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looking forward to see how your trip progressed. thanks for posting. Pictures are lovely.

if Regent cancels the cruise then in the past they have refunded the deviation fee or if you transfer the booking to another cruise when they have cancelled they will transfer the deviation fee against the new booking. If you cancel, as Wendy said, the deviation fee is non-refundable.

The pictures and comments have been so wonderful. Can't thank you enough for taking us along. Hope you are fully recovered or recovering well mdunne48.

We did this as a post cruise trip with Regent. Echo the Spectacular comment. In our case it was the end of a Bejing to Bangkok trip and were able to take this as the included trip and paid for the pre-cruise trip in Bejing. This was part of our Dubai to Cape Town cruise and it was very well done. We missed Goa, 1 day in Mumbai and arrived back in Mangalore so saw very little of it but the trip to the Taj Mahal and just as importantly the Red Fort were well worth missing the other ports. We left Mumbai on the 2nd day there so we did get to tour Mumbai for 1 day. This was alot of fun. It took us 2 cruises to get to some of these ports but they were both well worth it.

What is required and what is the reality can be vastly different. When flying domestically a couple of months ago you would not have known that masks were required. There were almost as many without them as with them in the airport in YYZ and YYC. On the planes, many were not wearing masks but i suspect they were using the active eating or drinking loophole as an excuse. I didn't see any actions being taken by either the flight attendants or desk agents as i am sure they are just tired or terrified of being attacked for doing their job.

Thanks taxare for your review and observations. So glad you had a great time. Does show how different people have different priorities and expectations and we should keep this in mind when reading reports and planning our trips.

mdunne, looking forward to your ongoing adventures and pictures. Really enjoyed the last voyage so expecting great things from this one as well. Thank you so much for taking the time to bring us along.

I sail for the itinerary so the ship is less of a choice for me. Most of our cruises have been on Voyager and really enjoy her but if Voyager and Explorer were offering the exact same itinerary we want for about the same price, I would pick Explorer over Voyager. The F2 suites on Explorer are better than the equivalent suites on Voyager as well I really enjoy going to Pacific Rim and being able to have lunch in the specialty restaurants. At the moment we have only 1 more cruise booked (we had to cancel this year and last) and it is on Voyager cuz it is going where we want to go. I will be looking for a cruise to book using onboard booking for Explorer or Splendor going forward for the reasons stated above.

Looking forward to whatever reports you send our way during your cruise. Have a wonderful time.

Loving the pictures. I am also a big fan of waterfalls so really enjoyed all the pics. Have a great cruise and thanks for taking us along.

Really enjoying your pictures and commentary. Thanks for taking us along. Enjoy your next segment and hope it goes as well as the first one.

So sorry to hear you are stuck in quarantine, hope you get out soon and enjoy some of your cruise.

It may take some time as he is currently on or just finishing a cruise with his family as someone posted that he did a town hall on one of the ships. He certainly was responsive in the past so good luck. i hope this situation is resolved to your satisfaction.

We love ours, happens to be the exact same one as above. It sits on our fireplace mantel and we enjoy looking at it every day.

thank you for the pictures and ongoing commentary. It is great to follow your adventures. So glad to hear that everything is going well (except maybe the missed port). Good luck with your next Greenland stop. Continue having a wonderful time.

There are some great online websites that will provide information on tipping in various countries and how easily it is for the people of that country to accept USD or Euros in place of their own currency. I would not expect anyone in tourism to refuse a tip but in some countries, the cost of exchanging anything but their own currency can render the tip almost useless. Do a little research, it will make life easier for those people you are trying to thank for their hard work.

In the past, based on recommendations from the people on this forum, I have written emails to Jason Montague regarding situations i thought required a response. On both occasions i received a response from him (likely his office and not him personally but who knows) with a satisfactory resolution to my enquiry. I advise that course of action. I don't have the email address off the top of my head but i am sure it isn't that hard to find. Good luck. I think the OP has been treated very poorly.

Thanks mdunne48 for your pictures and commentary. I am really enjoying joining you on your trip. We had a similar itinerary booked for next month but were forced to cancel due to DH's health. Have a super trip.

What a wonderful comphrensive review. It took me right back to my cruise on Explorer. So very well written and easy to read. Thank you.

Mike Moore has written in the past that if you contact him, he will get you removed from the mailings. His email address is posted in various places on this forum, so should be easy to find when doing a search.

According to the Regent site final payments are: 120 days before for cruises of 14 nights or less 150 days for 15 nights or longer I think the 90 days out were special circumstances because they were still dealing with covid cancelations and trying to keep more people from canceling.

my first choice is right side aisle but if the right side aisle is too far back i will go with left side aisle.

thnak you so much for all the wonderful pictures and great commentary. Looks like you had a great time.

thank you for the great pictures.

thanks so much for keeping us up to date on your trials and tribulations as well as the good times. So glad Regent took such good care of you and you got to enjoy some of your cruise. Hope your trip home was good.