Go9ersjrh

Navigator 611 Reviewed by: Go9ersjrh Mo/Year: 8/22 Starboard MidShip Both a tub and a shower No noise issues Recommend: Yes Location is excellent for the coffee connection, elevators, Compass Rose and getting on and off the ship. I would be happy to sail in this cabin again.

Negative Covid test in hand. Our transatlantic cruise is a go. We'll see you in Barcelona on Wednesday.

Good to know at the Euros. We'll make sure to hit an atm in Barcelona and then get change at the hotel before we get on the ship on Wednesday. Now to get back to packing. Still have to get the COVID test this afternoon.

We are staying at the Hotel Sofia Barcelona on Tuesday. It's a Hyatt. We booked it through Regent.

Check to see what ships are in port on the day you disembark. If the megaships are in port, it can be more difficult to get a taxi. We ended up taking the shuttle bus provided by the pier to get close to our hotel a couple of years back.

Cindivan - We are taking our first RSSC cruise next week. I too have always planned independent shore excursions and share your same concern. We booked this trip in May and were considering 3 different cruise lines - RSSC, Azamara and Oceania. In the end, the RSSC was the best value and we have friends that are loyal RSSC cruisers that have been trying to get us on Regent for years. The quality of the shore excursions will have an impact on how we evaluate taking another Regent cruise. We have cruised on Oceania before and really enjoyed it. I'll let you know what I think when we return home in September. To be honest, I have missed researching independent shore excursions that do exactly what we want to do in small groups of 6 - 12 people.

We'll be joining the Navigator in Barcelona for the journey back to New York. Looking forward to hearing about your trip to Barcelona.

Not completely - we are in Cabin 517 for our upcoming Transatlantic on the Navigator. The cabin does not have a number on the deck plan on the website.

Our flight to Barcelona in 2 weeks is on Delta. LAX to ATL then on to BCN. This is the route that Regent booked - no air deviation.

Gilly - Nice to hear. We will be joining the Navigator in Barcelona on August 24.

We had access to our Delta outbounds flight when booked, but did not get access to our American return flight until 30 days out. This is for our cruise at the end of August.

Update - We are now flying in a day early. TA spent 2 hours on hold today and finally got our flights changed. When I called and talked to a Regent agent, they told me that I would have to pay an air deviation fee on top of the cost for a night in a hotel that we had booked through Regent. That would have cost us $1200 for an extra night at a $250 a night hotel plus one extra transfer. I just couldn't justify it. TA told me Regent agent was incorrect and that the change in air (we didn't request specific flights) was included with the hotel night. In the end, we have the same flights LAX - ATL then ATL to Barcelona. It really shouldn't be this hard. We are 5 weeks out from the start of the trip.

No upcharge - no air deviation fee. We let them book our flights with no input. I am going to check on an earlier flight to ATL out of LAX. We'll just go to the airport early and see if they can put us on.

I completely understand all the advice and in a different situation would be flying in early. When everthing was orginally booked we were more concerned about having a negative covid test before we left home than having flight problems. Changing the booking has become problematic and in the end not worth it. We are flying Delta from LAX to ATL and then to Barcelona. I have a list of Delta Flights that will get us to Barcelona in time if we miss our flight. We will have several days of clothing in our carry on bags. If we miss the ship, we will enjoy Spain as Regent helps us figure out how to get on it in Cadiz. I and our TA didn't realize that adding a hotel night through Regent didn't include changing our flghts. In the end that extra night was going to cost us a significant amount of money. But now I know - this was a somewhat last minute booking for a Regent newbie.

OK - issue resolved. We are canceling the extra night in the hotel and keeping our original flights.