Thanks for sharing your adventures, Debbie. Hope you have a great time in Monte Carlo and Nice!

Beth, I did not and should have, but there was always someone in there, and I have been sick (but not too bad to have fun, just super congested) and forgot all about it. I am on that no-name but I booked before I came because I called and they said 2007 cruises are not eligible for the onboard discount

Sue, Majorca was beautiful. Everyone I talked to enjoyed that a lot. That, Corsica and Rome have made this trip memorable.

And then yesterday, I had not arranged anything, so I walked all the way around the harbor and up the hill far down. Saw the casino and walked thru a carnival. What an interesting thing. Some booths they were shooting the guns (like we do for stuffed animals) for Wii, Ipod, stereos, etc.

I went to a grocery store and bought some Italian and French chocolates and a bottle of Bordeaux for 9.71 Euros.

I had to pack before dinner.

I had a lovely dinner at La Verandah with Jeannie. We really enjoyed the change of pace, and we were seated at a quiet table with a harbor view.

Oh, I did squeeze in my hot tub hour to try to boil out my sinuses.

The hotel director sought me out personally last night to give me his card and asked me to write him personally. He knew I had not turned in my comment card and I promised to write when I got home. Classy.

Also, a big pack of menus arrived on my door and Glendas as well. Nice.

I attended the 60s thru 80s pop show. They had so many costumes. I enjoyed that, and they even shot off fake fireworks in there.

I went to Voyager Lounge and exchanged a few addresses.

Then, thanks Jan for posting live or I would never have known how pleasant Observation Lounge is at night. Wow. Glenda and I went up there and chatted with some people until almost one while we viewed the SPECTACULAR harbor view of Monaco. Money cannot buy those moments like that. Then we had a champagne in her cabin and I copied off her pics, so I will have a link in a couple of days, but I can't promise they will be labeled. They are beautiful, but I don't know where half of them are.

So today I am meeting ChatKat (I hope) and her bunch at 11:30 at La Perouse and having lunch with them in Nice. I am excited about that.

Beth, Glenda's scaraoki pics are way better than mine, so I will have some more. Tony from the production company was the one dressed as a devil, and at last night's show, I kept picturing him red. He said he still hasn't got it all off.

It sounds like you thoroughly enjoyed your first Regent cruise Deb. I hope lunch with Kathy and friends is fun - I know I am anxious to meet them all in one week! :banana:

Lunch was fun, and they introduced me to the market area and told me how it works.

That area is in the old town nextr to the hotel. There are tons of restaurants there serving mussels, oysters, lobster, shrimp and also pizza, pasta and other things.

The market had fruits and flowers. I bought some dried strawberries and macadamia nuts.

They had to go but I strolled thru the old town and along the promenade and ran into Glenda when I saw her sitting on a tourist train waiting for it to leave so I hopped on. We went all along the highlights around and were taken up the hill for nice views.

This morning, there was a beautiful sunrise from the port side.

I enjoyed my cabin until 8:30, though the maid burst in at 7:20.

I had a leisurely breakfast with Glenda. We disembarked at 9:45. My ride was there.

The sea view balcony I am supposedly in is next to the pool and rather close to the garden bar. The other floors have separators between their balconies, but these patio rooms are rather .non-private

I thought I posted from my room in Nice, but evidentally, it didn't work. My Blackberry battery was almost dead, and I did not want to risk plugging my laptop into the European plugs.

After lunch, I walked around in the market and bought some macadamia nuts and some dried strawberries. I enjoyed seeing all the flowers, fruits, vegetables, and all that shellfish! I knew where I was dining that night.

I started walking and walked along the promenade up from the beach. I went down on the rock beach some also. The weather was spectacular, as ChatKat pointed out in another thread. Lots of people were just lying on towels down on the beach either looking out or reading, and a few were in the water.

I happened along a little train and saw Glenda in it. I hopped on. It took us around the old town (I had already done that on foot). We also went way up high for spectacular views.

I was in room 101 at La Perouse. The sunset view from my terrace was great.

For dinner, I went back to the market. At night, they turn on warmers outside and add more tables. I ordered grilled lobster and cold crab. I also had white wine. I had enough for two or more people.

Before dinner, I spent an hour in the hot tub up on the solarium at La Perouse. The view was nice up there.

This morning, I had breakfast at 6:30 (they put it out early for me), and my ride helped me with my bags and helped me get through the line and speak to everyone at the airport.

Heathrow was tough. We arrived 80 minutes late, and I did make my flight to Chicago, even with 100 minute trip between gates.

I am falling asleep now.

Welcome home, Debbie.

Thanks, Beth. After a 24 hour trip home and a 7 hour time change, I only slept 4 hours and 45 minutes. I have a feeling I will be going back to bed at some point.

I came home and saw a box here but was too tired to open it. I just discovered it was my Dubai docs!

Welcome home, Debbie and thanks for your reports. I've enjoyed your trip.

Sounds like you are doing a tired doc dance Deb! :banana:

Thanks, Donna. I enjoyed it, too.

I realized I only slept 3 hours and 45 min, as my husband had not reset the clock on my side of the bed. No wonder I want to go back to bed.

Sue. yes, a tired doc dance. After such great shore excursions on Regent, I realized I had not booked our Dubai shore excursions, so I have done that this morning and have asked Todd to review. I don't know when he will have time, as he leaves for Palo Alto tomorrow for two days.

I booked the desert safari that I alwas read about and the Fjord dhow cruise, among others.

I do want to add that 3 out of 4 of my Regent excursions had a Regent person on them. As someone said, it is now if someone wants to go from staff and they have room. On those, the reps were participants, but they did offer assistance to guests needing it or wanting it.

I pointed out in one of my reports that the average demo is younger on Voyager than it was on our Wind or Whisper cruises. Both had guests from 1 to 90 years old, but I believe the average was a little younger on Voyager, as they state. If not, there were less people needing assistance. There were a few with canes and one scooter and a couple with walkers, but on SS, scooters and wheelchairs were more common.

Welcome home Deb! We are boarding Voyager on 12/14 and I was wondering if you could let me know approximately how many children were on your recent cruise on Voyager.

We loved SS last year and only saw 2 kids which was something of a surprise, but very nice.

Sounds like you had a lovely time and won't have much time at home before you get back on board ;) . I'm totally envious :rolleyes:

We had the Dubai cruise booked for 18 months since our firt SS crise in April, 2006.

The kids that come to mind...one toddler that we didn't see often, two kids that were I'd say in the 4 to 6 range that were troublesome one or two times but only a brief few monents until their families reeled them in, the 14 year old delight, and a couple of other teens. There were a handful of 20-somethings either with their families or doing something for the ship to earn passage for specific functions.

I am 46 and was one of the youngest of the majority. Age made no difference whatsoever except for maybe the under 14 set.

That sounds great. My sister and I are traveling together and we've just entered our 50's so the demo sounds right for us on Voyager.

Was the ship full?

As far as I know, the ship was full because it was waitlisted when I left home.

Welcome home, Debbie,

I have enjoyed reading your posts. Once the jet lag wears off you can do the energetic doc dance! :banana:

Debbie--I enjoyed reading your posts too. I look forward to meeting you on the no-name cruise next month.

Miriam, I am anxious to be energetic again. I was (only slightly) determined to try to stay up long enough to convert to Houston time in one day, but I went to bed at 2:46 yesterday afternoon and got up at 1 a.m. So much for that, but I had been up for so many hours.

Diane, that would be nice to meet you and the others. I haven't even begun to think about that no-name, but I will soon. It is great to have something booked when you come home from a trip so you know not everything is over. I did not book for onboard savings since I knew I had that other one booked and could do it then. I have to debate the itineraries of SS and Regent and also have considered Seabourn, but I don't think I want to go on them unless it is the Caribbean or until they get their ship with the real balconies, as I don't want to pay so much for a French balcony. I know on my Caribbean cruises, we used the balcony all the time, but on this one, I just mostly used it for photo taking because at the times I had time to get out there, it was pretty chilly.

Regarding my cruise, I heard around 500 got off the ship, so around 200 stayed on. Most seemed to be staying on to Fort Lauderdale. That is a pretty high percentage.