We left West Palm Beach for Anchorage, with a change of planes in Atlanta. The flight (Delta Airlines) was very nice, and uneventful. The food was surprisingly good. We arrived in Anchorage at 9:00 pm, so a short night prevented us from enjoying any local cuisine or sightseeing. The Anchorage Hilton and morning breakfast buffet was adequate.
When arriving in Whittier at the dock, we were quickly processed by Regent and arrived in our suite in record time. We had booked a penthouse suite category A (with a butler) and found the extra money well-spent. The cabin was quite spacious with a great walk-in closet and lovely bathroom that certainly met all of our needs. Our butler, Rao, introduced himself and, after unpacking, I sent some items out to be pressed. (This service is free on the first day onlyafter that you are charged per piece.) My husband and I took time to explore the ship and upon returning to the cabin, we were pleased to find canapEs and champagne waiting for us.
We went to dinner in Compass Rosea disappointment. The salad was drenched in dressing and completely overwhelmed the greens and the salmon was dry and tasteless (in Alaskaunacceptable). Even the dessertvanilla ice cream with thyme tasted much as the name suggests. The service, however, was very accommodating. So much so, in fact, that when asked if you were enjoying your meal, you could not bear to disappoint by uttering even one negative comment. We only ate in Compass Rose one other evening, (with some coaxing from Rao to give them another chance ) and the food was even worse. We did eat at both Signatures and Latitudes with somewhat better results. Signatures was good, but did not live up to LeCordeon Blue standards. Latitudes was by far my favorite, but I really cant give it raves. We much preferred LaVeranda for evening mealsespecially when the weather allowed dining on the rear outside deck. All-in-all, I would say that the food on this ship can be compared to event meals . Not any better or worse than you would get at a wedding or charity function. They do not live up to the hype.