Yacht Club vs Regent Grandeur

[morpheusofthesea]

On 3/27/2024 at 12:39 PM, floatplan said:

Oceania also uses Miami Terminal J so you'll have the same issue getting off.

Thanks for the heads up. 
we got up early and skipped breakfast in order to be first off this ship. Had to stand for two hours until 8:30 am when all the luggage was off loaded. No butler to escort us to the head of any line like on MSC. MSC has a line a mile long for steerage to get off and a separate exit for YC as well. We were the first to get to the one elevator down to street level. Felt sorry for the poor sods that came after us. Why people pay extra to be treated like this I will never know.

[Fogfog]

Curious, Are NCLs, Oceania and Regent loyalty programs all separate? Is there reciprocity like Celebrity and RCCL share?

[morpheusofthesea]

28 minutes ago, Fogfog said:

Curious, Are NCLs, Oceania and Regent loyalty programs all separate? Is there reciprocity like Celebrity and RCCL share?

Perhaps someone else has the answer. A candy bar or plate of chocolate covered strawberries is trivial. When one is spending more for a suite, one cares little for a bottle of cheap wine. When one reaches a certain age in life, one no longer pinches pennies. If we want something we pay for it. When we pay for it we expect it to be as advertised. This cruise line is a sham.

[morpheusofthesea]

Though there is a silver lining...."The exquisitely bad is as satisfying to the soul as the exquisitely good. Only the mediocre is unendurable." Mark Twain

 

The silver lining? At least now I know haven't missed out on anything these past 50 years.

[Fogfog]

Always love your quotes, humor and POV.

Don't know what you did for your "day job" - yet am going to guess you and the Mrs. make great dinner companions and are fun conversationalists.

[morpheusofthesea]

"We traveled among unknown (ships), to lands beyond the sea; nor (MSC ! ) did I know til now, what love I bore to thee." Wordsworth

[no1talks]

34 minutes ago, morpheusofthesea said:

Though there is a silver lining...."The exquisitely bad is as satisfying to the soul as the exquisitely good. Only the mediocre is unendurable." Mark Twain

 

The silver lining? At least now I know haven't missed out on anything these past 50 years.

 

I am reminded of this bit from The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)...

 

Treadle (Prince Regent's tailor): That, Sir Percy, is the last word in cuffs!

 

Sir Percy: Oh lord I should hope so! For there should never be another like it!

 

Prince Regent: Oh come now, it's not so bad.

 

Treadle: You see Sir Percy, His Royal Highness approves!

 

Sir Percy: My poor Treadle, His Royal Highness does nothing of the kind! He says it's "not so bad", and nothing in the world is so bad as something which is "not so bad"!

 

[travelwide]

3 hours ago, Fogfog said:

Curious, Are NCLs, Oceania and Regent loyalty programs all separate? Is there reciprocity like Celebrity and RCCL share?

No, there is no reciprocity. Know this from experience. 

[morpheusofthesea]

56 minutes ago, Fogfog said:

Don't know what you did for your "day job"

Just the average 'Joe' sitting, staring at a screen, dreaming of the wonders of the world. It's all we got. "Something to do, someone to love and something to look forward to." Emmanuel Kant

[morpheusofthesea]

43 minutes ago, no1talks said:

He says it's "not so bad", and nothing in the world is so bad as something which is "not so bad"!

Exactly.

[morpheusofthesea]

1 hour ago, morpheusofthesea said:

Only the mediocre is unendurable.

"not so bad" is settling for "the mediocre".

[Best Cat Mom]

4 hours ago, morpheusofthesea said:

At least now I know haven't missed out on anything these past 50 years.

Because of you, we know this now as well. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on Regent as compared to (our favorite) MSC YC. We will not have to ever give them another thought. 🙂

[L1211]

Thank you for the review MOTS, I’m planning a more luxury cruise and Regent is off my list.  Don’t see anything (other than your cabin- wow!!) terribly enticing.  Appreciate the honest review!! 

[morpheusofthesea]

On 3/24/2024 at 11:36 AM, no1talks said:

My, but you are the raconteur, Mssr. Morpheus.

I thought I'd close out this thread with something I learned from Winston Churchill, " A good (story)should be like a woman's skirt : long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest."

[KeepCalmBearOn]

My favorite Churchill quote is roughly:

 

Lady Astor: “Mr. Churchill, if I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee.”  

Churchill: “Madame, if I were married to you, I’d drink it.”