LIVE from Regal Princess, sailing November 3rd!

Hello friends! Finally...

Finally after over 3 years I am happy to be sailing again on Princess and doing not my first ever LIVE but my first ever on the Princess board! I invite you all to join me on my adventure as I get ready to sail on the beautiful Regal Princess this Tuesday! This will include of course my pre cruise fun as a build up to the big day! This of course will include plenty of food and drink porn but I also promise to provide a nice balance of everything from the journey there, the ship, the ports, and so on.

For those of you not familiar with me, my friend and fellow CC member Radio inspired me to do my first ever live report from Oasis of the Seas back in October of 2012 and since then I have reported from Celebrity Silhouette, Allure of the Seas(twice), and Quantum of the Seas. I enjoy doing these reports as I try to make them fun and informative and provide people with a view of the cruise through my camera and commentary. LIVE reviews take a lot of time and effort and can be downright frustrating but I feel the end result is well worth it especially seeing how much people enjoy following along. As many of you know I love to take photos and post them here. Hopefully I will be able to provide you all with a lot of high quality and fun photos.

I also have to give a shout out to my friend and also fellow CC member Dave Walker(dmwnc1959) for his terrific, detailed, and informative reporting on Royal and Regal Princess all through the process of these ships being built to when they both sailed for the very first time. The Bon voyage thread on here that turned into a live report done by him was a lot of fun to follow and made me interested in trying out the Royal class. Now that chance has finally arrived. While I know he is taking a break from CC, I wanted him to know how much his work and effort is very much appreciated.

So join me for what is sure to be a fantastic 12 nights aboard the Regal! As Radio would say, "thanks for tuning in everyone!" :)

Regal Princess:

The itinerary for this sailing is a back to back, 5 nights followed by 7 nights.

First the five night:

Then the 7 night:

The times in St. Thomas have changed and we are now there from 7 am till 11 pm.

My cabins are both on Emerald deck. I will have a balcony and then an interior. We'll see how it goes with an interior as I am usually a balcony snob :eek: ;)

Another first for one of my LIVE reports is I will not be bringing my laptop this time, instead my tablet which should do just fine but will eliminate another bag have to be lugged around. I will be using a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 along with my smartphone and a very nice camera:

The camera is a Panasonic Lumix G7. I have been very impressed with the photos it has turned out. More information on the camera can be found here:

http://shop.panasonic.com/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/lumix-interchangeable-lens-ilc-cameras/DMC-G7K.html#sc_mc=sem_google-search_cov_imaging_brand_category&start=1&cgid=cameras

Hey Chris! I'm subscribed and looming forward to following along on your B2B cruise adventures. Happy cruising and safe travels. ☀️⚓️☀️

Hi Chris.

Great start so far and very much looking forward to your live review!

WOOT!!!!!

Barb

Ready to go along on your journey as a precursor to mine on the Regal, on December 13th. My cruise will be the same as the second leg of your B2B.

Have a Blast, I'll be reading!:):)

BILL

12 nights...lucky you!!

A word of rcommendation...go to Alfredo's sooner rather than later and in addition to pizza they have some other great items..a ravioli in a sinful cream sauce, a nice eggplant dish, grilled vegetable antipasto, etc...yum!!!

Bon voyages,

Thanks to all that have posted and are following along so far!

The car is loaded up and I will be headed to my pre flight hotel by O'Hare:

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Safe travels Chris, looking forward to following along!

hanks for posting Chris. I love Regal. Wait until you see the buffet. There are two parts to it. A so called quick one and the regular one. There is so much food!

See you in a few days Chris

So excited to follow you again Chris! Have a fantastic, smooth and always sunny cruise, thank you for taking us all along!

Hi Chris! I have enjoyed your other reviews and will be following along on this one, as much as I can.

It turns out we will be in St Thomas and St Martin on the same days, as I will be on Allure.

Following your live review from now until we leave for FLL Thursday will help me pass the time and get me into "cruise mode".

Thanks for doing this!

Looking forward to your live review as always. Have fun!

Hello friends! Thanks for all the posts so far. Just arrived at my pre flight hotel, the Hyatt Regency O'Hare!

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Hi Chris !

I see you have started your journey for the cruises. I won't be able to follow your "live from the Regal Princess ". But I do have a great reason I will be on the Regal b2b cruises again this year !!!!! You always do such a excellent job. Safe travel to FLL. I will be flying out on Monday and anxious to see my cruising friends from last year and all the new friends I haven't met yet.

Sali

Hi Chris,

Thank you for taking us along on your trip. We're sailing on the second leg of your B2B also, but in a month. We are looking forward to reading of your adventures over your twelve days. Have a great time!

Hi Chris!

Thank you for the very kind words, my friend. I hope you have a truly wonderful time aboard Regal Princess! Looking forward to your reports.

Bon Voyage!!! :)

David

Hi Chris!

 

Thank you for the very kind words, my friend. I hope you have a truly wonderful time aboard Regal Princess! Looking forward to your reports.

 

Bon Voyage!!! :)

 

David

Dave! So good to see you here. Thanks for following along :)

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The Hyatt O'Hare is a huge, but beautiful hotel! All photos today are being taken with my Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

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My room is very nice for my one night stay:

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Hi Chris!

Following along!

Oh My -- that Hyatt is massive.

Hi Chris!

 

Following along!

 

Oh My -- that Hyatt is massive.

Hi Catherine! Thanks for following along

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Hi Chris,

Will be following along.

We really enjoy sailing from Ft. Lauderdale.

Have never sailed on Princess so I am really looking forward to this!

Have a great adventure!

Debbie

Following along as well. We'll be on the Star Princess next fall, so can't wait to see what you have to say about Princess.

Where is the Hyatt? We usually stay at the Holiday Inn and Suites on Higgins Road...the one with the Harry Cary restaurant.