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  1. We have been lucky enough to sail on Regent Oceania, Silver Sea and Seabourn ....there is in many ways a wider choice of food on Viking and personally i like Main Dining Room for Breakfast and some Dinners ...but prefer World Cafe for lunch ...Dinner varies greatly both in terms of whats offered and how its cooked...my choice for dinner would be World Cafe but other half insists on MDR although the sound levels at Dinner is very high and when one of you relies on hearing aids makes conversation extremely difficult ...we always go for 6pm but find it amusing that desserts are never served before 7pm . I honestly think all the above lines are subjective food wise but what i do like about Viking is the open sandwiches offered at the coffee bar on Deck 1 ...but we much prefer the overall cruise experience on Regent other than a recent BCN to Cape Town on Voyager
  2. Totally agree about return from Belize yesterday Viking really needed to have made arrangements ,,,,thankfully i had thought ahead and snagged 2 each of the lovely beef and smoked salmon open sandwiches at the Coffee Bar on Deck 1 as did others who like my other half took one look at Pool Grill queue and decided against it .... Yes there are nice things about Viking but i just do not think it rates as Number 1 hence why i wondered how they got the rating .......itinery and service is everything when you have been fortunate to cruise many lines and unless something changes Viking wont be our choice
  3. Voyager Lounge Drinks service issue is not new or untrained staff ...the Waiters are brilliant however it's the actual bartenders who are thin on the ground ....you can have the lounge full of guests and at least 4 Waiters but still only 1 bartender who can't cope with fulfilling the orders ....Officers never around so the issue does not get fixed .
  4. Currently on Viking Mars ....and whilst the ship is perfectly kept and public space is huge etc...cabins are compact to say the least and food is hardly spectacular What really gets me is its takes over 30 mins to get a drink served in Voyager Lounge before dinner ...the guitarist there between 5 and 6pm is truly awful and can't sing and hopeless, shows are OK but all produced at full pitch deafening decibels , food is OK but nothing spectacular Yes there's some nice pieces of furniture and other features but honestly cannot work out who or how it's rated No 1
  5. So used to other ships having push button automatic detergent dispensers
  6. Sad to say after our Odyssey cruise around Japan in April on SS with a flight after 10pm ....they claimed there were no Day Rooms or indeed any tours and instead we were dumped at Marriot Osaka so called Hospitality room ...see the photos The transfer to the airport was a total shambles much later than all had requested and as for Osaka Airport so called Business Lounge for Emirates disgusting was only word that applied with nothing in the least edible or drinkable Silversea truly shot themselves in the foot over that
  7. Anyone recently got off the Norway /Baltic Seabourn Odyssey cruise and know who this person was ? Friends were on it and really could not believe how any passenger could bring on a dog claiming it was a service dog yet also had a maid It was assumed they were ultra rich long time Seabourn member in a top suite who could do as they liked apparently not from USA They wondered how the ship catered for its " doings" as everywhere seemed to whiff of it As the friends have 2 lovely dogs of their own they are not anti dogs but even I understood that you had mountains of paperwork etc to jump through before a dog was allowed on board
  8. We were quite shocked to meet and become friends with a couple on Navigator who are across the hall from this family on deck 6 and the constant screeching emitting from said 2 year old means they will no longer sail on Regent The odd times we have heard said child schreech was enough ...no we are not anti children ...have 2 of our own and 6 grandkids we cared for till they started school ...but time comes when a screeching child on something like a Regent Cruise spoils things
  9. Like many others have never seen a toddler or even 4 or 5yr olds onboard any of our Regent Cruises and as we are Platinum ! Hence it came as hell of a shock to see the 2 yr old clambering over everyone of the chairs in the Navigator Bar /coffee bar while Father looked on ...nor have we ever seen 4 or 5 yr old girls dancing up and down the slope from Seven Seas Lounge bar and into Theatre again with Mother etc simply looking on ....it may well be someone had words as not seen silly behaviour since ..although 2yr old screeches very often Not sure what Regent is gaining by encouraging such young children nor do we understand the attraction of taking them as it seems most adults simply enjoy the Adult atmosphere of Regent
  10. I totally agree theres no way i would cruise with small children .....i was simply interested in what folk would say Currently on Navigator there is a family ( not officers or crew ) travelling with 2yr old boy and 2 girls circa 4 /5/6 ......1st day the boy was clambering over all of the chairs in Navigator Coffee/drinks bar while parents looked on. The girls were later dancing back and forth from Show lounge bar in and out of theatre again parents said nothing.could be something was said as not since witnessed same Regent just does not seem to me to be the right cruise line for very young children
  11. Its going to make life very difficult if Regent does not sort out where Voyager is docking in Sept because if its Tarragona i dare not book tickets to see inside Sagrada Familia and they will be sold out long before
  12. HAL NCL, Princess, RCL etc etc are a whole different ball game to Regent, Seabourn SS, Crystal which are basically 5/6 star and simply dont have facilities for children
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