Oregonangelwings

Need help from experienced Regent cruisers. We are booked on our first Regent Cruise departing Sept 22. for around the UK.We naively thought with the business class air that all would be taken care of, with no worries to us. After reading these boards, I see we need to be more proactive. What I would like to do is deviate the air, and fly leaving PDX on the 20th. My Husband has always wanted to see the Victory in Portsmouth. My thought is to fly into London,take the next day to take the train to Portsmouth to see the historical ships.Take the train back to London, spend the night, and then the next morning,probably use a car service to take us to Southampton to board the ship.I don't want to mess with the baggage by going on the train. I have been looking at flight schedules and either the connections are way too short, or we would have to fly clear across the US in economy. I am beginning to wonder if all this is worth all the added stress and work. It is too late to bring a travel agent onboard. I have traveled all over the world, and almost all were planned by myself, and all have turned out great. But this trip is very expensive,and my Husband and myself have not gone together for 10 years, and we aren't getting any younger. Anyone have any suggestions who have done this before? thank you so much for all your knowledge and help!

Is there anyone on here, who went ahead and waited for Regent to do the air at 75 days, and were happy with the results? Just curious. Do they really make it so bad that people regretted having Regent choose the flights? Also, if Regent flies people in the morning of the cruise,and one of the flights is late, does Regent take the responsibility of getting the people to the ship?

I have another question for all you experienced Regent cruisers. Our Sept. Cruise departs from Southampton. Does Regent contract with any airlines in and out of Southampton? Or only in and out of London? It would be much easier to fly into Southampton, if we are to deviate the air. We are flying in and out of Portland, OR. Thank you so much. You are so knowledgeable!

We are new to Regent, and it sounds like we ought to deviate the air for our Northern Europe cruise this Fall. My question is, if we want to fly out a day early, for one extra night, do we lose our transfer to the ship? Also, since the ship is departing from Southhampton, how far is that from London where we fly into? Will we be responsible to get ourselves to SouthHampton from London? Same question on the backside. thank you in advance