KenzSailing

Yeah, that's us, as soon as the lottery cooperates. We've already got Splendor and Grandeur, but Prestige is over the top? Eh, just give me a cold martini and the lobster tempura in Pacific Rim.

I'll just say this: go Oilers!

Agreed. I CG render isn't exactly a set of blueprints. I'm not getting too excited until some specs come out.

Crystal should leave it to ChatGPT. I hear the results it produces are bullet proof...

Trip report: New York, New York, it's(still) a helluva town. Jaunted off to NYC this past weekend, and hoo boy, 48 whirlwind hours in the Grosse Pomme. Friday, up on the Acela to the Moynihan Train Hall. Dinner that night at Benoit. Great food, service was impeccable, very much like being in a Michelin starred joint in Paris. Striped Bass for OLoPP, quenelles for me(yes, they still serve quenelles, gotta love it.) Next day, breakfast at our favorite diner: Astro. I swear this joint is in every European budget travelers guide ever printed. It's like a mini-UN in there. You're packed cheek to jowl, and learn quickly to stick to the basics on the menu. Love it all. That afternoon, off to the heart of the matter: a production of Steven Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" on Broadway. This show premiered on Broadway a little over 40 years ago, and (in)famously closed after 16 performances. Now it's commanding some of the highest average ticket prices the Great White Way has ever seen, and Sunday night snagged four-count-em-four Tonys(fun fact, the Tony Award is named for Antoinette Perry.) Starring Jonathan Groff(King George in Hamilton), Daniel Radcliffe(surely I don't have to mention his CV) and Lindsay Mendez(Carousel, Wicked.) Just a transportive experience. I really don't have the words to do it justice. That evening, dinner in the Tavern Room at Gramercy Tavern. Tilefish for me, duck meatloaf for OLoPP. A perfect close to a magical day. Coda: Astro's again, followed by the Acela home. Once back in the door, wow, did that whole thing really happen? A taste of the cake: And this just melted my heart. The arts matter.

I think you're exactly right. One thing I haven't mentioned: when we booked our 2026 cruise, we cancelled the back end of our 2024 BtB. After doing that our front end cruise reverted in My Account to "deposit needed" from paid status, and the Manage my Booking button disappeared again. Fun times.

Great post Roy. Here's a fascinating article in support:https://wapo.st/3x1T8M4

Thanks, that's reassuring.

Yummy, but up here the ribs are served KC style(just monitor your blood sugar.) And Key Lime, not Chess pie? Hmmm...😁 Anyway, biscuits and gravy for breakfast tomorrow(it's the most important meal of the day!). Gotta keep the Mizzou gal happy,

OK, has anyone had this happen? We just booked a January 2026 cruise(MIA-LA, 22 nights, 7 sea days.) I went into "my account," it shows up, all is well. Here's the thing: Just below the itinerary basics there's the "customize your voyage" section. It's always a slightly different shade than the background. It has three columns, left to right they are for: shorex, dining rezzies, cooking classes. They of course show it's too early to book anything. Here's where it gets weird, or at least new to me: the far right column for cooking classes has no content. The lighter colored column is there, but there's no header nor description. To be clear, I'm not saying it's a matter of not being able to book classes, I'm saying the whole concept does not exist for this cruise. I know this sounds trivial, but the CAaS classes are something we very much enjoy. To repeat: anyone else seen this?

PSA: The patio is open for the season at the Chez. And since it is Friday, yes, it's Burger night in America! (and wherever else you may be.) Also, it was a great day to take the physical copy of the newspaper.

I hear that, I'm up to 3 AM frequently. Usually to go to the bathroom however. 😄

Oh, pleeze....

Just a SWAG: you're not the target audience for a two hour cooking class on a cruise ship.

I want to clear something up. I'm not saying changing our password fixed our manage-this-booking problem. As I said in post 17 above, we did that and nothing changed. Then, Regent came back and told us they had changed our password, here was our new password, and try again. So I went back in with the Regent assigned password, changed it, and my manage my booking button was back. However, our deposit status had also mysteriously changed from "needed" to "received." I suspect the solution to our little dilemma had much more to do with the deposit bit being flipped than anything with the password change. To put it plainly: I thing Regent IT is either stumbling around a bit in the dark, or not being forthcoming with explanations of the band-aids they're applying to individual reservations, or both. I don't really care. Our little situation is resolved and I do my best to judge a cruise line by the onboard experience. With that, we have been very happy.

Just to close this out: Well, our "manage this booking" button is back. Here's how we got there: Regent tells me to reset my password, apparently this will fix things(?!) I do so, nothing changes. I contact my TA. Regent sends me an email saying their IT has changed my password and encloses new password in email. I log in with new password, "manage this booking" is back. I change password to one of my choosing. Logout and back in, "manage this booking" is still there. Yea! One point of interest: this booking, when the manage button was gone, had been in the same status Darth described: it still showed "deposit needed" even though my deposit had long since been received. Now, however, suddenly this booking read "deposit received." Huh, and double huh.

Ah, but one's buoyancy increases over time. Much safer that way.

Oh, good work Holmes, I think you're on to something. That's exactly what we're seeing. My booking missing the manage button shows I still need to deposit, but my other cruise which I booked later, shows "deposit received" and all is well. I never thought twice about it since Regent has always agreed they have our deposit for the first cruise, so I wrote it off as a glitch. In the IT discipline there is a sub-discipline known as "change management." I suspect Regent is strong on the "change" and weak on the "management."

Has this happened to anyone? We're booked on RSSC in December. I've used the "My Account" page to sign up for shorex and cooking classes, the usual stuff. Went back into it yesterday and wound up with a head scratcher. The booking(one of two we currently hold) shows up just fine, but the hot button for "Manage this Booking" has disappeared(it typically is on the same line as the reservation number.) To add to the mystery our other cruise(2nd half of a BTB with the cruise in question) does have the manage-this-booking button and everything is fine. I've cleared my cache, used two different browsers, no luck. Called my TA, she contacted Regent. Regent asked me to call them directly. Talked to a very nice lady at Regent. She documented the anomaly for IT but the response at this time is basically "well, isn't that something." I don't need to make any changes right now so I'll just let this perk, but specialty dining reservation are on the horizon and I'll need to do something.

You know, if Bram Stoker were alive today, and he came across any of these dress code threads, he would have thought "darn, now that's some eternal life right there."

I look forward to your review. The way Virgin does dining really intrigues me, we are tempted...

Thanks again. I really appreciate the level of detail you included.

Thank you for that. The hotel was bundled into the price, correct? Also, how much hiking does Arches National entail?

I appreciate that, and I'm certainly not saying that's it's anything close to a reverse image of the traditional lux lines. They just seem to be doing a very good job at what they do. Anyway, I was just originally replying that they are another 18+ cruise line.

Agree those both look juicy. Our neighbors did the Van-Banff run, must question them more closely.