seasickphil

Whatever drinks you prefer just ask Regent if they they will be stocked on your cruise. If they are not available then you can ask Regent if they can provide them on your cruise. Availability to source and the cost of the product will determine whether Regent can/will provide the drinks you most want.

Certainly i agree but i believe it is wishful thinking to assume luxury cruise lines would be any different to mainline line cruises when it comes to cutting costs, especially after what has happened to the cruise industry since the pandemic.

Can i ask what hotel did Regent use please.

My point was to mnocket when he said: I'm hoping that the cost cutting that has become very apparent on the mainstream lines (e.g. Celebrity, et. al.) doesn't start to rear its head on the luxury lines. Those cost cutting measures are what has driven me to RSSC. I was asking him why he thought luxury cruise lines would be exempt from any cost cutting measures.

How or why do you think luxury lines will escape any cost cutting measures?

I don't have any dealings with Regent regarding flights. ( 2 previous cruises, both concierge so just went along with flights provided ) Have just booked a cruise on Splendor in July with flights from Heathrow included with Regent, with the cruise finishing in Southampton it made transfers more difficult for us. So a phone call too our TA at the weekend regarding getting flights out of our local airport, on Tuesday afternoon i got a phone call from him telling me that Regent can arrange flights from our local airport for a very small supplement. New flights arranged from different airport than originally given and 148 day's before departure, no problem.

I admit it was a while ago ( pre covid ) but one evening when onboard Queen Victoria while having pre dinner drinks in the Queens Room a gentleman, who was dancing, removed his jacket and rested it on the back of his chair, a senior officer came over, smiling he removed the jacket from the chair and told him what a lovely jacket it was, then saying to him that he was sure it would look much better on him rather than on the back of the chair, this was while he was holding the jacket up for him to insert his arms into, the man smiled and obliged. Alas i think those times have now gone.

Maybe i was ( although not intending to ) but not everyone know the dress code that's why the op asked a question. So many threads on Cunards dress code proves that not everyone know them, i was just giving places where they could go if not wishing to dress up. I have no intention of starting an argument on the subject, after all we know there has been a great many of those over the years on here.

That is not strictly true, you can of course avoid this if you just wish to go in the Lido/ Golden Lion/ Cafe Carinthia/ Casino or the Casino. Of course, why you would want to do that when sailing on Cunard i don't know but that option is available.

Obviously not everyone sailing on Regent feels the same about the included excursions being poor, if they did then some of the tours that we would like to go on whilst aboard Splendor in July would not be showing as unavailable.

If you are sailing in warmer times then Queen Victoria /Queen Elizabeth have a lovely little area called The Courtyard in the grills where you can dine al fresco.

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John, On Queen Elizabeth Q331B 10th Oct is Red and Gold 13th Oct is Roaring Twenties With it being Friday 13th hope everyone on board avoid any unwanted mishaps.🤣

Is the Guinness experience tour also held in Belfast?,i know and have visited the one in Dublin not sure there is one in Belfast.

That depends what waters you are sailing in, if you are in Scandinavia/ Baltics than a lounger in the sun would be most welcome, if not essential, as it would be some what chilly to say the least to sit in the shade.

Dress standards have changed on cruises and not just on Cunard, some people are against them, some not. Before Covid when we were on Queen Victoria a gentleman removed his jacket at dinner and placed it on the back of his chair, a bit later the Maitre D came round and he complemented the man on having a wonderful jacket, then saying that it would look much better on him rather than on the chair. He removed the jacket from the chair held it up for the man to slip on, he then brushed the mans shoulders with his hands remarking how lovely it looked on him he then turned away and carried on with his duties, job accomplished. It is now no longer required to wear a jacket in the evenings so it's peoples choice whether they do or don't. We were on a Regent cruise earlier this year where the dress code is classed as elegant casual but even so i would estimate that 80/90% of men chose to wear a jacket at dinner. How you dress is what it is, some people (like us) like to dress up other people may wish not too, it is and rightly so everybody's right to dress how and what they feel comfortable in. (as long as it is within the cruise companies guidelines) In life people have choices to make, some indeed are more serious than what you should or should not wear while on a cruise but at the end of the day it is entirely up too the individual on how they wish to dress. As for me i just wear what my wife tells me.😉

You would at least hope the Captain would know which year we are in.

It often makes no difference which bar/lounge you are in, as it all depends on which bar tender is working the said bar, when we were on Elizabeth earlier this year, my wife and Sil, who like a cocktail or two, loved the cocktails made by a certain bar tender but he was not always in the same bar/time every night. So if you find a guy that make cocktails you particularly like, it might be best to search him/her out rather than a particular bar.

papaflamingo I apologise, it was wcsdkqh who suggested this could happen in post 37.

If the Miami porters partake in criminal damage if they don't get a big enough tip, then i would not care if there were no porters at all. I do realise that some people rely on assistance with luggage etc but i would rather look after my luggage myself instead of giving someone the chance of deliberately trashing it. I have never sailed out of Miami but judging on what has been said here i don't think i am missing much.

Are you seriously saying that the Miami porters/baggage staff would purposely damage your luggage if you didn't give them money, surely that happened back in the Al Capone days, wasn't it called protection money then, not a tip.

Tips are normally given to the guides if you go on any included shore excursions.

There will be a bottle of Monopole Blue Top on ice, waiting for you when you first enter your suite.

I totally agree but if was in a Q1 and found out that i had lost my table to someone who had given a hefty or even a small tip/bribe then i would certainly be a bit miffed and would definitely let my displeasure be known to the hotel manager.

I can only talk about QV and QE as i have not sailed in the grills on QM2, all the tables are, shall we say cosy/close what if your window table had been close to people you had nothing in common with, would you then, after given a sweetener for the window table ask to be moved to another table.