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 p...
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