NanJ0508

If you or a fellow passenger have limited mobility I would like to hear about your experience with excursions in the Mediterranean ports. My husband has some health issues and also needs a cane for balance and support. We are planning our next cruise and have to consider the types of excursions available. I downloaded excursion documents from RSSC.com for several Mediterranean cruises. At least 85% or maybe even more involve at least an hour of walking, most more than that. We are probably more interested in the eastern Mediterranean because of the scenic beauty. I looked at excursions for the Caribbean and French Polynesia and those ports have many more boat/catamaran types of excursions that sound like he could easily manage them. We just got back from Alaska and he had no problem with boarding the whale watching boats or the Haines jet boat. Some of the ramps on the piers were pretty steep but he managed. Four of us will travel together and we were thinking about the private arrangements offered by Regent but would have to get details on costs and ideas. Thanks for any input!

We were on the June 1 cruise from Vancouver to Seward. We had the same experience at Hubbard Glacier. The announcement was made when we arrived that due to the numerous icebergs in the bay the captain could not get us closer. A little disappointing but we know how it went with the Titanic..... 🙂

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We booked our air through Regent for our flights from SC to Vancouver for an Alaska cruise which sailed June 1. We paid extra for the upgrade to First Class and all legs of our flights were in First Class: Greenville/Spartanburg to Detroit to Toronto to Vancouver then on the return Anchorage to Chicago to GSP. This was our first cruise and one lesson we learned - pay for the "deviation" so you can hopefully get a better airline schedule. Waiting until Regent Air booked our flights (about 75 days out from sailing) meant our choices were non-existent to improve the schedule due to the current state of airline travel.

We sail the Mariner in two days and have not received any notification about a fuel surcharge.

We board Mariner on June 1 - yikes. I am trying not to think of this as sailing on a ship that is duct taped to hold it together until it can go to dry dock......