iamheisenberg

They are updated now. Overnights in Havana on the Mariner April 11th and April 18th cruises.

Also note that the fares are sharply higher for the new itineraries. (For Cat H, from $2,199 to $2,999.)

I wonder whether the higher fare is Regent thinking there is more demand, or if there are actually higher costs associated with stopping in Havana.

Note that similar new itineraries on Oceania Marina did not go up in price ... yet.

On embarkation day, luggage is not only delivered to your suite, but brought inside and set up on luggage racks. Regent leaves it in the hallway outside the door for you to drag it inside yourself.

Likely, this is a chicken and egg situation. Which comes first, the cabin attendant who places the magic scuff-resistant egg-laying carpet on your nest, or the egg(s)?

Or perhaps the cabin attendant does come first, but somehow the door closes and locks before your eggs are delivered?

Those magic scuff-resistant egg-laying carpets are in every cabin, though, so the intent is clearly that the egg(s) be placed on top of it.

And now I wait for the first poster to cry "Fowl!"

About the air, many residents wear a respirator mask, which can be as simple as a painter's mask.

I did not, but my throat did feel soar in Beijing because of the bad air.

There is still a gap between April 8 and April 11.

Plenty of time to eliminate the echo between Compass Rose and Prime 7.

Sorry, but you are incorrect. Electrode issues can occur in the potential malfunctioning of medical devices either external or implanted within the brain, heart, etc., for example.

Or this:

Happy Halloween!

I think they did an excellent job remodeling this ship. Hare-raising, in fact:

I'm also a fan of the Platner-style chairs, and this:

Not so much this portrait:

Having sailed the Danube before, I doubt I will do it again. But it were my first time, I would definitely favor Crystal Mozart. They made very good use of the double-wide space - a lot of it public space, and the cabins look lovely too.

Disturbingly, fish eggs!

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the difference between the F suites and the Concierge suites? Is there a physical difference or is it mostly amenities?

This whole list means nothing , especially since CC continues to include Oceania, Azamara, Windstar and Viking in it luxury cruise category. They are not even though they are terrific cruise lines.

If Oceania, Azamara, Windstar, and Viking are not even luxury lines, doesn't that say something about Crystal because they lost to those lines? Doesn't that say something about those non-luxury lines that can beat Crystal? And doesn't it says something about Cruise Critic Editor's Pick awards, one way or the other.

I think that is certainly more than nothing ... and also less than everything.

...“To be recognized by the savvy experts of Cruise Critic is high praise, and validation of our commitment to offer the world’s travelers a new standard of excellence in luxury,” says Crystal CEO and president, Edie Rodriguez. “ . ..

Is this not also an endorsement for every other luxury cruise line?

• Seabourn, Best Luxury Cruise Line
  
• Regent, Best New Luxury Cruise Ship
  
• Azamara, Best Luxury Cruise Ship Refurbishment
  
• Oceania, Best Luxury Cruise Line for Dining
  
• Regent, Best Luxury Cruise Line Cabins
  
• Silversea, Best Luxury Cruise Line Itineraries
  
• Azamara, Best Luxury Cruise Line Shore Excursions
  
• Crystal, Best Luxury Cruise Line for Enrichment
  
• Windstar, Best Luxury Cruise Line for Romance
  
• Viking, Best Luxury Cruise Line for Value
  
• Viking, Best Luxury Cruise Line Spa
  

That's quite a press release for what is in reality a really bad news for Crystal - except for Mozart. And, of course Mozart is not even a new river ship.

FYI, there are now three round-trip Miami itineraries on the Regent web site, March 17 thru April 18, 2018.

(10 days + 10 days + 12 days Miami round-trip = 16 days + 16 days Panama Canal.)

They are pretty ordinary itineraries. (Yucky even.) They are low priced for Regent, but I would hold out for the Zika pricing.

Of course, I can't be certain, but I think the question to which Marq answered "yes" is "Does anyone know when the balance of 2018 itineraries will be published?"

It's a joke reminiscent of Professor Irwin Corey. :)

And although I do not have a definitive answer, I checked an old email on the subject from last year for 2017 itineraries, and they were posted online around October 8.

This is not a definitive answer, but the probable cause is that there is no room at the dock in the City of Angels. And so the cruise is "closed" until they resolve this issue.

Apparently this also happened on a 2017 cruise - maybe on Navigator - and it was resolved by changing the debarkation/embarkation port to San Diego.

Maybe San Francisco would work as well, but then they would have to sacrifice another port to cover the extra travel distance. (Maybe even Ensenada in a pinch?)

Thank you for all your responses.

These cruises on Mariner currently showing "closed."

http://www.rssc.com/cruises/MAR180317/summary/default.aspx

http://www.rssc.com/cruises/MAR180402/summary/default.aspx

But nor the cruise before nor the cruise after.

You failed to enlighten us as to whether the comparison was positive or negative ;) :D

This is very subjective.

Inasmuch as Regent posters will vehemently argue a point long past its shelf life, and inasmuch as neither Mr Pitt nor I are flame retardant, I will politely decline to answer that. :)

These Regent comparisons are not new. Some here may be seeing them for the first time, but I remember seeing them on the web site many years ago. I remember that they used to include the pre-cruise hotel in the comparison. They later changed the pre-cruise hotel to Category "E" and higher, and it had to be removed from the chart.

Of course, Regent cherry-picks the cruises where they compare favorably - but not always where they are the least expensive, as is the case with Princess in Alaska. I agree with those who said that this is primarily an illustration to remind potential passengers that the Regent's published fares compared to other luxury lines' published fares are apples and oranges. Or cherries and apples. Or whatever.

I also agree with those that did not disagree to the comparison with Brad Pitt and yours truly.

Mrs Heisenberg often compares me to Brad Pitt.

Just saying.

I checked my next cruise this morning based on reading about the price drop here, and it had gone down. Just checked it again, and the old fares are back.

Maybe it was just a flash sale?

Or maybe the new sale does not start until September 1?

:confused::confused::confused:

Try the schnitzel at Prater Amusement Park.

It is to die from.

In 2024, Britney Spears will be the President of Egypt.

You may rely on it.

http://www.rssc.com/cruises/VOY170307/summary/default.aspx

We had a long delay in Nagasaki, Japan, where customs insisted on seeing each passenger in person and meticulously checking our passports.

But Nagasaki is not your first port in Japan as it was on our cruise. Perhaps they will be more efficient in Kobe.

What I do is look out for potential pickpocketers. Then I steal their wallet, and put it loosely in my back pocket. Then when they pick my back pocket, all they get is their own wallet!

This always works.

Nor can I see a rush for cabins on the NYC-Montreal trip given the time of year - much too early for the fall colors.

Just a note or two ...

The new 18 day Panama Canal itinerary goes to Acapulco. So if they were going to phase that out to some other port, as some speculated, then surely they would not have added another cruise there.

Also about the new Panama Canal itinerary - I'm guessing that is the lowest priced Regent itinerary on a per day basis - $311 with air, and would be much lower without air. Crystal had a similar situation - a Panama Canal cruise in the summer priced under $200 per day, and it became very popular! For someone who just likes using the ship as all at sea days, these are very attractive options.

And the new Miami to Montreal itinerary is the lowest price itinerary, excluding 7 day itineraries, on any Regent ship.

Respectfully - from the Teletubbies Wiki -

Tinky Winky (played by Dave Thompson and Simon Shelton in the original series and by Jeremiah Krage in the revival series)[15][16] is the first Teletubby, as well as the largest and oldest of the group. He is covered in purple terrycloth and has a triangular antenna on his head. He almost always carries a red bag.

Respectfully noted!

But the image I posted above is from that same Wiki page. And he is blue!

http://teletubbies.wikia.com/wiki/Tinky-Winky

With that lighting I kept expecting to see Barney or Tinky Winky.

I don't care about conventional wisdom, Tinky Winky is blue!

There is no purple in ROY G. BIV! So why would they make Tinky Winky purple when all the other Teletubbies are rainbow colors?

Barney, however, is purple, and this lighting is fuchsia: