mrlevin

150 nights on the voyager and yes she has a bit of vibration but she is hands down far better than the explorer and I believe she is as good if not better than splendor. Mariner is my favorite with voyager (and navigator) close behind.

Has Regent made any recommendations regarding whether Jews should go ashore in Turkish ports? thanks, marc

I don’t often speak negatively about Regent but I would be very disappointed if you didn’t get a significant FCC and/or ability to cancel.

So I don't make the same error - which setting on iPad?

Did you get an official answer?

Thanks for ll the well wishes. Beautiful funeral today; Friday we fly to Athens and board on Sunday. Our friends got on in Rome today and have started the party; we will just have to catch when we do get on board. Again, thanks so much for the well wishes. Marc

I’ve never taken one and have received the $750 per person each time. I imagine the policy might have changed recently but that would be strange.

If you don’t take the free included pre or post you get $750 per person credit.

Why do you let regent book your hotel? Take the credit and book hotel of your choice. Of course, in the old days when Carlson owned raddison/regent they put us in nice hotels including the regent in Beijing.

Depends on whether you have been to Japan before. For first timer, I would try to find a cruise that lets you have two or three days in Kyoto; reachable from either Osaka or Kobe. Our first Japan cruise embarked at Osaka so we were able to do a three day pre-cruise on our own to Kyoto. If you have never been to Tokyo, I would allow at least three days there either pre or post. Forget the Regent tour and do it on your own. Other important ports are Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Nagasaki. The rest of the Kyushu and and Honshu ports are interesting but nothing must see. If you can go to Nikko that is also fantastic. And you have to see Kamakura. Cruises to the north are different; and although we have been to Hokkaido for Sapporo Snow Festival our cruise next year will be first with Hokkaido ports. Spring cruises are better just to see cherry blossoms. Marc

I will take a jab at this; having been twice before and again next week. If you are into ancient ruins; I strongly recommend the tour to Delos. I have taken the island tour and it is not much. My favorite activity is to sit at a beachside restaurant eating souvlaki and drinking retsina while my wife peruses all the cute shops.

I have had a laundry room tour on Regent. Although I haven't taken it I know of others that have had engine room tours. A while back on World Cruise they had dinner in the crew mess. Just ask. Marc

Steelers, thank you so much for your reply; it put my mind at ease while waiting for Princess and my TA. In 24 hours I had new travel summary and new luggage tags all listing Athens on 5 November for boarding. Still don't know what pier but we can figure that out once we are there. Again, thanks, Marc

I'm hoping to see it on the 17th in Trieste. 😁

Just curious about past experiences. Sister-in-law died over the weekend. Funeral 1 Nov in Orlando which happens to be same date we are/were scheduled to board in Civitavecchia. Found out through travel agent that Princess allows mid-cruise embarkation but you need to fill out a form and they need three to five business days to process the form. Cruise leaves in four business days. We have asked to board in Athens on 5 Nov (Guy Fawkes Day). Can I assume that Princess will eventually approve this so that I can get flights and pre-cruise hotel night? Or, does Princess ever deny? Do they ever deny when it is a major cruise port? Travel Agent is escalating but looking for a "warm fuzzy" or "we/re screwed" input from past cruisers. thanks, Marc

Susan, ask Luke if he may be on Mariner with us over Christmas?

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Just realized I was about to board plane and I have not seen anything about printing luggage tags. How can I do it from app or website? thanks, Marc PS I know this must have been answered 100 times but a bit frazzled right now.

The ability to have room service delivered anywhere is the one perk on silversea. In 21 years on radisson/regent they have always said no to room service except to rooms. It is real bad on explorer/splendor where the only bars open before 1700 on port days are on deck 11. I would love the ability of room service to deliver me a Bloody Mary while working on the puzzle.

Zak, truly only five categories open, E and F guarantees are for those that don't want to pay D prices. Your real issue won't be Luxor or Jordan; to me the only real concern is Strait of Hormuz if Iran gets active. They would have to change debarkation port to Mumbai. I did this itinerary on Voyager in 2017 and loved it and never were planning to go to Israel or Cairo; you will have a great time.

I wish Regent had done this when they canceled St Petersburg from our Baltic itinerary; prices "were" much lower for trips that did not include St Pete.

On Voyager, recommend you keep your cabin room ajar with the trash can; a lot of Voyager's problems stem from poor wiring. Best place I found for connectivity was observation lounge.

I have seen a lot of words here but have people reported to their consumer affairs department of local TV stations? I have yet to see a Special Report on ABC regarding this lack of customer service. We had an issue with Silversea Expedition six years ago and the front office handled the situation horribly; we have refused to travel Silversea again. I don't think they miss us; however, if. it. had made local. or national news we might have gotten what we requested.

In the past, during Arab Spring and other riots in Cairo, cruise lines still went to Safaga for Luxor albeit with armed guards. Who knows what the future will bring but there is a past data point wherein Cairo and Alexandria were not visited but Luxor was. As for my other comment; I was just naive. Marc

It is; I just was following on to the statement that NCLH was going to cancel all stops in Israel through the end of the year; I knew Navigator was planning on going to Israel in November.