Navigator April 18 2022 Cruise cancelled

[govanguy]

Just received email from my T.A. This cruise to the Amazon has been has been cancelled . An alternative has been offered:

 

 

DATE	DAY	PORT	ARRIVE	DEPART
18-Apr-22	Mon	Miami, Florida	Embark	5:00PM
19-Apr-22	Tue	Port Canaveral, Florida	7:00AM	5:00PM
20-Apr-22	Wed	Fernandina Beach, Florida	8:00AM	6:00PM
21-Apr-22	Thu	At Sea
22-Apr-22	Fri	Norfolk, Virginia	9:00AM
23-Apr-22	Sat	Norfolk, Virginia		4:00PM
24-Apr-22	Sun	New York, New York	12:00PM
25-Apr-22	Mon	New York, New York		5:00PM
26-Apr-22	Tue	Newport, Rhode Island	7:00AM	4:00PM
26-Apr-22	Tue	Cape Cod Canal (Transit)	9:30PM	11:45PM
27-Apr-22	Wed	Boston, Massachusetts	7:00AM	5:00PM
28-Apr-22	Thu	Bar Harbor, Maine	7:00AM	5:00PM
29-Apr-22	Fri	Saint John, New Brunswick	7:00AM	4:00PM
30-Apr-22	Sat	Halifax, Nova Scotia	11:00AM	7:30PM
1-May-22	Sun	Sydney, Nova Scotia	12:00PM	8:00PM
2-May-22	Mon	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	10:30AM	4:30PM
3-May-22	Tue	Gaspesie, Quebec	11:00AM	6:00PM
4-May-22	Wed	Sept-Iles, Quebec	7:00AM	5:00PM
5-May-22	Thu	Havre St. Pierre, Quebec	7:00AM	3:00PM
6-May-22	Fri	Corner Brook, Newfoundland	9:30AM	5:30PM
7-May-22	Sat	At Sea
8-May-22	Sun	At Sea
9-May-22	Mon	St. George's, Bermuda	9:00AM
10-May-22	Tue	St. George's, Bermuda		5:00PM
11-May-22	Wed	At Sea
12-May-22	Thu	At Sea
13-May-22	Fri	Miami, Florida	7:00AM	Debark

 Any thoughts on this new itinerary? Anyone been this way?

[liptastic]

Hi Govanguy,

We took a very similar cruise on Navigator Montreal to Miami in 2014. Good few of your new ports were on the itinerary. One of our best cruises ever . Really enjoyable ports . I realise it’s not exactly the cruise you booked, what are your own thoughts ?

Jean 

[mrlevin]

Fantastic itinerary.  I hope they give you a discount, though.  

[SWFLAOK]

I was born in upstate New York, and lived there most of my life. I have traveled to those places on the new itinerary, some many times. However, I would not consider doing that itinerary in April and May. It's way too cold. Maybe that's why I moved to Florida after I retired. I would ask for my money back.

[Bellaggio Cruisers]

We were booked on this sailing. We were notified earlier in the day of the complete itinerary change, which is not acceptable to us. We booked the cruise because we were excited to visit the Amazon. We have been to the entire northern area many times. 
very disappointing…..

sheila and Herb

[FengShui@Sea]

I agree with SWFLAOK the weather would be quite chilly at that time of year.  Plus way too many ports (quantity over quality).  But that is just my preference, so not something I would every book. Sorry they had to cancel your Amazon sailing.  

[UUNetBill]

We've only ever had one cruise totally re-routed but it was still in the Mediterranean.  IMO, switching an Amazon cruise to this northeastern itinerary is a completely different beast.  Personally, I'd choose something else.  But I have heard people say that the New England cruises are pretty awesome - just not my cup of tea.

[Ladys Mom]

Since the cruise is now totally "waitlisted" Regent may have decided to cut their losses and cancel the whole cruise.  This may be a better route financially, among other reasons including guest goodwill, than cruising with a very small number of passengers.  Just my opinion.  I have no inside information.

[Pcardad]

Cancelling a cruising loses money. Replacing destinations will still sell cabins. No cruise line is going to opt for a zero-revenue trip when there is money to be had.

[1982CruzStart]

i think it is a really interesting itinerary but a total 180 from an Amazon cruise. That time of the year can be pretty chilly or they could have a fantastic spring and the weather great, pretty much a crap shoot. 

Heartbreaking for Regent to have to make such a drastic change. 

[BBWC]

1 hour ago, Pcardad said:

Cancelling a cruising loses money. Replacing destinations will still sell cabins. No cruise line is going to opt for a zero-revenue trip when there is money to be had.

Except for the world cruise Jason stated that they would have lost less money cancelling it than running it with a low passenger count. The money to be had is not covering expenses (fuel, food, etc).

[Pcardad]

Breakeven is around 30 to 35% occupancy depending on the cruise and that is ship cost only. Keep in mind that the WC was not really cancelled it was changed to run in the Caribbean...the difference being that the ship did not sit idle. They contemplated offering cabins at a massive fare reduction but decided it might anger too many people so they just did a non advertised sale instead.