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I seem to remember a letter from Regent several months ago about this $75 charge if you called Regent about something with air. As I understood it, they were getting way too many calls about air where reservations were not being made and loading up the personnel that work air bookings. Haven't heard much about this since then.

A walk in shower is what we are after, even if small. Thank you

There are 5 ships that do this route. The Harmony seems to have the date close to what I am looking for.

I am thinking about booking a Columbia/Snake River cruise. Looking at American Cruise Lines and would like info like pictures of the cabins especially info/pictures of bathroom. The literature I find doesn't say if the bathrooms have a tub/shower or just a shower. Thanks for any info.

Many suggestions have been given. It would be very interesting if, after you get home you post what you plan was and how it worked out. And hopefully those on this forum can restrain their comments.

They do a country fair, which at first I wasn’t sure I would participate. I went up to the deck to take a look and found it was a fun event. Wished they would have given a couple more prizes.

Since the port before Vancouver is Victoria and the zoom starting time is really 9am pacific time, I would disembark in Victoria and spend the night someplace there and do the zoom there. I would not make taking a ferry to Vancouver or disembarking in Vancouver the morning of the zoom in the critical path.

We did Cape Town to Cape Town with another cruise line last year. Check the location of where you are docking. Some of ours were in industrial areas and there would be no place to walk, and I do not remember seeing taxis. Other were in town but except for Mozambique they weren't by areas with something to see if you walked.

We were on the Cape Town to Cape Town this last December. I attract mosquitos. I got a couple of "chigger" bites on my ankles one evening as we were heading back to the transport from a sunset cruise. I took a shortcut across a bunch of grass instead of the using the walkway. We had no other issues, bring a good repellant.

For our South Africa cruise last December we were offered a Delta with a surcharge of $2000. We also were offered a BA (AA) through LHR and return was United which we took. We have always been offered something that worked for us. One thing I do is ask for Seat Assignment (esp BA) when the flight is worked by TA.

Can also use OBC for Bingo. If you win you get cash credited to your account.

I seem to remember when things were starting to think about opening up from COVID Barbados seemed to be one of the first places that let cruises start there. And then suddenly cruises started popping up starting in Barbados.

Have cruised Journey and Onward. The gratuity is included with the included drinks and also included if you purchase a drink package. There is no upcharge if you purchase something not part of the package ( or the included set) you pay the listed price. For our first cruise (Cuba) we stayed with the included set of liquors and beers and when DH ordered a drink that was not included (the tip is included in the drink price) and the ticket for DH to sign also had a tip line. On our more recent cruise (SPAIN) we each had a package and when you ordered something that was not on the included list, the server brought the item up on his handheld with our suite number and that told the server whether or not we had the package or that the drink would be charged. On our final bill these drinks were listed all with a $0.00 charge. As for what happens in port, I do not remember anything about no drinks being served in port. What I do remember (not sure if this was Azamara) is in certain ports, items could not be purchased (whether from the boutique or a liquor item not included) because of a very very high tax that the country imposed. You will hear about this a couple days before that port.

DH and I thought the food (quality and selection) this past spring on Onward was just great. Everything else about the cruise was very good.

Our cruise this last December (15 days) had a group on and I didn't notice any issues. Just like people have different personalities so do groups.

We have sailed Azamara twice (one before Covid) and I find the web site very hard to find stuff. Even the new updated web site is difficult to find things. And asking through Cruise Critic gets different answers. I seemed to have found the most complete set of information in the notebook and other material that is in your cabin. It is important to read this the first day. The one bag of laundry ever 7 days is per for each guest with the loyalty status. You can buy a drink package anytime on the ship, once you buy it you can't stop it. Also one person in the cabin can have a package and the other doesn't need to buy one. (but the bartender etc won't serve the one person two drinks at a time etc, so I wouldn't try using the one package to cover both of you) On the flyers for drink package there is a discount for your loyalty status, I believe the first status gets you 5% off. The info of what comes with your cabin can be found under Our Ships -> Staterooms It looks like on the new web most of the information can be found under Our Ships, just need to go through each tab. But this does seem to be better organized than before.

Deviation fees now would be 210 days prior, if I remember correctly. I book cruises very far out and I would be pretty upset if one of those cruises got cancelled for chartering.

Yes, I call RSSC.

We are not in named suites so if we want something special I will call or email guest Services at least 60 days prior, and it has been in our cabin when we arrive.

This link is US state department and list requirements to enter different countries and how many blank pages they request. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages.html

While long bus rides can be a pain, I also like to use the ride as a chance to look at the country side. Some of the long bus trips that I am glad we took are: 1. Very long ride to the pyramids, 2.Fairly long ride to Petra, 3.Long trip to Peggy’s Cove, 4. South Africa had some fairly long trips several days. Worth it. As said above, reading the description and checking the distance will help keep you from being surprised. Checking the port locations will help before you book the cruise.

Totally agree with the monkey warning. On our visit, as we were getting on the cable car our tour guide saw a couple with a small child and stroller heading up. She told them they needed to leave the stroller behind because of the monkeys. It was an umbrella stroller. They ignored her advise and as soon as monkeys caught sight of the stroller coming off the cable car, they were on it and the couple baring had a chance to get their child out of the stroller before it was destroyed. The monkeys were not after the small child. But the experience of the monkeys is that strollers are a good place to find food.

Double check your tickets when you get to your suite and the couple page description of the tours for your cruise. Times may change, the activity level may change and the meeting location may change. The correct time and meeting location will also be correct in Passages, the day before the tour.

That is if you book your own air. correct.

We are Regent fans. Cruises with them is really all inclusive, (laundry, drinks, specialty restaurants, room service, excursions to name a few) The items not included are some excursions, top, top shelf liquor, boutique and spa. Check out the cabin sizes, they are great. We have not been on Celebrity, so can’t co.