Wes, not sure where you received your misinformation. Davor Josipovic is the "General Manager" (known a long time ago as the "Hotel Manager)on the Voyager. This is according to the best source there is on any board. . . . Karen :app: :app:

If the captain is Italian, and his wife is from Peru, then that must be Mario and Marianna? Yes, RachelG, and Marianna is just as smart and charming as she is pretty! She was a former purser on a ship when they met. Met them both last year and had the luck of the draw for dinner with both one night (with joannapv), on the Sydney to Beijing cruise last fall. What a great night we had!

Jackie, Karen as in me? It can't be me as I haven't been on the Voyager in ages.

Karen, of course it is you:-) You don't have to be on the ship to know who the officers are. Starting the great threads where people can post crew/officer names is no less than brilliant!

Not sure where we are going here? Anyway, glad someone aboard has some good reports about the hotel/general manager, whatever. Titles make no difference to me!

Thanks Wes and Victor.

Then it would be Victor who is the best source on the board as he is the one the gave the info ;)

good morning

just sailing into port and still is cold

ralpd is still hotel manager and yes davor is coming not sure what date yet

lots of tours again today and i will need a warm jacket and my morning martini again

will update later

LOL it looks like everyone was right about who is/will be the hotel manager! Victor, your morning martini's make me laugh! I have been trying to stalk you on the webcams but no luck so far. If you see another cruise ship in port and you remember the name, can you let me know?

Davor is on my paperwork as currently the GM for the Mariner. We are in Heathrow on our way to Rome to join the ship. The staff move constantly and often I am told by RSSC that a certain person was on a ship - I get there and he or she is not there. Chimi was the Dining Room Manager on the Navigator when we were on in October, he left there to go to the Voyager. My paperwork for Splash shows he is on the Mariner. It will be interesting to see if he is really there.

VICTOR great reporting fun to read your comments each day.

i know davor is suppose to come but for sure
even after my martini still looks like ralph|of course paul reynolds and chris his great assistant seems late at night just rosanne and myself in voyageur lounge with all staff

nice!

on tour now in cypress and have a great tour guide

we are in some small town testing and of course cyress beer

will e mail back on ship|

good morning from the island of rhodes

still very cool but bearable

the sea has been very flat so we are riding with not much of a movement

instead of mroning martini i did late night chivas!!


i think i will stick with morning martini

should be a great day in greece

will let you know

and yes if ever the chance to visit cypress

i will say 100% to go

well the drinks did it!!!

i am really in turkey not greece

but still beautiful!!

people were on beach getting a tan

nice change from cool weather!!

they all want me to try a turkish drink

45% alchohol dont think so!!!

and i think we still in turkey tomorrow

but with my martini in hand cannot read

the schedule will advise once i get there

i think i will enjoy the next 50 days at sea!!

The Turkish drink 'Raki' tastes surprisingly similiar to the Greek drink "Ouzo".

Hope Regent remembers to restock the ingredients for martini's before we board:-)

good morning from greece

yes tehy have raki on board and yes no worries
about martinis here


very quiet on ship about 30 got off yesterday amd
36 joined us to go to barcelona

with ports everyday most are running out of energy


not surprising !

the weather yesterday was great and it appears today will be about 60- 65 so not bad

seven seas party was last night and i was very surprised there were not more repeaters on board

in any case off for morning martini which is always waiting

just wish i had more drinking buddies

here is a good one

this guy goes into bar and asks for 3 drinks
does this for about 3 months

barteneder asks why 3 drinks

he answers one for me and one each for two friends on the west coast that he misses


then one day he comes in and orders 2 drinks

surprised bartender asks why the change

he answers because i decided to stop drinking!!

now getting back into turkey!!

and very very cold!!!

going on tour today
and cant wait for our first sea day tomorrow

wont have to wake at 6am,

still very quiet on board but i expect with full
load ex barcelona that will change

maybe a wilder bunch for martinis!!

Victor,
Have you heard we are full out of BCN? REgent web page is still showing availability in 5 or 6 suite levels. I was thinking we'd still be about 50pax lite.
Greg

we have just left turkey on way to malta
tomorrow a sea day and now really cool

i dont expect many at pool bar tomorrow

and the poor french bar tender will freeze!!!

kusadasi was nice and the weather ok once sun came out

i just hated when tour ended in a carpet and the jewellery store

i know end of season and they need revenue but to be forced in the carpet store one way with only exit through jewellery store was not nice

they sit you down unroll carpets with some good information

but then about 10 sales persons enter the room for the big push!!

i would not buy just out of principle dont like to be pushed

we have had some fun on board with one young fellow signing whoevers cabin number to do purchases and then get caught


we had another person sit down with my wife and complain about this guy victor

he tips too much

he only wants captains table

and he went on and on

my wife of course waited for more info and pushed
as to how he knew this

he just continued that this victor guy is a real bad person

paul reynolds say what was going on and joined conversation

then he leaned over and told this man

dont you know you are talking to victors wife????

from what i hear his color changed a lot and he apoigized again and again


for once the rumor mill about me was wrong

till tomorrow

as far as to cabins i know nothing about cat c is available

i know someone now trying to extend

i think the lower cabins may have space

Maybe you can invite that guy to eat at the Captain's table with you ;)

LOL, Victor, you have a new reputation! Really bad guy, etc. That is funny.

well now at sea on way to malta

we had a medical emergency last night so we diverted to a port close by to off load the passenger and now will be late arriving malta
and now some tours cancelled due late arrival

and yes now people are complaining!!!

man what it was them??

i am very surprised how calm the waters have been

not a wave in sight

well now for that 2nd martini and see what trouble i can get into!!!!!


ps we have an amazing magigian on board

phoenix a must see show

Victor, quite a few nice people (who don't complain) will be boarding on Monday! Hope we can infuse a little positive energy.

good morning from the sea on way to malta

as stated earlier we will be late due to medical emergency

it is pouring cats and dogs today and i hope it clears as we have never been to malta and are looking forward to seeing as much as we can
it is also getting to the end of trip for my brother who leaves in barcelona to go home to toronto
it was a quiet sea day yesterday with everyone looking forward to turkey and football on the big screen

i had a few drinks and took a long nap
missed the entire night!

but hey today is another day
it is a lot of fun just sitting at pool bar and listen to everything that has happened on ship

it is teh place to be to hear all the gossip and complaints of the day

there are not many and the ones that i do hear are silly things that can happen on any ship

i will update once we sail from malta

i think they may extend departure time due late arrival as tomorrow another day at sea and it is an overnight in barcelona

lets pray for a least a little sun today

Looks like you made it to Malta!

yes we made malta

thanks for the stalking!!


there are three ships here

went on a tour and they said it doesnt rain here

yah right!!! downpour all day seabourne pride!!

great little island it is though!!

so wish it was sunny to explore all the tiny streets


they have 250,000 cars on this small island!!

tomorrow a sea day then bareclona and then we head back south missing kusadasi and going barcelona malta and rhodes then into warmer weather

these morning martinis are4 killing me
the bartender has no conception on hwta what ounce of booze is!!!

the ship in the middle is where englebert went from navigator

ok must go off have another while i am still upright!!

oh to be on a ship!!


for those reading get on board as soon as possible
and enjoy the experince!!!

I never realized how small the Pride is!

Beautiful nighttime stalk!

Great stalk Karen. I also didn't realize how small the Pride is. The Voyager will be back in this port next Wednesday. The main difference is that we'll be on it:-)

good morning from the sea on way to barcelona

the morning martini now hurts bad!!

it rained all day yesterday so guess what

i drank!! and drank!!

then off to early sleep buit hey i am on a ship on holidays

i cant write here but boy oh boy you would not believe whats going on


thank goodness we change passengers soon

will be a quiet sea day!!

Oh do tell...
What a tease!

Come on Victor, we are dying to know!

good morning from barcelona

i have a huge hangover as we were on last night of the cruise for almost 95 %

of course rosanne and are are staying
went into casino where i have lost every day

made one bet on roulette and yah made 6.000 !!

maybe i should drink more

i am disapointed my brother will leave us but another couple we met on navigator last year will be getting on board


weather is cool but nice cant wait till tomorrow when we agin go south to malta and rhodes then cypress

just check and my in laws will join in dubai yay!!!

maria the hr person should join today as we have about 40 member crew change


ok i am off to shore

and yes i will sneak that morning martini!@@@@@

Do you know if any officers or restaurant managers are switching in Barcelona? Just curious to know who we will see tomorrow.l Hope Paul Reynolds and the Assistant C.D. remain. They are both delightful.

Hope to be on board promptly at noon tomorrow. All that is left is a 2 hour flight out of Frankfurt (in less than an hour) and a night at a hotel. I'm ready for those martini's!

Victor, Saw a bunch of Regent pax touring at Sagrada Familia yesterday. Fortunately, we beat the tour groups there and had the place to ourselves for almost an hour. Do you happen to know whether you're at Terminal A, B, C or D? We won't make noon but an hour or two later.

good day from barcelona

we are in port for the day

weather is very nice here

had dinner last night on shore and will be going out shortly as we sail at 4pm

watching all passengers leaving with early am flights

some new crew on board but paul and chris staying as well as hotel manager ralph

devor is coming in dubai


will update later

good morming from the voyageur

at sea today almost off the coast of sardinia

and it is very cool but i know as we go south it will warmn up a lot

got to meet some new passenegers last night
and for sail away there were not too many out on the deck

i think everyone was tired getting to ship so very quiet

i forgot to mention that the voyaguer lounge got all new furniture

looks great!

had a fairly quiet night as well as my b rother left to go back to toronto
longest time i ever spent with him in 50 years!

and yes the ship is full for the next few segments
but they will have a cabin if we extend until australia again!!

it also looks like we have more smokers on board and less smoking areas so i guess we will have to fight for seats in lounge!!

off now to get some breakfast and check in on my wife who has partied every night and finally needs
a rest!!


update later

Thanks for updating us Victor, let us know how the new gang works out ;)

Karen, we are part of the new (tired) gang. Think we are all waking up a bit today. Our team won Trivia -- good start:-)

Good deal on the trivia win!!!!