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Did somebody in Europe already receive some money?

on the ms Europa there is a deck for nude sunbathing as well !

Not fun : I am afraid of the airport in Madeira so I was there only as passenger on a cruise ship and Regent is not refunding a few $$$ if a port is cancelled

it is indeed a nice hotel but but somewhat away from the shopping areas

I sent my bank references to the assignee 2 weeks ago , no money yet but today another copy of the sentence by the Court ...

years ago there was an assistant cruise dir on C : her name was Cherize , assistant on the Serenity I am just back from a Regent and there was a cruisedir Dru - samen person ? I remember as from 1992 until 1999 there was a lady cruise dir on the former Vistafjord -Cunard , when she was starting some officers were working against her ...

Mrs catlover , many thanks for the very long review- even if I disliked a cruise i simply do not have the courage to go so far in details maybe only on the F&B operations If you are chosing a cruise leaving out of Portugal you must check if another country is involved Morocco or the Canaries ( not part of the Europea Union ) Madeira is part ! , to avoid the taxes Out of Spain its is 10 % and so far no single cruise company had the courage to go to the European Court as a country cannot impose its taxes in another EU country. For health reasons I cannot do crossings , your crossing on the Batory was maybe a once in a lifetime experience - i remember in the 80s promotions were done for that ship a lot cheaper as the QE2 , also the period of the Russian cruise ships ( lots of beetroot and pickled vegetables and mushrooms ) - usually they had the name of a famous writer.

I am a very difficult guy concerning F&B operations and I really had 2 great sailings on the Regent Splendor - and yes the complimentary wines are better as average , for sure better as on SS and SB I do not mind to mention my cabin number for Compass Rose Only the complimentary Champagne Heidsieck Monopole is somewhat "too cheap" in view of the rather high fares on Regent IMHO something better should be offered - like on SS Pommery however Champagne is very personal - during my disaster cruise on Explora , a lot of people were overwhelmed by the free Moët , a brand I simply do not like at all. same for the "yellow widow"😁

on Hapag Lloyd there is fresh fish !!

i am always taking a dayroom at the Pullmann Hotel near the airport taxi is around 40 $ 10 am to 5 pm : around 110 $ complimentary transfer to the airport by the hotel : ( I do give a tip ) it is decent for those few hours

in Villefranche the Welcome hotel is convenient but imho far too expensive for what yout get

yes , I got the same and sent yesterday after my Regent cruise curious when the money is due to be received

the Meridien in Nice is very dated ... several times i took Beau Rivage before a cruise , but do not expect luxury but it is near the flower market and the opera

good for you , I was around 18 k - 6 bookings - but i received a message months ago i will only receive 2250

currently on the Regent Splendor to recover from my Explora disaster 😃 i am curious - living in Belgium - my cheque also will arrive in due time

i asked for tagliatelle ; no way !! so had to eat rice - lukewarm - instead

I do speak German quite good it seems but cannot write it ...😁

at least Regent is separating the TA , journalists from paying guests what was not the case on Explora

last time there was a great wine lunch - what I could not do - cannot mix too different wines especially reds and also a Champagne lunch - no problem with mixing different bubbles

Trieste is great ! and restaurants maybe half price of the Venetian ones ...

me as well - i play trivia

do you play trivia? I will wear a Belgian pin the first 2 days !

I am on that cruise as well was originally booked on Explora I , switched quickly after the first day on her

I will be on Symphony late May 2024 sailing from Toulon , actually La Seyne a smaller village aside Toulon I could not book an earlier cruise as I was "fully booked" for 2023 including a recent disaster on Explora. The included wines on C are indeed better as on other luxury companies , maybe an exeption for som French white wines on Regent but the Champagne is better on C said that, the wine list is not cheap on C , the wine list on SS is far cheaper !

i forgot "very first"