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We are on one of the Barbados 7-day sailings in March and putting together our plan. I think we will get a car in Guadeloupe and maybe Martinique, and looking for ideas for Nevis. I wasn't able to find much in the forums (fora??). Seabourn offers a Beach Extravaganza and an Island and Botanical Garden Discovery tour. Any thoughts/suggestions would be helpful! thanks.

For what it's worth, Princess Di vacationed at the Montpelier Plantation. We went to another resort which name escapes me and then would up on a very nice beach.

If $100 is that important to you that you would risk the cruise, I'd say stay at home or find a cheaper cruise line.

The Suite life is SWEET indeed!!

 

 

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Yes, it is and it can be especially sweet on other lines. For example, an S1 on the Silhouette cruise we're taking in December had a low price of $304 p/p per night and a last price of $380, plus taxes and port charges. We recently completed a cruise on the Regent Explorer, their newest ship. It was so much better in every way than any cruise we have ever taken on any cruise line and it really opened our eyes. It cost us $350 p/p per night for a cabin I would say was the equivalent of a CS. To be honest, it was not their typical pricing, but it was open to everyone who was fortunate to stumble on it as we were. Celebrity prices have risen so much that luxury lines now are possible alternatives.

Suddenly finding ourselves looking at a cruise for spring break - found one that has a pretty low price point ($750 pp/balcony) and still seems to have several dozen cabins still available.

 

Cruise is 6 weeks away. Will it drop further? We've never booked a cruise less than a full year out...this is new to us. Would it make sense to wait another week or two (or more?) and watch the available cabins?

How much more can it drop? How much more could be saved? Is it really going to make a difference?

"Three degrees" and a scooter blocking part of a hallway doesn't strike you as a potential safety hazard? You may want to research the interpretation of "SOLAS II-2/13 Means of Escape."

 

 

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Excuse me, but his degrees are from prestigious universities. I am only four years younger than his Mother, and I thank God (in some countries this would be frowned on) that thus far I have escaped a wheelchair. I make it a point not to associate with people who do not want my company, especially when there are other choices available. I just left a cruise ship on which scooters were in abundance. I do wonder how they would pass each other in the narrow passageways on most ships, as getting by them on foot can be a tight fit.

If I were King, I would allow people on scooters but banish men who wear baseball caps indoors.

Thanks to all of you who so kindly responded with such good information. Funny thing happened, DW returned home yesterday and informed me she probably can't get vacation time for this cruise. So, I hope I can find this thread when we need it. Thanks again

Fortunately, DW feels she can find time for a slightly shorter cruise on the Explorer, so this afternoon we signed up for that cruise. Thanks again to all of you

There is only one major problem with suites on any cruise line, you never want to go back to normal cabin, love the size of suite and all the perks .

I don't mean to hijack this thread, but all this talk of Luminai and premium packages makes me have to throw a curve now. After 70 cruises, 26 on Celebrity, we finally got around to trying Regent. All I can say is our next cruise, wherever and whenever, will be on Regent. The two X cruises we have booked for later this year are now in jeopardy.'Nuff said.

Thanks to all of you who so kindly responded with such good information. Funny thing happened, DW returned home yesterday and informed me she probably can't get vacation time for this cruise. So, I hope I can find this thread when we need it. Thanks again

My wife and I are interested in a trip on the Navigator , a ship we are completely unfamiliar with. I've tried to do some research on some of the cabins still available, but I've had little success. As best I can, I've come up with what I think are the best choices remaining. I certainly would appreciate if you experienced Regent hands could give me opinions on what our best bet would be. I've read conflicting reports on the vibration problem, so addressing that issue in respect to these cabins would be appreciated, too.

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Wow. Were we on the same ship? Tastes differ and ordering the "right" items can make for a great experience, just as ordering the "wrong" items can ruin a dinner. The trouble is, of course, how does one determine which is which? This was our first cruise on Regent after about 70 on other lines. All I can say is we didn't have a bad meal, although our two excursions in Chartreuse were, perhaps, closer to average than excellent. I guess if I wanted to be picky, I would say I don't need the sommelier asking what wine I wanted when I haven't even decided what I wanted to eat. But I would have to be really picky to make that complaint.

Note that I am not claiming all was perfect; there was too long a wait between courses in Compass Rose several nights, and we had a rather haughty waitress in Chartreuse one night. The red wine was not great one time and finding a suitable sauvignon blanc was difficult on another occasion. But I chalk these up to matters of taste, not necessarily inferior products. Any cruise line which provides gorgonzola to accompany its polenta is aces with me, especially since MSC couldn't.

I'm sorry the OP was not impressed, but our experience was quite the opposite. So much so, that I spent a good portion of today investigating our next cruise on Regent and wondering if we should cancel two cruises we've booked on another line.

Right now all 4 perks are included with any suite booking.

Absolutely free as long as we pay $600 p/p on a ten day cruise

We are booked in a Penthouse Suite and according to our TA we will receive no extra shipboard credit in regards to the new promotion.

How will you use that credit? I'm new to Regent

Here are all 14 menus. Scroll down.

http://www.myvirtualvacations.net/luminae.html

Reading these menus makes me think I was on the wrong ship. On the Eclipse last month for twelve days, I probably ordered from the MDR menus three, maybe four nights. One night Luminae's menu included grilled steak and grilled chicken, hardly items that would stress even an average home cook. Strangely, towards the end of the cruise, the menu became much more interesting, so Luminae was for me a very uneven performance. Some folks like to eat only what they are familiar with. I'm not one of them. On land or at sea I look for items that I've never eaten before or common items prepared in ways I've never tried before. Grilled entrees don't make the cut for me.

But again I stress that the service in Luminae is usually excellent and that alone goes a long way to making dining there a pleasant experience. We'll be on the Reflection and the Silhouette this year, so we'll see what they offer, but our first Regent cruise is mere days away. I am really hopeful it will offer a special dining experience.

Back in the 1980's we were on a South Pacific cruise on the P&O ship Canberra - we were quite young at the time and it was a disaster from go to woe (we didn't step foot on another ship for about 20 years). Anyway we met an elderly couple who happened to live near us when we were on the shuttle from the airport to the cruise terminal. We didn't see them again until about a week later when we ran into the wife who was very upset and told us that her husband had died that day and was being buried at sea. This apparently was his wish. She didn't know many others on the cruise so asked us, another couple and the Cruise Director to attend the ceremony. It was the coldest, most impersonal burial I have ever attended. They stopped the ship, the Captain arrived, read a small piece from a Bible, there was an opening in the side of the ship through which the body slid into the ocean and that was that. It was just awful. I don't know if any ships do this now but apparently back then, although not common, it did happen.

My comment, of course, was not to be taken seriously, but a while ago I read an article on the number of deaths that had occurred on a single airline during the past year. It was a major international carrier and I think the total was in the thirties, though I am not positive of that.

On a recent cruise I was struck by the number of elderly passengers being pushing around in wheelchairs, some of whom looked really out of it. I instructed my wife never to put me in that situation. We have a friend who would take her semi-comatose husband on foreign trips; she showed us pictures of him in a sling being dipped in a swimming pool because "he enjoyed it". He sure didn't look took too happy to me. In that state I'd rather be at home than on a ship or plane. Obviously, others do not share my view.

Yes , Jeans are allowed without holes and unpainted.

 

Bon Voyage

Cary Grant and Irene Dunne are dead and buried

To put it bluntly, if it is really serious and not treatable on board and you are out of the range of evacuation helicopters - you will die. .

 

DON

Would they bury you at sea? :halo:

Would anyone have a copy of the menu’s in Luminae? We saw one nights menu on our last cruise, and to tell the truth, it didn’t look that inviting. I don’t think Celebrity poses this anywhere. Thanks for any help.

 

Rollie

I'm sorry I don't have a copy. I surely do not want to make negative comments about something as personal as food tastes, but for me Luminae can be quite disappointing in its menu choices. Frequently, I wind up asking for the MDR menu. But the service is usually excellent, the tables are quite well spaced, and for us, the back room area is perfect. You will enjoy the experience, I'm sure.

Which CS did you book? If you were able to get one on the side of the hump you will find you have a HUGE balcony. We've sailed in them on 3 different S class ships. It is really a wonderful stateroom, some don't like it as much because it doesn't have a dining table in the room, but there is a large table on the balcony which we dined at several times.

 

Am sure you will love Luminae and Michael's Club too. The suite experience on X is really quite excellent, if you have any particular questions about the CS I'd be happy to answer!:)

True. We were in 1110 on the Eclipse last month and, I think, 1233 the year before. Wonderful cabins which my wife loves. CS is about as big as we need. A nice couple invited us to their penthouse suite, and it was unbelievable, but it was simply much too big for just the two of us. Fortunately, too, as its cost must rival that of the Taj

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Same location as on the Solstice

But on the solstice is not 1554 partially obstructed by window cleaning equipment? At least that's the reason why I've always avoided it

Hope this help, everyday on the menus

With the possible exception of the escargot, I cannot conceive of a plainer menu. My complaint, such as I have one, is that the menus are so plain as to be boring. And I just noticed that the author, to his eternal credit, wrote "garden thyme jus" not au jus. Plus, he wrote "maitre d' hotel". A standing ovation is in order :) I'm sure your friend will not lack for good choices.

Why are some S1 cabins higher priced than others? There's only a $50 difference on our cruise of interest, but there must be some distinction. Or is it because the Celebrity site is not distinguishing between S1 and S2.?

I just ran it on the website with and without perks and got the same price. I would find a good TA and have them help you with your booking. My TA saved me a significant amount over booking directly through Celebrity.

I really resent being told my four "free perks" will run up the price by $300 which is the case on a cruise we are considering. Tell me the four perks can be had for an additional $300 and I'm fine with it, but once "free" enters the picture, I feel like I'm being taken. Maybe it's just me

I guess this question is similar to "How is the food?" The answers will cover the whole spectrum. I would say Bulgari is lightly scented, especially when compared to typical hotel lotions. Better to be safe than sorry, cause for some the Aqua stuff might cause problems, too. Then what?

I will try, but have had a hard job understanding it myself ................ despite various communications, both via our TA and direct with Regent.

 

 

Yes. We booked an H grade, which obviously get snapped up very quickly.

The cruise is on Voyager and is not until 2020. All other suite grades, i.e. G grade and above, are still showing availability.

 

 

Regent opted to reduce the price of all suite grades for this particular cruise, including the waitlisted H grade. Why they made the reduction over 2 years in advance of the cruise is a mystery, but that is their decision.

 

 

My conclusion is that if you make an early booking of a popular suite type that has limited availability then the Best Price Guarantee is no more use than a chocolate teapot. Lesson learned.

A chocolate teapot. I love it.