Priscilla - I am SO ready for you and John to see the Mariner also. It's been too long since you were on a Regent ship. I ended up loving the Mariner, but after all the cruises you & I did on the Voyager together I must admit the Mariner was slightly confusing those 1st few days. I kept hitting the elevator button for the deck number of the venue on the Voyager. Oh, wrong. You all will especially love the coffee area. Looking forward to your seamail - when and if you have time. And in particular wanting to know where you think the best place is for bear watching. Have a great time and we can email after you get home. Say hi to John and give him a big hug for me. :bv:

Bon Voyage Priscilla and John. :bv: Have a wonderful cruise. Looking forward to more Mariner mail from Alaska.

Bon Voyage Priscilla and John...wishing you a wonderful cruise in Alaska.

Nancy

Priscilla, I hope you and John have a wonderful cruise. Please post for us when you have a chance. But most of all have FUN!!!!!

Bon Voyage, dear friends! Have a wonderful time on your much anticipated pre-trip and cruise. Safe travels and smooth seas.

And.....Hopefully, no "situations" to contend with :D ;)

Bon Voyager John and Priscilla. Have a perfect time, I know you have been anticipating and looking forward to this for quite awhile now.

Please post when you have a chance, and enjoy the Mariner.

Aw, thanks everyone! You've made my day. Betty, you are right that it has been too long since we've been on a Regent ship, not since November 2007. I am so eager to be back onboard, and it will be fun learning my way around the Mariner. Wish some of our good friends were along, but I'll try to keep you posted by seamail.

Denise, if we "have a situation" I'll call you for help.

Since it's near the end of the day on Thursday, I am calling it THREE days and counting until we fly off to Vancouver first thing Monday morning.... :D :D

We'll be in Provence, so any "situations" will need to be on hold until we return :D

No no no, Denise. If we're "gonna have a situation" who better than you to get us out of it???? Oh well, I'll have to manage on my own, I guess.

Now, if we're "gonna have a situation" in Provence, I guess I'll have to muddle through without you, somehow.

Have a wonderful time!!!!!!
Lynn

Priscilla and John, have a great trip, and send sea mail! Lots of people going to Alaska this year would love to hear of your adventures!

Bon Voyage John and Priscilla...enjoy Alaska!!! :banana:

Thanks, everyone! Today is one of those pre-vacation chore days. Run to pick up cleaning, get things ready for the petsitter, and on and on. Not especially fun -- BUT that will make being on the Mariner even better next week.

Hi Priscilla!

Wishing you and John a great cruise! Send us a line or two if you have time.

The Davis 6 will be sailing with you vicariously ... let's get together when you return.

Hi Maria! I definitely will try to write some seamail. And Luke, John and I would love to bore you and Paula with Alaska stories when we return. Promise!

Priscilla, hope you and John have a wonderful cruise. I'll be looking for your sea mail.
Safe travels!

Looks like Priscilla and John will have a beautiful start to their cruise!

Looks to be a beautiful day in Vancouver. Have a wonderful cruise, Priscilla.

Hope Vancouver is just as lovely for us MOOSies in 14 weeks!!!

Priscilla and John we hope you have a wonderful cruise - we think of you often and look forward, one of these days, to seeing you! Joanna and Tony

Hope to hear how embarkation and trip is...we are following you in August.

Have a wonderful cruise ! Hope we get some seamail. ENJOY !!

Hello everyone! Thanks for the great bon voyage. Karen, your Vancouver picture caught the day perfectly. It was quite warm -- mid-80s, I believe -- and sunny, which made for a beautiful sailaway. Today still is sunny, really gorgeous, but a little cooler, in the low 60s. Jackets and sweaters are appearing all around the ship now, unlike yesterday.

This is our first time on the Mariner and I'm now acclimated. It feels different from the Voyager in some regards, and the same in others (such as La Verandah, where we just finished lunch). Tonight is the one informal night, and we'll be in the Compass Rose, with Prime 7 reservations later in the week. Last night's dinner was excellent, especially an Alaska seafood spectacular (or something named similarly) as an appetizer. We've met some nice people, but no other LCTers. :(

Our suite is wonderfully situated on Deck 7, and it should come as no surprise that I've spent a good bit of time on our deck already, including for breakfast this morning. We had a good lecture about the Inside Passage this morning by Charles Iliff, a retired professor from the University of Alaska, whose wife also spoke briefly and is a retired professor also.

I wanted to answer on this thread now but will start a seamail thread next time. We have left the open waters and are coming into a more narrow portion of the passage where the sightseeing should be good. So I'm off for now. Tomorrow is Ketchican, where we have a floatplane excursion to Misty Fjords.

More later!

Priscilla, I looked at the Ketchican webcam this morning and it looked beautiful, bright blue sky which is so unusual for that port! I think you are in for a treat, here is the weather for Friday:

Sunny. Highs 76 to 84. West wind 15 to 20 mph.

Priscilla, it sounds as if you are off to a great start. I love the Mariner. Say hello to sweet Elsa, (social hostess...I think she is still on) for Larry & I, if you get a chance!

Have lots of fun. Looking forward to all your SeaMail!

Hi Priscilla, Thanks for posting. Glad to hear that your weather has been wonderful. Is Terry Breen not onboard? When you get time, do let us know who some of the staff are? Enjoy Ketchican.

Thanks for checking in, Priscilla. Enjoy Alaska. Hope you'll tell us all about it.

Priscilla and John--have a great trip. Hope you see lots of whales.

Have a great time Priscilla look forward to your seamail