Regal Princess October 14 to 21, 2017 New England/Canada

[Bimmer09]

A whale watching boat. The whales feed 25 miles out to sea

 

Logan Airport

 



 

 



 

 



 

 

A Flock of Seagulls



 

 

Nothing says "Sea" like seagulls calling. Their sarcastic wit I can live without.

[Bimmer09]

 

 

I'm still on deck 7

 

 



 

 

We're not tendering today (Hooray!) but maybe they will be working on the Lifeboats



 

 

I walk forward to Churchill's to get out of the wind for a while

[Bimmer09]

When I came back to take photos and video we were near the docking pier and preparing for a turn

 

 

The Captain stopped and began to pivot the ship for a reversing docking maneuver. At this point I was happy we had an aft cabin as I could enjoy the docking from our balcony

 

 

 

 

We are going to line up with this building and back all the way in

 

 

 

[Liz54]

Hello Norris,

 

We have booked on the Royal. Our Cabin is on Emerald deck just opposite the panoramic elevators. I understand if I go down one flight to Deck 7, there is a smoking area. There is an exit on 7 to promenade adjacent to the elevators. Assume smoking is to the right - towards stern/aft ? Can you clarify?

 

We are in E347 Which I believe is starboard side.

 

Just wondering how far a hike for those early morning and last at night quick trips!

 

Also wondering if we will have incessant slamming of that door to the promenade deck all night long!!:(

Edited November 6, 2017 by Liz54
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[Bimmer09]

Hello Norris,

 

We have booked on the Royal. Our Cabin is on Emerald deck just opposite the panoramic elevators. I understand if I go down one flight to Deck 7, there is a smoking area. There is an exit on 7 to promenade adjacent to the elevators. Assume smoking is to the right - towards stern/aft ? Can you clarify?

 

We are in E347 Which I believe is starboard side.

 

Just wondering how far a hike for those early morning and last at night quick trips!

 

Also wondering if we will have incessant slamming of that door to the promenade deck all night long!!:(

 

Yes smoking on deck 7 is Starboard as far aft as you can go. No cover, so if raining deck 17 aft but that can be windy. Churchill's is indoors and just outside the theater on deck 6.

As you are midships you will hike along the narrow "Promenade deck" (LOL) for half the length of the ship pretty much. I do a video walk of that Promenade deck -the entire length- on our return to New York. I filmed it in Claustro-vision. And watch out for crew doors suddenly opening outwards . I wore an ice -hockey mask.

Norris

[Liz54]

Thanks!

Smoking definitely not for the faint of heart. Will bring hockey protection!

[Eddie cranney]

Hi Norris

I am on sheet 5 of 15 love the banter lost the thread once took 30 minutes to find it easy to come back to don’t want to lose you again.

Lot to catch up with

 

 

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[Tedferg]

Looking forward to your review - I saw a guy on Celebrity Reflection, Eastern Caribbean, March 2017. He sat with a camera at the table. I almost asked him if he was Norris :)

 

Have thought of New England itinerary but also heard of rough seas due to hurricane season ????

 

Oh and forgive me, but tell the guy in Walmart that it is '...... down to the seas' plural. I love that poem.

[coolcruiser777]

Wait, so they use the lifeboats as tenders?

[Sue1260]

Glad I found this review from reading deladane's review of Paul Ganguin review that you commented on. I have read many of your reviews and they are always enjoyable and entertaining

[deladane]

Looks like I also have 15 pages of posts to catch up on!! Can't wait to get all caught up and to see all of your beautiful photos!!

[Bimmer09]

Hi Norris

I am on sheet 5 of 15 love the banter lost the thread once took 30 minutes to find it easy to come back to don’t want to lose you again.

Lot to catch up with

Sent from my iPad using Forums

 

Hi and you are my first ever reader from Wigan! Oddly enough when I think of Wigan I think of the great British commentator Eddie Waring of It's A Knockout fame (it's a hilarious physical game show from the 1970s). But that's just me. I know Wigan had a great rugby league team way back....

There is a lot to catch up with if you read all my reviews, that's a for sure (Chico Marx voice)

Welcome!

Norris

[Bimmer09]

Glad I found this review from reading deladane's review of Paul Ganguin review that you commented on. I have read many of your reviews and they are always enjoyable and entertaining

 

Hey Sue, thanks for popping over from the Paul Gauguin board and I am happy that you have read some of my other reviews and like them. Thanks for the compliments and please prepare for a long read!

Norris

[Bimmer09]

Looks like I also have 15 pages of posts to catch up on!! Can't wait to get all caught up and to see all of your beautiful photos!!

 

Well folks here is one of the great CC reviewers/photographers/cool fun people and someone who spent her honeymoon sailing around Bora Bora on the Paul Gauguin-check out her review on that board.

Welcome Dana!

Norris

[Bimmer09]

Wait, so they use the lifeboats as tenders?

 

Welcome coolcruiser777, no they have big tenders (which are "lifeboats" and will be used in an emergency) and can use the Tender Operations sign when they close that part of the deck for any reason. I didn't see anyone working there but I didn't watch that space for long. We had two tender ports and I think they had 4 of them in the water all at once.

Thanks for joining us!

Norris

[hopestotravelmore]

Norris

I was so happy to see another one of your reviews. I have read all your other ones and love them all. Great photos and I look forward to reading it all tonight instead of watching TV.

New England/Canada is a cruise I wish to do also.

Maureen

[Gabrielle R.]

CHURCHILL'S

Its the official home of cigar smokers on the Regal (but they were welcome on deck 17 aft) and it is on deck 6 between the theater and Club 6

 

 



 

 



 

 



 

 

The Entertainment Officer, Martin Moss was a frequent visitor here (visible reflection in pic 2) and always said hello to all he met. There are a couple of TVs usually tuned to Sports Tallking Heads with wide shoulders and shiny suits, talking about "match-ups" and "its a game of inches" and lots of CNN-like annoying graphics scrolling across the screen in an overload of useless information.





Still, there are clean ashtrays and its not windy in here and a waiter comes by every so often to get one a drink. Some Princess ships Cigar bars have a bar and a bartender. Such as the Star and the Diamond (come back from Japan please!) The Diamond remains my favorite Princess ship. My favorite cruise ship is still the Silhouette until I find something more stunning stem to stern. Maybe The Edge?





Norris

 

I so appreciated your Silhoutte review! It was your great pictures and Gentleman's journal that has me booked on her over Christmas!

Thanks so much for the great posts and pictures, I have appreciated every one of them!

Gabrielle

[hockeyguru32]

A Flock of Seagulls



 

 

Nothing says "Sea" like seagulls calling. Their sarcastic wit I can live without.

 

like this one?

 

[Bimmer09]

DOCKING THE REGAL

 

The cruise terminal is the white building on the wharf. On our starboard side we have another long industrial wharf

 

Narrowing the channel is a large Chinese container ship. The Cosco Malaysia.

 

 



 

 

We have passed the Cosco Malaysia



 

 

The Pilot has already left the ship and returns to his berth



 

 

 

[Bimmer09]

We are getting closer

 

 

Almost there



 

 

Aft mooring team



 

 

Their pickup truck hauls the heavy ropes from the water



 

 

We are docked.

[Bimmer09]

There are the tour buses

 

 

and Boston



 

 



 

We have to muster in the Vista Lounge at 11.40 for our 12 noon excursion. I will savage the Vista design at some point later. For now-don't get me started!

[Bimmer09]

Here is a video of our coming into Boston which pretty much covers what the photos showed

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Norris

[Bimmer09]

Looking forward to your review - I saw a guy on Celebrity Reflection, Eastern Caribbean, March 2017. He sat with a camera at the table. I almost asked him if he was Norris :)

 

Have thought of New England itinerary but also heard of rough seas due to hurricane season ????

 

Oh and forgive me, but tell the guy in Walmart that it is '...... down to the seas' plural. I love that poem.

 

Hmmm. Camera at the table...but no Guinness, so obviously not me.

Yes rough seas can happen there and before we got on the Regal had to scurry home from Europe to stay out of potential bad hurricane weather forecast along that coast.

We had smooth sailing I'm happy to say and saw all the ports. Even fog didn't send us back out to sea. We are both very glad we took this cruise!

Yes, a fine poem indeed.

Keep following along...I'm glad you are onboard.

Norris

[Bimmer09]

Norris

I was so happy to see another one of your reviews. I have read all your other ones and love them all. Great photos and I look forward to reading it all tonight instead of watching TV.

New England/Canada is a cruise I wish to do also.

Maureen

 

Maureen, what a nice post to click on and kudos for reading all my things so far. Another one will be along late January and that will be my last Princess one for 18 months or more.

Welcome and thanks for the kind comments!

Norris

[BarbinMich]

Norris, I enjoyed your video of docking at Boston! We were there a few years ago, but docked at 8 am and didn't watch our docking (probably eating breakfast :D). So now I know what it looked like. I loved being so close to Logan Airport as I love watching planes land/take off. We were there on a very hot Sept. day (90+) so I spent the afternoon on a shady deck where I could sit in a hot tub and watch the planes land and take off. As we left, I snapped a photo of a plane descending over where we had just been--I'm sure it wasn't as "close" as the photo implies. ;)