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I hope so, it will be our first experience. Have you been on it?

Had to read this a couple of times Jim to work out what you were saying. Having two ships with Eclipse in the name is confusing. We're sailing on the SCENIC Eclipse II ( https://www.scenicnz.com/tours/journey-across-the-pacific-easter-island--french-polynesia/13777) not the Celebrity Eclipse in March, hence being unfaithful to X 🤣. Still a darn that we won't get to meet up though! Loved the Samoas.

❤Sounds fabulous, enjoy. We would have been joining you at one time. To quote @Jim_Iain, we're being unfaithful and trying out Scenic Eclipse on an Easter Island 🗿 and French Polynesia itinerary next March.

🤣With the VP on board I'm sure X will be pulling out all the stops. Saying a 🙏 to the sun gods for you as summer has been slow to arrive here. On the plus side, hopefully the waterfalls will be flowing for you in Milford Sound 👌

Edge must be cleaning its bottom 🤣

Best enjoy the display while you can. Unless things have changed, apparently health and safety regs mean they're not allowed the pyrotechnics in NZ waters. At least that's what we were told a few years back, could of course have been one of this X excuses🤔 Hope the Edge has kept her bottom clean on the way from Rome 🤣 You don't want a Pacific Explorer experience 😉

Indeed.

Oops, just read the other posts. Supply chain issues seem to be fleet wide. Really no excuse with inventory management systems that are available these days.

This is really interesting Jim. We had major supply issues on the Eclipse back in January. At the time, I thought Celebrity had completely mismanaged their supply chain over in this part of the world- too reliant on central purchasing out of the US without fully considering how to effectively transport to the other side of the world. Sounds like they struggle to get it right outside of their main markets around the US and Europe. Hard to have a Negroni without any Campari 😱. First 🌏 problems. Belated happy birthday and hope the supply issues don't impact you too much.

@GenerationX loved your comment about European pace of dining. We love to linger over our meal and felt really rushed on our first few cruises. Discovered on speaking to a M'd that some folks complian about not being served fast enough and missing the show! We explained that we don't do shows. Sorted, leisurely paced meals. We may even have got the hint a couple of times in Murano that it really was time for bed 🤣😉

Sounds like all you missed was an earthquake 😱

My goodness Alexandra, I had no idea this happened to you. What a very unusual way to experience our country. Hopefully one day our paths will cross either on sea or land.

Now then 🤣 Mr (and Mrs) Fudge thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us. Most informative and highly entertaining. I truly appreciate the time you've taken to share your experiences and will miss your daily updates. Look forward to reading about your next adventure on Sevensea.

🤣funny for those of us following reviews on both ships.

Left the UK nearly 30 years ago and really miss all the accents.

I think it's a great expression!

BYO bed linen 🤣

"Now then", I'm trying to place which part of the UK the expression comes from? I know the now disgraced Jimmy Saville used to say it.

Thank you, can there ever be too many Live threads! We've just booked our first Regent cruise and the Lives have been very helpful. We don't sail until 2026 on the Grandeur, Transatlantic. Eager to live vicariously in the meantime.

Hi Jim, Thank you so much for taking the time to do both threads. We're several steps behind you in our "change" process so your reviews have been all the more helpful. Like you we are leaning towards something like Ponant (in our case Scenic Eclipse) for expedition/exploration type cruises and Silversea or Regent for "regular" itineraries. We've yet to experience any of them. Still have 2 Edge bookings that we need to make a decision on by January (B2B TP). I'm tempted to shift one deposit to a local cruise if we can find a good price for a suite 🤣. Fin is more of an all or nothing kind of guy in the sense that he takes longer to make a decision but once he has its full steam ahead - apparently our relationship with X is over to the extent that he's prepared to loose our deposits 😱 than sink more money only to be disappointed. I'd rather try one more date🤭 especially as we haven't been in the Retreat on the Edge Class. Enjoy the rest of your holiday, safe travels home and look forward to your Edge reviews.

The Celebrity Forum is certainly not a happy place to visit at the moment. Quite refreshing to jump onto some of the other forums.

We're seriously considering our first Regent cruise. I've thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed all the Live reviews. To be honest, I didn't even think of looking at the reviews. I think I've just become accustomed to Live reviews and they have become my go-to for the cruise lines I'm interested in.

Sorry, couldn't resist - again! Can't believe how many Wiggles there are now. Sure they have spots for you and Iain 😅

Hi Jim, I am so excited for this. Like you, we've made the decision to "stray" from Celebrity 🤣 and Ponant is on our list. Wishing you and Iain a fabulous cruise and really looking forward to following along. Cheers, Kim.

Thought of you this morning Jim when I saw they had cancelled their season in South America. So disappointing. We have two cruises booked with Scenic Eclipse II one from Chile to Tahaiti and the other to Antarctica. So much for not being sure about small ships🤣. Likely we'll take the hit and loose our deposits on two Edge sailings when we cancel. Looking forward to your Ponant review. Is it September?