Mariner Binoculars

[freddiebud]

I was reading in one of those travel books that some cruise lines provide binoculars for their Alaskan cruise guests to use. Does anyone know if the Mariner has binocs?

[Breezes06]

I'm wondering the same thing. Regent cruisers, can anyone answer this question?

[englishlee]

Just got off the Mariner and if they did provide them we didn't find them!

 

Pity as we forgot ours, but we saw in excess of 200 whales in a three hour period - the bino's would have been useful then.

[Margate Cruiser]

They make a binocular that has a gyro that keeps everything steady. Has two batteries. Last year the Capt. on another cruise line saw me use them and asked if he have a try. I said yes. He proceeded to let me have his and said I can pick mine up at the end of the cruise. 60 days later. We became good friends.

[egret]

I always travel with binoculars so I don't recall whether they were available on the Mariner last May. The excusions to Tracy Arm and the whale watching and otter watching had binoculars for every seat.

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

We brought a lightweight spotting scope (Leupold) and a lightweight tripod on a Mariner Eastern Caribbean cruise. Used it a fair amount. At 40x magnification it was good for spying on the rich and famous on their yachts :D

 

[freddiebud]

thanks for the answers. we have a few pairs of binoculars, okay, not great. we are deciding whether to invest or not.

 

note to Ragnar Danneskjold - we bring them on all cruises to check out what's going on with other ships at port! :)