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It would be so great if Regent could offer one bus on the tour for "Gentle Walkers" as AmaWaterways does on their River cruises. These were also great for photographers. I did notice when signing up for my Iceland / Greenland cruise on Navigator next summer, that there are several places where accessible versions of the standard tours are being offered. So maybe improvements are coming. Something in between would be great.

@pappy1022 since it was the Saturday or Sunday of the Festival and the most crowded day, not sure our routes were the norm. I seem to remember some sights were pointed out on the way to the Castle. The bus parked as close as possible on a side street close to the Castle entrance so that only walked up a short portion on the Royal Mile before entering the Castle grounds. Lots of uphill (and then down back out) once in the Castle grounds. Guides are only allowed to stop in certain areas to talk outside. They are not allowed to talk inside, but I seem to remember a Castle guide took over there. I think our total time in the Castle area was about 2 hours. I don't remember if there was the option to stay longer, since we wanted to take the tour bus back to the ship. The drive back to the ship had lots of commentary about what we were passing including Holyrood. This was because we were at a snail's pace because of the crowds on the Royal mile. I do know the driver modified the route in some way to get away from the crowds.

Follow on to @Gilly, as we were on the cruise with them. Did the Castle tour, and we were given the option to return on the tour bus after or just use the shuttle at our leisure. If you weren't there when the tour bus left, then take the shuttle! Agree about the crowds. And agree do not miss Royal Yacht.

Always ask before you get in. But in Barcelona all the ones we used last year did.

I only cruise on Regent and on Disney. Which line depends on who I'm cruising with. All the kids I want to cruise with would definitely prefer Disney. I was even hesitant to bring my 24 year old daughter on Regent, being worried she might be bored. Turned out I was wrong, she enjoyed it very much, but it was a port intensive Baltic cruise, so new locations each day. Taking the grands (ages 3-10 currently) sounds like way too much work on a Regent cruise.

I don't know why I haven't had the cheese at Chartreuse, but will certainly correct that on Splendor in November!!! So glad your husband thought it was worthwhile.

On a Navigator cruise in 2018 I was told by the La Veranda manager that they only made sticky buns on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Also, if you don't get there early, they may run out. So check with La Veranda manager.

On Splendor this is exactly what was across from 932! Didn't hear any noise from it.

If you become Gold on that next cruise, they will put you on as Gold from the day you board. I was so happy to turn Gold on a TA so that both of us could be logged into WiFi for the whole cruise!

Did this cruise in 2022. Loved it! Don't miss the Sunday Brunch.

Yahoo! So happy to get to travel along with you both virtually! We have been missing you around here.

I will chime in too. My first river cruise was Budapest to Amsterdam in October 2016. I was a "tag along" with a friend who's daughter was not able to go, so no planning and no expectations! Had a wonderful time and got hooked just like everyone else. That was Emerald. Since then have done Scenic (Douro) and Ama (Burgundy). All were great. One great thing about the October cruise was the Fall foliage!

Yes, it did say ".eu" as it came up.

On the Bordeaux cruise on Ama in March, there was a gentle group offered for all the main tours. It was great. Guides knew how to avoid a lot of stairs, where to have us sit for long descriptions, etc. Since we were consistently a group of only 6-10 people, we often felt we got the best tours. Our guides always seemed to be the best too. Also affords plenty of time to take pictures. Sometimes the "regular" walkers would switch to our group if they preferred our guide. With the use of the QuietVox you had quite a wide range to wander or find a bench.

Absolutely agree. Always delicious in every venue. On 24 day Amazon cruise, had lamb everyday for the first 7 days!

Similar for our end of October Med cruise. Full set of excursions offered in Athens for what would be the embarkation day for the 7 day cruisers. Signed up as usual, though considering taking it as a sea day since there are none for the whole 14 day cruise.

"Regent Choice" excursions have an extra fee. If you look at a port under excursions, the ones marked with binoculars are the Regent Choice. Should list a price in the description. Sometimes these are Small Group tours corresponding to the free larger group tour, or a special locale including a meal, or helicopter flight, etc.

I have always gotten First Class for domestic if continuing on overseas in BC when Regent books my flights. All of these have been either American or United with partner airlines though. 5 flights so far with 2 more also booked that way.

Amen to all of the above! I avoid Frankfurt for all of these reasons! In fact, they didn't even have First class board the bus first. Every person for themselves! Luckily for me a kind young woman carried my carry on up the steps for me. First class was a standard 3 seat row with the middle seat left empty, which I believe is normal in European "domestic" flights. Regent flew me home from Porto on Iberia and I liked it very much, so if that is a possibility you might consider it.

Sorry to repeat myself, but it is Anchorage you fly in or out of on a 7 day, which is also only a plane change it Seattle but a 6 hour flight from Seattle to Anchorage. I prefer flying to Anchorage and boarding in Seward and ending in Vancouver so that might shorter flight is on the "going home" end of the trip. Also, if you are flying home from Anchorage, soonest flights will be overnight ones. Also, the flight will be business/first class the whole way if booked through Regent. They started that just pre-pandemic I believe.

I was just going to mention this. The 14 days cruises are in May (that's the one I'm going on) and another in August (middle of the month also I think). Advantage is we don't repeat any ports and have 2 days of glacier sailings. I think maybe they are trying this out to see if it is more attractive than B2B. Totally agree about 7 days being too short, and long flight to or from Anchorage (not Juneau).

That is when @Gilly and I were there on Navigator last year, so hopeful for you.

We are on for the 14 day! Whoo hoo! Doing both pre and post cruise tours. Only worry is it is so port intensive, but with all those days in Athens, might take a sea day for one of them, maybe "change over" day.

I'm on that cruise! Can hardly wait.

Funny, I always think of the Coffee Connection on Navigator as the "other" side that has the espresso machines and barista.