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Thank you Cruiser Bruce. I will also contact Rome in Limo. Hopefully they do Tuscany.

Thank you. I will contact them. I meant for this question to be under Regents but all I could do was post under River Cruise

We r on the Regents July 3 cruising Athens-Rome. When we disembark in Rome, we are planning to stay an extra 6 days in Tuscany. Anyone know of an honest and reasonable driver we could hire for the 6 extra days in Tuscany.

Can I use your TA

This is the view from the Divani Caravel hotel standard room. Has anyone stayed at the Divani Hotel for the pre-cruise stay? Any suggestions to stay in Athens for a pre cruise stay other than the Divani Caravel hotel?

June 19, 2022 Booking two weeks on what Regent claim to be the most luxurious cruise line in the world is not cheap so is it worth it? On the 19 th ,we gathered in the lobby of the hotel i forgot what time, directed to the bus that took us to port which was maybe an hour away. Arriving at the port, we left our suitcases with the Regent staff and we were quickly directed to the first station asking to see our Covid test papers. Then we continued to the next station where again they verified our Covid tests results and vacination documents. Finally we got the last station where we were given our room card. The embarkation process went quicky and smoothly. ++++ We then walked on board. What a ship! Everything meticulously designed to impress in a very dignified way.+++ Dark wood framing marble floors and walls everywhere from the public bathrooms to the private cabin bathrooms. Crystal chandeliers winked its flirting shiny look at everyone who dared look up. +++++ No IKEA here that i know of. Everything is sumptuous and pleasing to the senses.++++ We are offered champagne as we step in. But hold on, the champagne was to numb our senses a little as we find out we need to wait an hour or so before stepping in what will be our stupendous abode the next 15 days. OK... Guess where we head too? The pool grill for something to eat. All that magnificent food staring at me. So i asked my husband if he thinks the chicken is gf. A handsome man named Luigi wearing a mask immediately approached me and asked, " Are you gluten free?" I answered yes. He asked my cabin number and informed me that i will be given a menu nitely and to return the menu by 10 am the morning with my choices. I'm impressed, within a few minutes i was already dreaming of all the food i could now safely order and eat. I imagined a kingdom where i could sample every food on the menu. This was going to be a great cruise because for a few days in my life i could have fantastic- gourmet? tasting food. Was it going to be though? That night we chose the Sette Mari which is the cafeteria magically becoming an Italian restaurant at night. The food was excellent.++++ Luigi was there to facilitate the choices i could make.++++ Well I chose 2 appetizers, 3 main dishes. I know it's a lot but i did ask for small portions. As i said before my goal for this cruise was to sample as many gf dishes as possible. By now you must think i am obese. Well not really but i could definitely become overweight if i took a world cruise. Let's not forget the wines. I am not a connaisseur but i have an ability to smell different aromas in red wines which i prefer to whites finding them in most part too acidic. I thought why not sample the wines to go with the food. And i did. Obviously i only asked for a quarter fill. I never asked for a full glass. I thought the service was impeccable+++ even though i could not understand a couple of the servers.----- That was going to become a recurrent problem-----. Some of the staff didn't speak English well.---- After dinner, we went to explore the lounges and stopped at the Explorer's lounge which was to become the and our place to be after dinner. ++++ It was very hot, and a strawberry daiquiri which is gf according to my sources was enough to send me running to bed. That was the end of the first day. Great day, great start..

I will tell you everything you might want to know about the experiences aboard the Regents Explorer: food, entertainment,spa, tour excursions, staff. Is Regents worth the money? Unfortunately, our internet connection from our cabin is not good, so it will have to wait til we get back. Hope you tune in. Rachel is inspiring me to follow in her footsteps.

Thank you. I agree it’s the way to go . Hopefully we won’t have that problem. But the way airlines have been cancelling hundreds of flights for the past few weeks, who knows!

4 more days, and we will be on our way to Rome. We just received our papers from Regents and the TA underlined the Regents Air emergency phone in case our flight is delayed. She said that because Regents booked our air, Regents is the one we need to contact to rebook our flight if flight is canceled. She wouldn’t be able to help us. The reason we went through a TA was exactly for problems like that. She also said if we got Covid and needed to stay in Rome or Athens, we needed to call the insurance to help with the hotels. I’m more concerned with the flight, is this true that the T A doesn’t get involve with rebooking the flights if flight is canceled?

Is the ship full?

I really enjoy reading your experiences. Surprised to read about the food experience in Prime 7. How’s the cabin?

Thank you🌻

Thanks Bill

Would you by any chance have his info