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We board Wednesday as well.  Can’t wait ! 

We will be boarding and if nice as looks grab a plate and terrace and go outside. 

Very cool chart on room sizes. Where do I find this?  TIA

Last year they were bubble excursions only. It seems I saw something in HAL site but cannot find that and getting mixed messages from TA and other cruisers tried calling HAL but they are overloaded and said call back. Does anyone know?  TIA

We have sailed Navigator ( our first cruise) then 2 more Regents and sailed O with 2 more booked. 
 

Both are great small ship cruising. Service is wonderful. I would not do less than a Penthouse on O unless Vista. The bathrooms were tiny in a balcony. 
Regents rooms on newer ships are superb layout and design. 
 

Food is great on both, we don’t do shows much so no help there. 
I usually base decision on if I prefer excursions on our own. We booked our own in Med and on USA East Coast so Regent not an option. Panama Canal sailings I am not going to wander off so Regent worked well. ( Do note not a lot of night life on either line as say Holland)

Have our A1 with extended balcony booked for Panama crossing. Just need to decide whether to buy their insurance policy or a diff one. 
 

We have to decide to sale or cancel and loose 50 percent by the 15th. I have “heard” that they are looking at a policy for those of use sailing between now and June 1. We are just waiting to hear something. Other cruise companies have come out with some really decent choices. We are hoping 

Ok we got to right place. Thanks all. Small but great group of about 12 yes plenty of food booze but nice to meet and found out about a RSSC social club on FB 

Hello, late to party but on Explorer now, did not sign up for CC Meet and Mingle, went to reception they told me since I was not on manifest for the get together nothing they could do. Anyone on here know how I can join at this point?  I think it’s tomorrow. Our first sea day. 
 

Thank you 

Thank you all, you have given me some great seating tips, we are looking forward to exploring the Explorer.

TC. Thank you for Prime 7 info and all the rest, hubby LOVES Prime 7, hoping to get more than 1 night.

We have similar American Airlines issue, we actually found cheaper to fly to Ft Lauderdale and shuttle or Uber to Miami port. Thank you so much for posting during  spotty internet and on your Vacay. 

Travel Cat, I have seen your helpful posts often and sadly will miss you by hours, we will be boarding in Miami.  Never been on Explorer, we did Alaska on Navigator and loved it.

Question where is the special quiet place in CR?  Hubby is hard of hearing so that is an important piece of info.  TIA   

We enjoyed it. We rented our own car thru Costco. Cheaper than excursions and spent time where we wanted.

We have sailed 1 Regent to Alaska. Then 2 Oceana, 1 a reg balcony 2nd time in a Neptune Suite. Go for the Suite. We enjoyed both lines very much. Yes it’s an older crowd, but that’s ok for us, we do very use port days and come back have a great 2 hour dinner a walk then bed. Bathrooms in the suites or on Regent are huge.

This spring I a taking a Royal with Freedom of the seas with a group , the ONLY reason I agreed was we are doing the Presidential suite which gives us one nice perks. I am not trying to be posh but after sailing smaller ships the idea of cattle calls does not sound fun. Am a bit concerned about food- I like good food and I have allergies so I am getting a speciality dining package. I think the adage you will enjoy it if you want to applies, plus pick your itinerary and active level, plus how much luxury you want. There are cruise lines for all.

Old thread I know. But do you get anything on first cruise if you have signed up?

hi, a group of us are sailing in The Villa Suite plus one couple in an Owners Suite. I know there are cocktails of an evening in concierge lounge but are there wines and beers during day?

We have 4 who drink and 4 who don’t so we don’t want to have to buy bev package. We do have 2 separate reservation numbers and it so happens drinkers are on one number, non drinkers on another, but I don’t know if 4 can have bev pack and 4 not. Thank you.

How does buying the Evian thru shop save you? Thank you

I took black Palazzo pants, black tank and fancy Jacket and jewelry. Worked great got tons of comments and did not take up too much room in suitcase

We stayed in The Dona Palace Hotel Excellant location, breakfast, garden area plus we rolled our bags to dock and took Blue Line.

AP Tours in Naples was good. We did the ACTV Grand Canal tour in a water Taxi. You will love Dubrovnik.

Just got back from Barcelona to Venice on Oosterdam. We used RIL in Rome. Franco whisked us from port to Colisium for first tour, he got us to our tour guide and exchanged phone numbers with her. So so glad he did it was a celebration day in Rome and our tour was done as parade was going on. The guides were able to talk, and Franco walked across street to get us to take us to a lively lunch spot. Then all around Rome rest of afternoon. Very little walking for us then and no worries. Perfect day. Thanks Franco.

Well if we ever get a plane we will be there as well, but I do not think a meet and mingle has been organized for it.

Good to know, what about drinks ordered thru room service? And is there auto gratuity?

So does mini bar count separate or as part of 15 day drink package?

We did the Mystic Fjords. Excellant

We board next week in Barcelona, hope all the work is completed by then..

Thanks very much for report.

Thank you, I will take my fold up one then