Following on from our minor excitement at the conclusion of our boat tour to Inchcolm we got back aboard Regal Princess ahead of a day to be spent at sea. We didn’t actually get up to very much because we tend to just relax and read on sea days and that’s mostly what we did again, but for completeness in this British Isles cruise travelogue series I’ll include in this post a couple of examples of a couple of dinners typical for a Princess Cruises experience (and not far removed from most cruise lines’ dining experiences either). It’s the sort of thing that some people might want to see even if they’re not interested in reading about how we spend time in ports.
On the evening that we departed Scotland our meal in the main dining room was as below:
We caught a little bit of some entertainment, although I can’t remember what it was exactly, only that it was amusing. Afterwards, though, we headed to Crooners and decided to splash some of our onboard spend on the special, double-size cocktails that include the glasses to take home as souvenirs. We still use them occasionally, but due to their size it’s only ever with something that has a lot of mixer in it. We like to drink, but you’ve got to be sensible sometimes.
We’d not had many sea days on this cruise and this was the last of them, heading south on the North Sea down the east coast of England. The weather had mostly been good on this cruise and that remained the case on this day.
The Red Hat Society were out in force and gathered in the piazza of Regal Princess for some last group photos because it was the final formal night on the ship too. They added a lovely burst of colour to the cruise.
We’re fond of trivia when we cruise but the port-heavy itinerary meant we’d not taken part as much as we’d normally have liked. However, the sea day presented several chances to give our brains some exercise and we pretty much cleaned up.
Because it was formal night we decided to hit the Elite Lounge for some pre-dinner nibbles and drinks in relative quiet, entertained by the house band.
Passing back through the piazza area on the way to dinner a little later we had to run the gauntlet of photographers but having my own camera to hand meant I was able to turn the tables on one of them. I do this quite often on ships.
So, finally, here’s the menu and photos of the food we ate for this gala night on Regal Princess.
In the next post in this series we hit the final port of the cruise and the only one that’s outside the British Isles: Le Havre, France.