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Deviation charges are $150/pp. But if you are concierge or higher, using their one hotel night free and add nights one end of cruise or both there are no deviation charges IF you use Regent for all arrangements and transfers would be inc. If you book hotels on your own, which would be less then their rate, no transfers would be inc, plus

then their would be deviation chg, plus fare difference, if any.

I understand you mentioned Northern Europe, but you might also want to consider a Baltic cruise instead. Yes, the Northern Europe cruise is all about spectacular scenery, but a Baltic cruise will take your parents to places that they only dreamed about going to. Places like Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki and best of all St Petersburg Russia.

 

I am in that age group of your parents, (a bit older though) and we had to pinch ourselves to truly believe we were going to Russia and when we were there, it was truly remarkable. We grew up in the times when Russia was our bitter enemy, so getting to visit that country, was truly an amazing time. Plus, you have many, many more options for cruise lines, since most of the major cruise lines do the Baltics.

 

Either way, I'm sure your parents will be overjoyed at your thoughtfulness.

 

Cheers

 

Len

Great comments. We want to do Baltic

Mid Sept. Copenhagen to Amsterdam with 3 days in St Peterdburg. Probably will be cool. What cruise line did you go on

Did you bring fleece.

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Oh but you WILL enjoy the ship and also have a chance to sleep in and actually get a great breakfast at a leisurely pace. The resting up and enjoying the ship is so wonderful. As I recall on that trip, the sail out of Stockholm thru the Archipelago was magical. A real wow!

 

We never had really awful weather, just cool, and lite rain. We were too busy to slow down.... The whole trip was go go go. We try not to take trips that don't have sea days any more. I'm on a cruise, I want to sleep in, have room service and enjoy the ship and a good book.

 

We have been to Europe many times in Sept and October and just know that it can be glorious, but I always plan for a variety and pack accordingly.

 

Regent will make it wonderful no matter the weather! Enjoy

We've also traveled to Europe inSept Oct ,both cruise and driving on our own. The weather has been beautiful. St Petersburg could be either good or not so much. But as was commented pack accordingly. We love sea days as well, to relax and spa. We are considering Ph B, inc business class. Will be our first time on Regent.

Well I see you have asked variations of this same questions on many many threads.... You are persistent !!

 

So let me tell you about out First Regent cruise taken late Aug - first week of Sept 2008. Stockholm to Copenhagen by way of St Petersburg, Helsinki, Estonia and places I forget about :0

 

Weather even late August was everywhere from beautiful, Stockholm and Copenhagen, to cold wet and not so great everywhere else! It was an 8 day itinerary with no sea days and exhausting and wonderful. We wished for better weather but that never slowed us down and can only say that after our latest cruise we have almost 40 days sailing Regent.

 

Weather is a crap shoot, expect bad and likely it will be better than that. The Regent experience is wonderful and I can't wait to board Mariner (our favorite) again.

 

Book that trip, no matter the weather you won't regret it!

 

Happy planning, enjoy the journey!

 

PS we like Deck 8, cabins forward of the Artruim. Great location on either Mariner or Voyager. Unless you get a fabulous upsell (fairy does not call often) not worth paying the big bucks on a Baltic cruise. JMHO

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I've posted a lot but no one that's done mid Sept has answered. You've helped. And this cruise has two days at sea even though we might not be able to enjoy the deck.

I don't read these boards with the regularity I once did, but I'm certainly glad I looked tonight. We're off to Stockholm Tuesday to join the Oceania Marina for a 14 night Baltic cruise ending in London.

 

We've sailed with Oceania just once before, the spring 2011 Miami-Amazon-Manaus-Miami 24 day near-ordeal on the Regatta I think. We found the Amazon less than thrilling, so while the trip up the river was OK, coming back down was a total loss, during which I learned one of my sisters had a relapse with negative prognosis. All in all, a bad trip, and no dope either!

 

I've heard so many good things about the new Oceania ships I thought we should give them another try. Your comprehensive comparative review gave us a timely heads-up on what to expect and where to eat for sure. We were going to take the liquor package, but the need for an extended antibiotic treatment put the kibosh on that, and in retrospect, we don't really drink that much any more, so we'll save a few bucks to spend on laundry, another thing we won't get for free on Oceania.

 

I think you worry about some things some people say, too much. Just ignore the off-the-wall stuff. You know, some people do it just to see if they can get a rise out of others. Thanks for all the tips.

What was the weather. Doing Regent Voyager 9/18/14

We're considering the Baltic in Sept2014 on Regent Voyager. How was the weather. And did you love the ports.

To countflorida

I agree about being below pool as well as being above restaurants or fitness

center. Just checked brochure. Pent B deck 8.7 are by either the elevators or launderette . Left side seems best.

Penthouse C are all aft. Read comments about vibration, plus don't really like all the way back. We did it on a Celebrity and couldn't sit out...got wet plus NO

privacy.

Is it worth the extra dollars for PH. It's about $3000/pp more. That said, business class is inc.

Thanks for the info Travelcat2. I find your posts very informative.

We're considering the Baltic mid Sept 2014. Know it will be coolish, but can't travel in the summer.

If you want business class included are you better off booking that class of suite or waiting for a possible upcharge

Doing the voyager next Sept. Want to take train to Bruges after cruise Will we have to go back to Amsterdam to avoid extra flight charges.

Hear it will be cool. But am excited. And thinking of taking train to Bruges,Belgium-after the cruise

Want to take voyager Sept 18, 2014. Copenhagen to Amsterdam. Love the ports. But it will be cool, has anyone gone this time of year. Will be our first Regent cruise, have cruised many times. Princess, RCCL, Celebrity, Norwegian.

Looking forward to a small ship and not having to have out of pocket.

It is interesting that Silversea has it's itineraries out -- they used to come out after Regent. Perhaps it is a marketing strategy that may work out for them. From what I've read, Regent is going to include a lot of new ports in 2015 which takes time. Still, February, 2014 isn't bad for itineraries that will go through November of 2015.

You seem quite knowledgeable about Regent and Oceania. Have you taken this particular itinerary? If so, on which line. We want to do this next September. Big birthday. :)

Would like to hear feedback about this ship/cruise line. Will be our

first on the Regent. We have cruised many times. Have any of you taken this particular cruise, your thoughts would be appreciated..:)