farawaymum

We have a good comparison to make, 20 days last November on Oceania (Nautica) from Athens to Dubai via the Suez Canal (lots of seadays too) on a ship the same size as Regent Mariner.We enjoyed that so much more, fabulous food, more diverse guest profile, better variety of activities, more energy overall.The only downside compared to this cruise was there is no proper theatre so entertainment was more low key, but it was still acceptable.Our next cruise on Oceania will be on a bigger, newer ship (1250 pax) with a theatre so I am hoping that will be a great match for us.

I am also on this cruise and agree that when they occasionally roll out an Indian style meal it is great , but somewhat underspiced.Overall the cruise demographic does not suit us and was not expected- the Regent marketing material states the average age of their customer to be 58- not on this cruise!

Cancelling Nassau is really unfortunate albeit in everyones best interests, it just extends the boredom with another sea day.I hope they can come up with something that is not a repeat of every other day to entertain us tomorrow.