Pre-Cruise hotel, Splendor, Miami February 3, 2022

[MomC]

Just wondering if anyone knows what pre-Cruise hotel Regent will use for those of us qualifying for a “free” pre-Cruise hotel stay.  We want to add a night to that stay and want to see where it is.

 

Thanks,

 

Mom C

[mrstanley]

In the past they have used The Mandarin Oriental Hotel or The Four Seasons Hotel.

[ridolphi]

We have heard via our TA that it will be the Conrad Miami, although did not get this directly from our TA, but from one of the people in our group said she got it from our TA.  To be honest, I checked it out and am not overly impressed/

Edited September 5, 2021 by ridolphi

[jctdlt]

For the January 25 cruise it is mandarin 

[gcorgain]

I'm on the January 3rd Explorer sailing, and we are at the Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne FWIW.

[Jimmcdaniel]

For the November 15 Explorer cruise, they have us at the Conrad.

[DeepFreeze63]

On "My Itinerary" of  the "My Account" section of our booking for our February 14, 2022 Explorer cruise, it shows us at the Mandarin Oriental. Check your on-line account info.

[ridolphi]

Well only one couple in our group actually get the free night, the rest of us are just booking one night on our own so we can all hang out together.  The Mandarin or Ritz Carlton would definitely be more to our liking for sure.  Oh well it's only one night.  Maybe it will change before then.

[giustot]

I'm also on the Jan 3 Explorer and noticed the hotel is the Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne. I checked the least expensive rate for one night on Jan 2 and it was over $1200 with tax but without breakfast. I think the Regent credit if we declined the pre-cruise hotel was $300. 

[rkaratsu]

For the February 21th cruise out of Miami, the hotel will be the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables. Was hoping for the RItz Carlton but oh well.  At least it appears to be close to the airport and the cruise terminal...

Edited September 6, 2021 by rkaratsu

[ridolphi]

Well the Conrad is over $500 a night for the least expensive basic room, and there appears to be only one restaurant in the hotel/ 

Edited September 6, 2021 by ridolphi

[RachelG]

6 hours ago, ridolphi said:

Well the Conrad is over $500 a night for the least expensive basic room, and there appears to be only one restaurant in the hotel/ 

We are on the Jan 5 Splendor cruise.  Took the credit.

[mrlevin]

Just now, RachelG said:

We are on the Jan 5 Splendor cruise.  Took the credit.

Hopefully you are on the 6 January Splendor cruise as we don't get back until am of the 6th.  😀

[RachelG]

6th is correct.  Typo 

[crusin7]

On 9/5/2021 at 11:45 AM, Jimmcdaniel said:

For the November 15 Explorer cruise, they have us at the Conrad.

Regent has us at the Biltmore hotel in Coral Gables.

[RetiredandTravel]

This is a little off topic but many are discussing Caribbean cruises.  We are going to Antigua (land based) over the winter.   Antigua is changing its entry requirements on October 1 to people have to have a RT-PCR test (by a medical professional) 4 days prior to arrival from 7 days.  Many Caribbean Islands now have similar 3-4 day windows for RT-PCR tests.

 

is Regent going to give everyone RT-PCR tests a couple times a week so people can get off at these islands?

 

 

[gcorgain]

It is interesting to read the boards from the lines that are sailing in the Caribbean. Itineraries and requirements are changing with nearly every sailing. Ports are being swapped, whether masking is required, ship tours only (or not), on board testing pre-port, etc. I suspect that we are in for another several months of churn and changes on the cruise front.

 

One example is that I am on the Explorer January 3rd Panama Canal itinerary. Our first port is listed as Grand Cayman, but they have banned cruise ships until the end of January. So I'm expecting a port change. Won't surprise me if that is the only one, but that's fine. I want to see the Panama Canal, and if we don't see any other ports, and just sail around I would be ok. 🙂

[RetiredandTravel]

As long as they don't run out of booze (food) it beats the heck out of home quarantine doesn't it.

 

 

[gcorgain]

Exactly!

[Steve Q]

We ar booked on the March 22 Miami—Rome cruise. This is our first Regent cruise. I keep checking but do not see a hotel assigned to us yet.

[UUNetBill]

On 9/6/2021 at 2:33 PM, RachelG said:

We are on the Jan 5 Splendor cruise.  Took the credit.

 

On 9/6/2021 at 2:36 PM, RachelG said:

6th is correct.  Typo 

Well, I guess we'll see ya on board!  😁

[poolechick]

We're on the February 3rd Splendor voyage. Yesterday our TA said our pre-cruise hotel hasn't been assigned yet. On our last voyage from Miami in 2019,  Regent assigned us a lovely room at the Four Seasons. We'd be very happy to spend some time there again.

[mrstanley]

If you need to book your own room check out the Intercontinental Hotel. Great location and a short ride over to the port . Great Italian restaurant next door right on the bay. You can see the port from the hotel.

We are staying there before our cruise in February.

[CruiserFromMaine]

Our itinerary at rssc.com shows us staying at the Mandarin Oriental before our January 6 Splendor cruise. Sounds fine, pretty good location. 

[EAGLESLOVER]

11 hours ago, mrstanley said:

If you need to book your own room check out the Intercontinental Hotel. Great location and a short ride over to the port . Great Italian restaurant next door right on the bay. You can see the port from the hotel.

We are staying there before our cruise in February.

We also took the credit for hotel and air.

Used miles for 1st class air to Miami and booked 2 nights at the Intercontinental.  Glad to see your reference  as we have not stayed there before. Enough left over from credit for breakfast too. Please share the name of the restaurant.

We were on the last cruise through the Panama Canal on Splendor in 2020 and can't wait to board her again on February 3.

Sharon