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Second!

The cleaning appears to be complete. Explorer is currently sailing at a fast 19.6 knots toward Auckland.

Hopefully no. However, the sea conditions are rough at the moment, which might delay the start of the hull cleaning operation by the divers. If the cleaning doesn't progress on schedule, Explorer might be delayed arriving into Auckland on 12 January. Will just have to wait and see how things go there today (Friday, 6 January).

King Crab season was cancelled due to population decline. Not just a Regent issue. https://www.nationalfisherman.com/alaska-s-crab-fishery-canceled-for-the-first-time-since-1994#:~:text=Low stocks have prompted the,the winter 2021-2022 season.

I am told the head sommelier is Jolisa (Joelisa?).

Andy Heath just boarded in Singapore. His wife Tammy is the social hostess. Marsha Lawson is the assistant CD. Not sure about the head sommelier. Will ask.

Thanks for giving us continuing reports from Splendor! Enjoy your cruise.

What a great day... the Country Fair AND Thanksgiving onboard! Enjoy.

Lima Airport is showing arrivals and departures as of Sunday morning. 👍

Off to a great start GP! Love all the pictures and descriptions. Keep ‘em up as you are able and thanks.

Congrats on making it to BCN. One of our favorite cities. Hoping you have a restful evening prior to boarding tomorrow. Lufthansa used to be our favorite carrier to Europe, but it has slipped a notch for us as well. Their older business class seating lags other carriers with the newer 'pod' type seats. Most newer J seats don't involve the window seat occupant to climb over the aisle seat occupant to get up. By chance did you notice if your aircraft actually was "Eurowings" livery instead of "Lufthansa"? Eurowings is LH's low cost leisure product. They do apparently have full lie-flat business seats, and the seats look identical to LH's. However, I've read in other travel reviews the onboard service is not quite up to LH standards. On a Regent group FB post just recently, it sounded as though the poster was booked on Eurowings/LH as well. I wonder if Regent has started to use Eurowings more? Anyway, like others, I'm really looking forward to your reports aboard Spendor. Hope you have a wonderful cruise and all goes well tomorrow at boarding. Get ready for that champagne!

Sounds like you are having a wonderful time. One of these days we'll have better internet onboard Regent, and it will fall into line with all the other great offerings. Continue to enjoy!

When we were researching online, we had LAX in the query and the website indicated there was an add on fee. We didn’t understand that at all, and sure enough the onboard cruise consultant confirmed there was no additional airfare fee. I would just recommend that you verify with Regent, either directly or through a TA, to be sure.

We saw something similar recently. We were onboard Explorer, and were searching some options online prior to an appointment with the future cruise consultant. I mentioned it to him during our appointment, and the consultant said there was no airfare fee. I wonder if this is some sort of glitch in the website?

Our recent Regent flights (from LAX to Barcelona, Rome to LAX) were on AA. American does seem to be one of Regent's contracted carriers at the moment. As is frequently mentioned, it will all depend on availability of contracted seats.

Looking forward to reports on this great B2B. Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us Mr Fudge. Always good to read about good experiences on Regent.

We've not stayed in anything above PH, but I believe Seven Seas Suite and above have the ability to get a reservation at the specialty restaurants each night. https://www.rssc.com/experience/suites/distinctive-suites @coljack, enjoying your continued reports from Spendor.

Congrats on the favorable checkup... negative status will follow! Glad to hear that you are taking full advantage of the range of insuite dining options. Hope you both are out again soon.

@forgap, thanks for your two day report from Israel. Great pictures and descriptions. Touring Israel can be a challenge, even in the best of circumstances. We hired a private guide, and also had issues with crowds, traffic and security. However, it was worth it - as Israel is such a special tour destination. Very sorry to hear about your Covid setback. Make no mistake, it is still around. We were on Explorer a couple of months ago, and there were many cases - including guests who were quarantined in the suite next to us. Regent will take care of you.

and for Frankfurt, it can be a LOT of walking - depending on your arrival and departure gate

I thought I had another acronym to learn. Lol. Thanks for your report from Splendor. Sounds as though things are in good shape. Any comments about cuisine?

Enjoying your reports, and a big congrats to Mrs Fudge.

Beautiful pictures and great narrative. Thanks for taking us along.

As several have said, it is certainly possibly to have a TA that offer both great service AND and rebate.