mrlevin

Mariner changes before or after 2024 Grand Arctic? Final payment due next week.

Grand Voyage from Mauritius totally gone. Cape Town to Dubai completely waitlisted. Bye, bye Voyager?

Six months ago she was selling perfume in boutique on Explorer.

Lprp, remember who you were booking with; she who believes Christchurch is on the North Island. I would be suspect of any price she gives you and I definitely would not trust her recommendations on cabins.

I know I could look up what ship you are on but I am lazy; I am sitting on the Mariner in the middle of the Amazon river. If you are one of the old ships you can use the rear entrance and avoid the lines. If you are on one of the new ships del rio wanted you to stand in line. If you do stand in line that will probably be the worst experience on an otherwise fantastic trip. Main word of advice - don’t sweat the small stuff; you will have a fantastic time.

This is our 7th Christmas/New Years cruise on Regent. We are booked again for Mariner next year. All of them have been fantastic; albeit most of the Caribbean ones have been different clientele. You will have a fantastic time with or without your kids. Marc

Last night we too arrived at 7:30 at Compass Rose and we were asked if we wanted to go to Prime 7 instead; we went over there and asked for a quick meal. We had three courses and were out of there in an hour. A little while ago we got a call asking if we wanted to move to Prime 7 again tonight albeit at 6pm. We agreed; tonights dinners will be a little more relaxed in speed. Tomorrow is turkey so we will definitely stay in Compass Rose. Marc

Boogie and Kasia's show last night was fantastic; really looking forward to two days in Manaus.

Just found out that Ross was supposed to board in Miami but there was an issue.

Sorry to be making a complaint. 25 night cruise and they don’t want to repeat any of the production shows so they are spread out. We have already had movie night on multiple nights. Tomorrow Boogie and Kasia are the headliners in the theater. We have no dedicated piano player on board. CD, ACD, nor Social Hostess have shows. No music going on now. I have never seen such a dearth of entertainment nor acknowledgement that there is an issue. There is not even an Amazonian folkloric show on board. I really shouldn’t complain as the cruise, otherwise, has been absolutely fantastic.

Ross is not on Mariner now; in fact, we don’t have any piano player on board except orchestra keyboardist and boogie. I much prefer Gino or Anthony to Ross.

Dinner was fantastic; now waiting for dance party. Massimo and Fabio did a great job now up to John and his team.

I agree 100% especially as they are not going to open the doors until 1830. There are around ten 6-tops set up on covered area of pool deck that we can sit at now. It will be interesting at dance party to see how many attend in shorts. Not my circus not my monkey; I will just be an observer.

Nothing is more civilized than roasting a pig over an open pit. I will be interested in seeing how well they pull off the bbq indoors along with dance party for entire ship in Horizon. We had this happen once before when Beatles night on deck got rained out and it was a bit of a disaster.

Jan, I think thin cabin walls was the biggest complaint I heard on Grandeur; followed by theater balcony design. Overall, the ship was wonderful.

Can I ask when bottom survey is due on Seven Seas Mariner? thanks, Marc

Yes, that was also wonderful! It was National Day and a large group of us went down to Tiananmen Square for all the festivities. Crowds were gigantic and we traversed the tunnels.

Yes we did; and a wonderful tour of ABC. marc

This is nothing new: Radisson used to do this regularly. Mariner 14 night October 2005 Hong Kong to Singapore. Overnights in Hong Kong, Ha Long Bay, and Saigon. Then overnight in Bangkok wherein Radisson put all passengers in hotel in Bangkok so we didn’t have four long bus rides. Finally, overnight in Singapore. Might be the best cruise ever.

Stephane is F&B on Grandeur and is excellent and easy to talk to; I would definitely bring your concerns directly to him. Afterwards, when you go in Compass Rose you will find that they print a small piece of paper after you give them your cabin number and give it to waiter. I would ask the waiter for the piece of paper after he has read it and see that the issues that you reported have been passed on to the dining room staff. marc

The credit comes right off of the booking cost. Just a cheaper cruise.

Tomorrow's stream is tape delayed; with all the video released really no reason to watch tomorrow.

In 2002 we were on the Mariner Caribbean right before the 2003 World Cruise. New Year's Day announcement was made that they needed to do repairs on one of the pods so our itinerary was being changed to allow 48 hours alongside in Key West for repairs. We were very well compensated and basically just lost a sea day. In 2010 we boarded Voyager in Athens, we were told that we would be leaving late due to German engineers en route to address a pod issue; the next morning we were still at the dock. At 9am Captain came on speaker and started out "I regret to inform you that this cruise has been canceled." Again, we were very well compensated. Tomorrow we board the Mariner for a bucket list Amazon cruise. My stomach is turning as I am fearful we will all be called into the theater after we have left Miami to be informed that the cruise has been changed to allow time in Key West (or some other port) for repairs prior to the World Cruise; again. I know infinitesimal chance that this will happen but I will be thinking about it until we are heading south. Marc

I just checked into the JW Marriott for three nights prior to Mariner cruise; hotel seems pretty good and lots of dining and shopping options within a few blocks.

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