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Best on Regent is Woodford Reserve Bourbon…

Me too!

The only downside is the sauna. It’s infrared and not nearly hot enough for sauna aficionados.

F Superior is our “suite spot” too on Explorer and her sisters…

Always mix Americans and Brits and if possible Canadians. Another European is a good idea too…

Just as an aside, my wife and I prefer a bathtub and shower, which is why on Explorer and Splendour we would choose any of these categories over a Penthouse Suite, which oddly only has a shower. (The only Regent Penthouse Suite that makes sense to us in on Mariner.)

Just get a Superior Suite, F1 or 2. Same as Concierge except for amenities that in our view aren’t worth the price difference.

We went from Tokyo to Kyoto and it was great. For a very reasonable price they will ship your suitcases from one hotel to the other, which is a must if you’re on a long trip with luggage.

Perhaps due to extraordinary cancellations because Venice has banned all their ships and others over a certain size? Just received a brochure replacing Venice with Trieste or Rome. Kotor replaced with Catania due to restrictions for similar environmental reasons.

The civil unrest was long over by the time we got to Peru. We went to Lima for the day and then straight to Cusco and Machu Picchu, and had a fantastic time. No problems whatsoever. Oceania way overreacted and those who booked through them (and didn’t rebook privately) lost out big time…

Don’t think much of the Chilean cab and merlot by the glass. For us, the Deakin Shiraz is the only decent red by the glass. If they have Wente Cab by the glass, that is a winner too.

Well, there could be examples of California Cuisine” popularized by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse (e.g., farmers market items like arugula and other bitter greens with baked goat cheese), various styles of American barbecue and “soul food” as well as New Orleans specialities like gumbo, shrimp etoufffe, blackened redfish, creole dishes, muffelata sandwiches, chili con carne, Nashville hot chicken, Thanksgiving Turkey meals, Maine Lobster, Dungeness Crab, California sand dabs, Grand Central Station Clam Pan Roast, Florida grouper, etc. The new restaurant on Oceania Vista looks like it may take a bit of this approach.

British Night on the cruise is just as appealing as that menu! Not…

I totally agree. Modern British cuisine can be excellent (though other than sweetbreads I am not a big fan of offal cuisine, as made famous by St. John restaurant in London…).