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We sailed on Evrima in the Caribbean in March 2023. To follow our travels and onboard reviews, please see this playlist:

The overall experience that we had was either a lot better than Trek Trendy, or we are a lot less picky. We had maybe two issues with service. One which is detailed in our next video, and the other on the last night at dinner. 2 negative experiences out of 21 meals does not ruin a cruise, at least not in our opinions. In the end, we enjoyed it enough to book another cruise three days after we returned home!

Biggest tip I have is to look in the daily sheets for Talaat Nam being open for lunch. We did, and went down just to sit at the sushi bar. But there was no sushi bar at lunch; instead they have an expanded menu featuring dim sum. We ordered a couple of appetizers, and then the entire dim sum menu. As good or better than any land based dim sum I have ever had!!! Will feature this in a later video! BTW, the cabin tour is up now, so subscribe and take a look.

Direct with RC. No OBC offered. For us, it was worth it. The food and service was very good to excellent all around. There were a couple of duds (a couple of overcooked omelettes and one dry chicken sandwich), but nothing that prevented us form booking another cruise for Feb 2024.

Hello All, I am a frequent Regent cruiser and CC member, and have just completed a 7 night cruise aboard the Ritz Carlton Yacht Collection Evrima. My first daily VLOG is now available. Please subscribe to see the series progress over the next few weeks.

My wife, Johnetta and her mother Millie, are on this cruise with you. If you see them, say hi!

We are scheduled to sail on March 5th 2023, Ft. Lauderdale to San Juan. Thank you, Arlington VA for your thorough review. One question..... You stated that the Signature Suite was considerably smaller that the Penthouse Suite on Seabourn. When I check the website descriptions for both, there is only a difference of about 5 sq ft. Is is the layout that made is feel much smaller? Thanks, and again, great review!

No, I did not have any perks related to the suite or SS Society. Maybe I just got lucky!

I can only speak from my experiences..... A few years ago we travelled on Regent through the Med. Embarkation was in Rome (Citavecchia). We wanted to stay in Rome for a few days prior, and only used the standard one night prior hotel stay pre cruise. So when we booked, we stated that we wanted to arrive 3 days early, and would make our own way to the Regent pre-cruise hotel on the day before embarkation. Regent took that as part of our reservation, and the flight details (when they arrived 90 days prior to the cruise) reflected that request. So we stayed in Rome (can't remember the hotel), and then one day prior to the cruise, we caught a taxi to the Regent pre-cruise hotel, which was a Sheraton Golf Resort. This year, we wanted to change our return flights from Amsterdam. When we booked, we asked for 3 nights in Amsterdam (again, not using the Regent post-cruise package). The flights provided reflected this request, but would have required 2 stops to get back to Orlando. We did not want this, so we requested a deviation. We paid $175pp for this deviation, but this was due to the fact that we did not accept the proposed flights. Again, I don't know if my experience was unique, but this is what happened. But, even if they had charged $350 per couple for deviations in the first example, that would have been less than 2% of the total cruise fare, and I would have gladly paid it!

Hey everyone, I will not be posting announcement of new videos on Cruise Critic. BUT........you can generally expect a new video every Saturday around 10am EST for the foreseeable future. In addition, I encourage you to subscribe and hit the notification bell. I hope you enjoy and please subscribe and get me to 1000 followers! I need to justify my exorbitant camera equipment purchases to Johnetta as some kind of investment. Right now, she isn't buying my line of reasoning!! 😜

If you have your trip planned out prior to booking, more than likely you will not face a deviation fee. I have done this on 3 out of 5 Regent sailings, and never paid a deviation fee, as long as your airports stay the same. A regent rep once told me that as long as your flights occur within 30 days of your embarkation or debarkation, they can be included. Tell your TA, or the Regent phone rep your plans, and they will get it done. If you change something after the initial flight booking, usually 90 dys prior to embarkation, then you will be charged the deviation fee. Just my experience, your mileage may vary!

Hello I have just posted the first video from our 22 night cruise on Regent Voyager. Please subscribe to keep up to date with this new series!

Been on both, and while Splendor is newer, Voyager's atrium is much nicer. The food on Voyager was better then Splendor, hands down. But that could be that we were on the second sailing of Splendor after COVID, and the kinks were not yet worked out. Splendor does have Pacific Rim, which adds to the meal choices. We have been on Voyager for 21 nights this cruise, and we would love to have another venue at which to eat. That being said, we could have had a different dinner every night, if we chose to shy away from our favorite menu items. I do like the ability to do a full circle of the promenade deck on Splendor, and was disappointed that the Voyager's deck does not fully wrap around. Staff on both are excellent; so no complaints there. Gym on Splendor is much bigger, better and more of a pleasant experience. On Voyager, it is a little claustrophobic. Venues (lounges, theatre, casino, etc. ) are pretty much the same. Splendor's are probably larger, but they are never even near capacity. That is all I can think of. I will be posting videos of our latest Voyager cruise starting this Friday. Internet on board is horrible, so I am waiting to check into our post cruise hotel before posting. Look for videos every week at: YouTube: Travels with Daren and Johnetta

Currently on Voyager, and the internet is horrendous! Upgrade to the streaming package, and basically 0 * 2 still equals 0. Useless, got a refund. Regents needs to fix this. Even the oldest passengers now at least want to be able to get reliable email and post on facebook, so there are no excuses!!

Hello All, I am not much of a poster, as I prefer to publish videos on YouTube. But I do have a few comments to share about our current trip (and comparisons to our last trip on Splendor)) 1. Food Quality - The food from all the venues is so much better than on Splendor. Not sure why; maybe since it was Splendor's second voyage, they had not worked things out quite right. Even Prime 7, which was our worst experience on Splendor, was very good to excellent on Voyager. Steaks perfectly cooked and butchered correctly (filet about 1.5 inches thick). 2. Service - Both ships were very good, but Voyager has the edge; maybe due to the fact that the ship is only half full. 3. Facilities - Obviously Voyager is a little old and dated, and we downgraded from a named suite to a penthouse C. The atrium in Voyager is nicer due the full view to the top of the ship. Splendor wins in this category, though. 4. Internet - Both ships equally horrible! This is an area that Regent needs to really improve. In this day and age, there is no excuse not to have decent internet connection. For weekly vlogs from the ship, please subscribe to the "Travels with Daren and Johnetta" YouTube channel. Because of point #4 above, the first post from Voyager will probably not happen until Aug 23rd. Bye for now!!