The Ritz-Carlton Yacht cruise line arranged for us to be picked up at 1:45PM. Last view of the Marina Bay Sands.
Seamless transfer of luggage to room, but there was so much confusion about processing the paperwork to board the ship. Everyone was confused, including the staff.
The luggage was in our room when we got on the ship at 1 PM or so. We thought we'd have lunch at Mistral, which was on the 10th floor. However, the elevator only traveled to the 9th. A staff member saw us uncertain about how to get to our restaurant and came to help us. He said that the back elevator would do the job, so he patiently walked us the length of the ship and up to where we wanted to go. The other staff seemed overly respectful of him, and we learned why. He was Captain Tom Roth, who is the leader of this ship. From Switzerland with a nautical science degree and 30 years of at-sea experience. Very nice and helpful gentleman. So we took a photo, the first on this ship.
Lunch of Caesar salad and pizza.
Ship left Singapore at 5PM. Had a few snacks with scotch over rocks. There was also a welcome bottle of Moet Champagne on ice waiting in our room, but we'll have that later,
Then dinner at Haetsu Bit.
My first chawan mushi in decades, for they left out the shrimp. Excellent.
One of the very best meals we've ever had. The cuisine on the Ritz-Carlton Luminara looks to be the finest of any cruise we've taken. Walked 5448 steps.
Ritz-Carlton entered the cruise market only in 2022 as the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. We are on their newest, the Luminara. Its maiden voyage was in July of this year. Their other two ships are Evrima and Ilma.
| Date | Port | Arrive | Depart |
| Tuesday, December 30 | Singapore | 5:00pm | |
| Wednesday, December 31 | At Sea | ||
| Thursday, January 1 | Ko Samui, Thailand | Noon | 7:00pm |
| Friday, January 2 | Laem Chabang, Thailand | Noon | |
| Saturday, January 3 | Laem Chabang, Thailand | 7:00pm | |
| Sunday, January 4 | Ko Kood, Thailand | 9:00am | 6:00pm |
| Monday, January 5 | At Sea | ||
| Tuesday, January 6 | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | 8:00am | |
| Wednesday, January 7 | Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam | 2:00pm | |
| Thursday, January 8 | At Sea | ||
| Friday, January 9 | Da Nang, Vietnam | 10:00am | 10:00pm |
| Saturday, January 10 | At Sea | ||
| Sunday, January 11 | Halong Bay, Vietnam | 9:00am | 8:00pm |
| Monday, January 12 | At Sea | ||
| Tuesday, January 13 | Hong Kong | 6:00am |
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