elmwood

If you take the credit and want an hotel that is within walking distance of most things in the centre, I recently stayed at the Skuggi hotel. I was on a Greenland expedition with Adventure Canada in July and this was one of the hotels they recommended. It's not luxurious but the rooms are stylish and comfortable. It doesn't have its own restaurant, but I walked to many very good restaurants. Just 4 minutes walk away is the Hlemmur Food Hall in what was an old bus station. I found this very good for lunch and snacks.

It would not occur to me not to do so! We had to cancel a Baltic cruise with Regent when my husband was taken ill, and were so glad that we had taken out insurance. 

Looking forward to hearing all about this trip; it sounds wonderful already.

I loved the Singapore Gin Slings made at the pool bar and after dinner, because I am old fashioned in my tastes I really enjoyed a Brandy Alexander

For us, it would be a matter of comfort for my husband who has developed a tremor and can no longer stand or sit for long periods. That sounds contradictory. He definitely cannot stand for any length of time but if he is sitting for a while on the type of chair in the terminal his leg (the affected limb) becomes numb, so he gets very uncomfortable. He is very resistant to a walker as he feels he doesn’t need one, as walking is not a problem per se. This has curtailed our travel and we now only book business class when flying because of the early boarding, and would welcome the opportunity to board earlier if we booked a suite on Regent that offered this.

We visited Saguenay years ago and I remember it for being so cold in summer that we had to buy gloves and hats for a whale watching expedition. A much better memory are the freshwater shrimp we had there which were some of the best I have ever eaten.

I am looking forward to the rest of your cruise reporting.

Thank you!

I would love to know the url for the blog to which you are referring.

We were in a Grand Suite on the Navigator. At that time, 2011, it wasn't posted as a perk of the suite but my husband asked our butler if it would be possible to have this instead of the daily canapés which were something that we found unnecessary. I think we may have had it twice.

We had this on our last Regent cruise and it came with mini blinis, chopped hard boiled egg, and sour cream. A bottle of iced champagne accompanied it as well as a bottle of Stolichnya!

There was no extra charge as we asked for this instead of having canapés each day.

Sent from my iPad using Forums

It confirmed what I had worked out on my own when comparing Baltic cruises on Regent and another line.

Sent from my iPad using Forums

Having just booked a cruise on Explorer, I will have fun going through these. Thank you so much for sharing them.

I would like to add my thanks to Mr. Rumor and all the others who took time out to post about their cruise. This thread answered a lot of questions we had and it convinced us that we had to try Explorer and I completed a booking this morning for a Baltic cruise.

Thank you for that information. We don't mind Air Canada, but it's not our favourite carrier. The advantage of flying with them would be collecting aeroplan miles on the trip. We have never arrived on the day of the cruise's start so are happy that one night's accommodation is included in the level of cabin we propose to book. We don't like layovers so I think we will pay the deviation to ensure that we have non-stop flights. We have an excellent travel agent who is very familiar with Regent, so will leave all that in her capable hands.

Just a quick question on this theme. We are in the process of booking a Stockholm to London on the Explorer and will be flying out of Toronto. Could anyone tell me what airline Regent is likely to use. I have dual British and Canadian nationality, but will admit to preferring BA over Air Canada business class.

Just found a 17 minute video (with 3 commercials) of the suites (sorry poss - even this doesn't show suites below concierge which are basically the same as F1 and F2).

 

For those of you that have yet to board the Explorer or are onboard now but would like to view other suites, IMO, this is a great way to see them.

 

They are pretty amazing, but I must admit as being at a total loss as to understand why one would need a grand piano!

Mr. Rumor and all the others who are live blogging, first of all, thank you for taking time out from your vacation! Now, you have inspired us so much so that we have decided to book the Stockholm/London or vice versa on the Explorer next summer to celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary - the decision was made at dinner tonight and our lovely travel agent was contacted.

I am very interested in this itinerary, so thank you for taking the time to post!

Watch out for deals - on our Caribbean cruise and on a Paul Gauguin cruise the third person in the room sailed free. We just had to pay his airfare.

Vlinbin, that is true. We found the balcony very lovely in the Caribbean, and used the front part often. In Alaska, however, where we had terrible weather in July, it was not much use, but it didn't stop us bundling up like Arctic explorers and getting great views of as we approached the glaciers.

TravelCat2, you make the assumption that we asked about the specialty restaurants menus being available to us for room service. We did not. Our son, who was travelling with us decided he wanted to watch a film in the suite rather than come to the MDR and our butler asked him where he would like his food to come from. In the end, he opted for a hamburger and fries!

We sailed twice in a Grand Suite on Navigator and were told we could order from Prime Seven for in suite dining, not that we ever did!

We visited the South Pacific in December on the Paul Gauguin and only had one rainy day and that was at the end of our cruise when we were staying on Moorea.