Today we are off to the Lamanai Mayan Ruins and New River Cruise excursion in Belize City. Will report back, RachelG.

YAY Kristin, so glad you are finally on a moving ship. Hopefully it will renew your faith in Regent and we will sail with you soon. Maybe CLEO? Anyway, glad you are having such a great time, and give Debbie and Russ a hug for us. How fun that they were able to get onboard at the last minute.

Enjoying your seamail as this is the same itineary that we will be doing on FUN2 in January.

Wow that is great Linda and Debbie got suites together. Maybe a family or two couples cancelled. Happy for them they deserve it they work so hard.

Hope all continues to go well for you. We are in Wellington today and it is a bright, calm and beautiful day in the normally "windy city".

Ngaire, sure that you meant that you were in Wellington as you mentioned in your post on the Dingo seamail thread. Glad you are feeling better.

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Eugene

Thanks Eugene, corrected.

Thanks for reporting, Kristin. I have been enjoying reading.

Kristin & Greg:

You must feel like excited first time cruisers!!!

Sure glad the "cancellation virus" has been cured.

Cheers! Ray & Penny

Hi Kristin,

So glad the "curse" has been lifted and the cruise is a success!

How was your Lamanai Ruins and River excursion? We are signed up for this one as we are real ruins addicts.

Hi Kristin. So happy to hear that the Voyager actually SAILED for you this time!

Continue to enjoy!

Sounds like a fantastic Thanksgiving meal!! What fun! I hope the cruise continues to only be wonderful.

We're back! Had a great time, although it feels like they are a bit understaffed, especially in the restaurants.

Thanks for all your well wishes - we DID break the curse and it felt great to be gliding along through the sea.

RachelG, the excursion was very well done. The Ruins are beautiful and on the boat ride on the New River, we saw lots of wildlife. We really loved being in the "true" jungle!

Our guide was able to zero in when he saw the various monkeys, birds, lizards, crocodiles, etc. (I think he's been doing this a LONG time) - and then the captain of the boat turned the boat to both sides so everyone could get a close-up.

Our only complaint was the trip was long - the tender, then a long bus ride, then about an hour boat ride, tour of the Ruins, then the trip back (including a small buffet lunch). So it was about 7.5 hours long. But obviously this is not Regent's nor the tour operator's fault.

We did no other Regent-sponsored tours but went out on our own and enjoyed each port.

Glad you had nice trip Kristin - after all your disappointments with Regent hoped this trip would be perfect - sounds like it was "fine" - OH 7.5 hr excursion ...many like them NOT ME!!! :ohmy:

I am so glad you had a great trip.... you and Greg deserved it....and FINALLY the curse is broken!

I know you had Debbie and Linda on board with you, but did you miss all of us LCT'ers or was it nice to have a peaceful cruise without all of your rowdy friends? ;)

Kristin and Greg--so glad you finally got a cruise that went somewhere. Wish I had talked to you before you left--we were actually in Cozumel the same day you were. We were on the RCCL mega ship at the International pier with all our kids and grandkids. I saw a ship docked at the downtown pier, but didn't connect that it was the Voyager. We could have gotten together at Carlos and Charlies or somewhere and had a celebratory drink. As it was, we didn't even get off the ship in Cozumel.

Welcome home Kristin !! Glad you and Greg finally got to leave the dock !

Glad you had a good time, and thank you for the report on the Lamanai tour. Usually I don't do tours that long, but it sounds really interesting, so we are up for it.

What did you do in Guatemala?

You all are so great. It did mean a lot to us to really sail our favorite ship after the first leg of VIKING got cancelled and then, TUT.

Arlene, we would ALWAYS love to be with our "rowdy friends" - the more, the merrier!

Peggy, darn that we missed you! But from what I understand, it was quite a distance for you at the international pier to get to town. I don't blame you for staying on the ship, for sure! Hope you had a great time with all of the family!

Wendy, we didn't have a Regent tour planned - we merely went to the shopping area which was not too far of a walk off the ship. There were great bargains to be had. We bought a really neat wood carving of a Mayan mask and some other trinkets. Of course, you must negotiate! :) I really hope you have as great of weather as we had - we lucked out tremendously. Very little rain to speak of, and we're talking about the rain forest!

Do you know anyone who did the flight to Copan? If so, what did they have to say? We are scheduled for that as we have a good friend from Honduras who says we absolutely must go.

Sorry, no, Rachel.

We were at Copan many years ago and liked the site very much.