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Gray Eagle02

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  1. Our favorite restaurant was Compass Rose where I found the steaks better than the Prime 7 and the service was as good as the specialty restaurants. We ate in the Sette Mari only once as it always ( on all the ships) struggles with service. I loved the avocado toast in the Compass Rose and my husband loved the Cronuts available everywhere. However, we enjoyed every meal in the Compass Rose. The food and service— especially wine service—was so much better than our recent Splendor cruise. A standout at the Pool Grill was the Ahi Tuna burger, done perfectly (rare) with an excellent sauce. The gym is well equipped but does not have a rower as does the Explorer and Splendor, which was a disappointment to me as I have a water rower at home that I use daily. We did not use the sports deck as the weather was not conducive to outdoor activities most of the time. Hope you enjoy your cruise as much as we enjoyed ours.
  2. We were served by Dennis in the Compass Rose twice. We recognized him from previous Mariner cruises. He’s very good and has been with Regent for years. But the entire staff, both familiar and new faces have been wonderful. Our last two cruises were on the Explorer and the Splendor. This cruise is really the RSSC of old. And I do not feel the ship is tired or dated. And the internet is a pleasant surprise. I am able to download the WP and NYTs with no difficulty. In the past I had to wake up in the early AM to be able to read the paper.
  3. We’re on the Mariner. Food and service excellent— better than our Splendor cruise in January of this year. What is truly remarkable is the WiFi is better than any ship on any line we’ve been on. I asked our butler if Starlink was connected. He told us it was installed but he didn’t think it was functioning. He directed me to the computer specialist but he wasn’t there when I checked. Regardless the WiFi is better than we’ve ever had. Hope it’s this good on the Voyager in April.
  4. Not sure I agree with that statement. We decided to book a Haven DOS on a Caribbean cruise as we have had multiple Regent cruises over the last ten years and the Regent costs have escalated astronomically since the Pandemic. The Haven DOS was roughly half of the cost of a comparable Regent cruise. We are going with old Navy friends who are old hands at the Haven. I have never gotten a bill at the end of a Regent cruise and after reading CC and watching the Ben and David review, I have no idea what the final cost will be, though I doubt it will double the cost of the room.
  5. I have my first Haven cruise coming up but have been cruising on Regent ( plus one Seabourn, Oceania and Viking cruise) for 11 years. I would never go without insurance, though it’s not primarily for cancellation; it’s for medical and medivac coverage. I can afford to eat the $30,000+ for the cost of the cruise( after all, if you paid for the cruise you can obviously afford it) but can’t afford the cost of medical care in a foreign country and especially for medivac coverage that can run into in excess of $100,000. For that reason I choose my policies very carefully. If the coverage for medical is not at least $100,000 and medivac at least $1,000,000, I get supplemental coverage from Squaremouth. Incidentally, I never get cruise ship coverage ( except for Seabourn) as it is almost always universally inadequate. And, yes these policies are very expensive as they are based on the cost of the cruise. I usually pay around $2,000 for the above noted coverage. In addition to this I have an Medjet annual policy that covers medical evacuation from any hospital worldwide to any hospital near my home. Maybe all this is overkill but I was an emergency room Nurse Practitioner and know how bad things can happen anywhere; the cost of the cruise—even a very expensive one—pales in comparison to a serious accident or illness. And, yes, I had one claim after we missed a Regent cruise 7 years ago after my husband had a bad accident and received a check for $25,000.
  6. Does Mariner have a row machine? We’re on the Splendor now and there are two; on the Explorer in 2019 there was one. It’s been a few years since I was on the Mariner and we’re scheduled for a cruise in Oct’23; last time we were on the Mariner there was no rower. Can anyone give me an update on the equipment.
  7. I just read this email on the FB sight. I never received the email and checked both trash and junk. I have two cruises scheduled- Jan 23 an Oct 23. I filled out the GIF with our middle initials ( that’s how we sign our names) and not with the full names as listed on our passports. I made my own air reservations for the Jan 23 cruise and the Oct 23 cruise is too distant to have the air reservations made. According to how I read the email I could be charged $2000. After reading the email on FB I immediately tried to edit the error on the RSSC site. Can’t be done. I certainly understand Regent’s position and I should have read the directions more carefully. However, I think that to charge me such a steep fine when I never received the email, which gave those that did receive it very little lead time, is certainly not reasonable. And to not allow people to correct the error prior to airline tickets being purchased when the trouble is minimal is also questionable. I attempted to call Regent as soon as I discovered all this but their office was closed. Note I never saw this email until the evening of 31Oct and It goes into affect 1Nov.
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