On 3/6/2023 at 6:43 PM, Yankeeclipper1 said:

Maybe we'll get together for dinner one night.

 

Ray

 

Maybe we'll get together for dinner one night.

 

Ray

Would love to meet with you for dinner sometime!  It has been a while since we all met in the pool on the Explorer.  Knowing how particular you are, based on our conversations, I am now excited about Navigator, whereas before, I had a little trepidation.  If YOU like it, we are sure to like it!  😀

 

Joanie

Thanks for taking the time to give us a summary.  I will be interested to see how things progress.  We are on the Navigator in May, so your comments are pertinent for us!

 

Joanie

@Yankeeclipper1  What a great summary of all the nice-to-know things that make Regent special.  Looking forward to seeing you in May on the Navigator!

 

Joanie

8 hours ago, terrydtx said:

We are joining the list of Celebrity refugees in this forum too. We are Elite with X and for the last few years only booked Sky Suites as we fell in love with the Retreat product. However X is now pricing their suites as if they were on Regent or Silver Seas.  Our current 4 upcoming Sky Suite cruises are currently 20-30% higher than when we booked over a year ago. The final straw was when we looked at a Sky Suite on the Equinox for a 14 night cruise from Santiago to Buenos Aires in 2025. The Sky Suite would cost about the same as an A2 Concierge class cabin on the Marina for 18 nights. It was a no brainer, we are now booked on our first O cruise and looking forward to a more premium experience. My sister and brother in law are also joining us on this cruise and another couple we met in our roll call for our September Apex cruise decided to join us as well. 

Might as well chime in.  I remember seeing you on the X boards!  We were more dissatisfied than pleased with Celebrity on our last few cruises (Elite, like many of you).  Tried one HAL cruise, lulled by memories of a good one long ago, and ran away from that mistake.  Have now done two Regent and found our happy place, but also soon trying O after years of thinking we should.  Nice to have options.  I personally think the folks at Celebrity have lost their marbles with what they are trying to price their cruises.  🧐🫣🤪

 

Joanie

On 2/23/2023 at 9:34 PM, cuddles115 said:

Most excursions are poor and not worth leaving the ship. You get what you pay for and Regent's free excursions are, for the most part, worthless.

Strongly disagree with this statement.  FWIW. We have enjoyed our excursions and only found one that we felt could be improved.  We have been on only two cruises with R but took full advantage of the excursions.  We have ridden horses on the beach, done an ATV jungle tour, done a mangrove airboat tour, ridden camels…..and none of the tours was a huge bus of people, but small vans.  Great experiences that added greatly to both cruises.  Looking forward to more Regent tours.  

6 hours ago, Gpilon said:

Will you be spending any time in Montreal?

 

I wish we were!  But I take care of our twin grands, who are 7, and they are getting out of school for the summer so we have to come straight back home.

@CruiserFromMaine FWIW, we are on the Navigator in May, Miami to Montreal.  When we booked the hotel was the Brickell.  But we were notified about a week ago that the hotel has been switched to the Mandarin Oriental.  Regent apparently heard and heeded the dissatisfaction regarding the Brickell.  I’m sorry this happened too late for you.  It’s disappointing to start a luxury cruise with a less than luxury hotel.  Many thanks for your review!

 

Joanie

We are taking our first Oceania cruise in November and I really appreciate the time you are taking to post.  Lots of good info for those of us who are new to O.  Thanks!

 

Joanie

BOOKS AND SERIES TO READ

 

Georges Simenon Series 

Gideon Oliver -Aaron  Elkins series 

Louise Penny’s Gamache series.

Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series

Any books by Josephine Tey

Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January series, if you like historical mysteries!

JD Robb books and Robert B Parker

The Scarapetta series by Patricia Cornwell 

MC Beaton books 

Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Series.  

Donna Leon’s Brunetti series. 

Any books by Tana French

Any books by P. D. James.  

Greg Isles, a writer from Natchez, MS.

Snowblind” by Ragnar Jonasson.  (Book 1 of 6 - DarkIceland)

Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger.  Also non-series books.

Brad Thor.

JK Rowling (author of Harry Potter series), writing under the name Robert Galbraith -- the Cormoran Strike series.

Andrea Camilleri -- the Inspector Montalbano series.

Helen Fields -- the Perfect series.

Karin Slaughter -- the Will Trent series, Grant Country Line series. 

Daniel Silva - Gabriel Allon series

James Crumley —should be read in order

Winston Graham—Poldark series

Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum series.  Fox and Hare series.

Anything by Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiassen 

Old Archie comic books and Mad Magazine. 🙂

Ian Rankin’s Rebus series

Peter Robinson’s DCI Banks series

Nevada Barr’s National Parks series

Anything by Anne Cleeves

Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes - current times

Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry - Victorian era(if you are planning a trip to Egypt check out theAmelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters)

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.  4 books.

The Longmire books by Craig Johnson.  Also suggest the fantastic series on Netflix.

David McCullough 'Path Between the Seas' (Panama Canal), and The Great Bridge

Caroline Graham Inspector Barnaby series. 

John Sandford , the Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series

Any books by Harlan Coben

Khalid Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner

Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

Andy Weir, “not science fiction but science plausibility”

Danelle Harmon Series

Caleb Carr -  The Alienist.

Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders/Susan Ryeland Series.  Also Horowitz & Hawthorne series

Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe books, later written by Robert Goldsborough

Ruth Ware

Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington series.  #61 just published.

Tess Gerritson

Lisa Scottoline.

Michael Connelly. Bosch books

Lee Child Reacher series

James Lee Burke Robicheaux

Patricia Cornell Scarpetta books, Andy Brazil series

Jonathan Kellerman Delaware books

Greg Iles

Jeffrey Deaver Lincoln Rhymes series

Nelson DeMille

John Grisham

Scott Turow

Pat Conroy...more family drama than mystery

The Outlander series

Brad Meltzer

Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger series

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six (same author)

I just finished American Dirt and loved it so much I bought two more of her books.  

Iris Johansen (EveDuncan series, and others).

Colin Dexter Inspector Morse series

David Baldacci—Amos Decker, Atlee Pine and John Puller series

JA Jance

Karen Rose

Carol Goodman, The Stranger Behind You, plus multiple other books.  Contemporary suspenseful fiction.

Chris Carter -  Robert Hunter Series -   I just started #5 One by One

Jefferson Bass -  Body Farm Series - Based on the Body Farm at UT Knoxville.    

Joe R. Lansdale -  Hap and Leonard -  probably one of the most politically incorrect novels you will ever read - two Red Necks as they take justice into their own hands.   Keeps me in stitches.

Sara Parestky - The V.I. Warhawski Series-just started "indemnity Only(1982) and is #1 of 21

Sue Grafton—the Kinsey Milhone series

Ethan Cross—-the Ackerman thrillers

Ginny Rorby—Like Dust I Rise

Jacqueline Winspear—Maisie Dobbs series

Carlos Ruiz Zafón "The Shadow of the Wind", set in Barcelona, with a walking tour at the end of the book. Cemetery of Forgotten Books—4 Book series. 

Mark Kurlansky—Cod (good for a Canada/New England cruise)

John U. Bacon—The Great Halifax Explosion 

James Patterson—When the Wind Blows series

Ken Follett—Pillars of the Earth series, Century series, Eye of the Needle

Stan Evans.  Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them.  Non-Fiction.

Danger on the Atlantic (A Jane Wunderly Mystery Book 3) by Erica RuthNeubauer

Steve Higgs—Patricia Fisher series. A sleuth on luxury cruise ships.

The Clifton Chronicles series by Jeffrey Archer - several parallels with Ken Follett series .

The Nathan McBride series by Andrew Petersen (shades of David Baldacci).

John Milton series by Mark Dawson, fairly easy read rogue/off grid MI6 agent but quite stark - there are LOADS of them, some, predictably, are better than others.

Matthew Shardlake Mysteries by CJ Sansom (historical fiction time of Henry VIII)

Marc Dane series by James Swallow 

CJ Box, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett series.

Martin Walker, small town France, Bruno, Chief of Police

Lindsey Davis, Falco series, also the recent series with Falcon’s slaughter, Flavia Albia

Kerry Green-wood, the Phryne Fisher mysteries and the Corinna Chapman series

James Clavell, Tai-pan and Shogun 

Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

Herman Wouk, Winds of War, War and Remembrance 

Elly Griffith

Steve Burrows

Randy Wayne Wright

Vince Flynn.  Mitch Rapp series

Jeffrey Archer.

Kristin Hannah. Especially “The Nightingale”

Steve Berry.  The Cotton Malone series.

Lisa Ballantyne.

Thoroughly enjoyed going on the cruise with you, and your reports and observations.  It takes time to do it, and it is appreciated.  Reading it was a nice way to start the day!

 

Joanie

I totally concur with Sagrada Familia.  For me it was almost heart wrenchingly beautiful. What a testament to the vision of one single man.  In all the places we have visited, it is the most treasured memory and I felt humbled to have the opportunity to see it.  You can always go back to see Las Ramblas someday and if you don’t, I don’t think you will have missed too much.  But to miss Sagrada Familia would be so sad, IMO.  Definitely get a reservation and a guide adds so much.  Let us know what you decide!

 

Joanie

On 2/5/2023 at 9:47 AM, jimbri said:

I recently read two books by Lisa Ballantyne and enjoyed them.

@jimbrii just posted the updated list but missed your addition.  I have now added your suggestion and you will see it on the next update.  Thanks.

UPDATE

BOOKS AND SERIES TO READ

 

Georges Simenon Series 

Gideon Oliver -Aaron  Elkins series 

Louise Penny’s Gamache series.

Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series

Any books by Josephine Tey

Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January series, if you like historical mysteries!

JD Robb books and Robert B Parker

The Scarapetta series by Patricia Cornwell 

MC Beaton books 

Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Series.  

Donna Leon’s Brunetti series. 

Any books by Tana French

Any books by P. D. James.  

Greg Isles, a writer from Natchez, MS.

Snowblind” by Ragnar Jonasson.  (Book 1 of 6 - DarkIceland)

Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger.  Also non-series books.

Brad Thor.

JK Rowling (author of Harry Potter series), writing under the name Robert Galbraith -- the Cormoran Strike series.

Andrea Camilleri -- the Inspector Montalbano series.

Helen Fields -- the Perfect series.

Karin Slaughter -- the Will Trent series, Grant Country Line series. 

Daniel Silva - Gabriel Allon series

James Crumley —should be read in order

Winston Graham—Poldark series

Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum series.  Fox and Hare series.

Anything by Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiassen 

Old Archie comic books and Mad Magazine. 🙂

Ian Rankin’s Rebus series

Peter Robinson’s DCI Banks series

Nevada Barr’s National Parks series

Anything by Anne Cleeves

Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes - current times

Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry - Victorian era(if you are planning a trip to Egypt check out theAmelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters)

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.  4 books.

The Longmire books by Craig Johnson.  Also suggest the fantastic series on Netflix.

David McCullough 'Path Between the Seas' (Panama Canal), and The Great Bridge

Caroline Graham Inspector Barnaby series. 

John Sandford , the Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series

Any books by Harlan Coben

Khalid Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner

Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

Andy Weir, “not science fiction but science plausibility”

Danelle Harmon Series

Caleb Carr -  The Alienist.

Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders/Susan Ryeland Series.  Also Horowitz & Hawthorne series

Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe books, later written by Robert Goldsborough

Ruth Ware

Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington series.  #61 just published.

Tess Gerritson

Lisa Scottoline.

Michael Connelly. Bosch books

Lee Child Reacher series

James Lee Burke Robicheaux

Patricia Cornell Scarpetta books, Andy Brazil series

Jonathan Kellerman Delaware books

Greg Iles

Jeffrey Deaver Lincoln Rhymes series

Nelson DeMille

John Grisham

Scott Turow

Pat Conroy...more family drama than mystery

The Outlander series

Brad Meltzer

Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger series

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six (same author)

I just finished American Dirt and loved it so much I bought two more of her books.  

Iris Johansen (EveDuncan series, and others).

Colin Dexter Inspector Morse series

David Baldacci—Amos Decker, Atlee Pine and John Puller series

JA Jance

Karen Rose

Carol Goodman, The Stranger Behind You, plus multiple other books.  Contemporary suspenseful fiction.

Chris Carter -  Robert Hunter Series -   I just started #5 One by One

Jefferson Bass -  Body Farm Series - Based on the Body Farm at UT Knoxville.    

Joe R. Lansdale -  Hap and Leonard -  probably one of the most politically incorrect novels you will ever read - two Red Necks as they take justice into their own hands.   Keeps me in stitches.

Sara Parestky - The V.I. Warhawski Series-just started "indemnity Only(1982) and is #1 of 21

Sue Grafton—the Kinsey Milhone series

Ethan Cross—-the Ackerman thrillers

Ginny Rorby—Like Dust I Rise

Jacqueline Winspear—Maisie Dobbs series

Carlos Ruiz Zafón "The Shadow of the Wind", set in Barcelona, with a walking tour at the end of the book. Cemetery of Forgotten Books—4 Book series. 

Mark Kurlansky—Cod (good for a Canada/New England cruise)

John U. Bacon—The Great Halifax Explosion 

James Patterson—When the Wind Blows series

Ken Follett—Pillars of the Earth series, Century series, Eye of the Needle

Stan Evans.  Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them.  Non-Fiction.

Danger on the Atlantic (A Jane Wunderly Mystery Book 3) by Erica RuthNeubauer

Steve Higgs—Patricia Fisher series. A sleuth on luxury cruise ships.

The Clifton Chronicles series by Jeffrey Archer - several parallels with Ken Follett series .

The Nathan McBride series by Andrew Petersen (shades of David Baldacci).

John Milton series by Mark Dawson, fairly easy read rogue/off grid MI6 agent but quite stark - there are LOADS of them, some, predictably, are better than others.

Matthew Shardlake Mysteries by CJ Sansom (historical fiction time of Henry VIII)

Marc Dane series by James Swallow 

CJ Box, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett series.

Martin Walker, small town France, Bruno, Chief of Police

Lindsey Davis, Falco series, also the recent series with Falcon’s slaughter, Flavia Albia

Kerry *****, the Phryne Fisher mysteries and the Corinna Chapman series

James Clavell, Tai-pan and Shogun 

Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

Herman Wouk, Winds of War, War and Remembrance 

Elly Griffith

Steve Burrows

Randy Wayne Wright

Vince Flynn.  Mitch Rapp series

Jeffrey Archer.

Kristin Hannah. Especially “The Nightingale”

Steve Berry.  The Cotton Malone series.

 

 

 

                       

                         

             

 

 

 

 

22 hours ago, kihei228 said:

I would add: Martin Walker

                        Elly Griffiths

                         Steve Burrows

                          Randy Wayne Wright

@kihei228 Martin Walker is already on the list but I added the other three.  I’ll posts the newest update in a few days in case other suggestions come in.  Thanks.

 

Joanie

Latest Update. 
 

 

Book Series to Read

 

@Damaris1900 it did it to me, too….so I put a hyphen in the name to get it to show something close to the real name of the author.  Weird!  If you look up that author, take the hyphen out of Green-wood!  🧐🙄

 

Book Series to Read

 

Georges Simenon Series 

Gideon Oliver -Aaron  Elkins  series 

Louise Penny’s Gamache series.

Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey series

Any books by Josephine Tey

Barbara Hambly - Benjamin January series, if you like historical mysteries!

JD Robb books and Robert B Parker

The Scarapetta series by Patricia Cornwell 

MC Beaton books 

Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley Series.  

Donna Leon’s Brunetti series. 

Any books by Tana French

Any books by P. D. James.  

Greg Isles, a writer from Natchez, MS.

Snowblind” by Ragnar Jonasson.  (Book 1 of 6 - DarkIceland)

Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger.  Also non-series books.

Brad Thor

JK Rowling (author of Harry Potter series), writing under the name Robert Galbraith -- the Cormoran Strike series.

Andrea Camilleri -- the Inspector Montalbano series.

Helen Fields -- the Perfect series.

Karin Slaughter -- the Will Trent series, Grant Country Line series. 

Daniel Silva - Gabriel Allon series

James Crumley —should be read in order

Winston Graham—Poldark series

Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum series.  Fox and Hare series.

Anything by Tim Dorsey or Carl Hiassen 

Old Archie comic books and Mad Magazine. 🙂

Ian Rankin’s Rebus series

Peter Robinson’s DCI Banks series

Nevada Barr’s National Parks series

Anything by Anne Cleeves

Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes - current times

Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry - Victorian era

 (and if you are planning a trip to Egypt check out theAmelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters)

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.  4 books.

The Longmire books by Craig Johnson.  Also suggest the fantastic series on Netflix.

David McCullough 'Path Between the Seas' (Panama Canal), and The Great Bridge

Caroline Graham Inspector Barnaby series. 

John Sandford , the Prey series and the Virgil Flowers series

Any books by Harlan Coben

Khalid Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Kite Runner

Cupcake Brown, A Piece of Cake

Andy Weir, “not science fiction but science plausibility”

Danelle Harmon Series

Caleb Carr -  The Alienist.

Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders/Susan Ryeland Series.  Also Horowitz & Hawthorne series

Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe books, later written by Robert Goldsborough

Ruth Ware

Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington series.  #61 just published.

Tess Gerritson

Lisa Scottoline.

Michael Connelly Bosch books

Lee Child Reacher series

James Lee Burke Robicheaux

Patricia Cornell Scarpetta books, Andy Brazil series

Jonathan Kellerman Delaware books

Greg Iles

Jeffrey Deaver Lincoln Rhymes series

Nelson DeMille

John Grisham

Scott Turow

Pat Conroy...more family drama than mystery

The Outlander series

Brad Meltzer

Jonathan Maberry’s Joe Ledger series

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six (same author)

I just finished American Dirt and loved it so much I bought two more of her books.  

Iris Johansen (EveDuncan series, and others).

Colin Dexter Inspector Morse series

David Baldacci—Amos Decker, Atlee Pine and John Puller series

JA Jance

Karen Rose

Carol Goodman, The Stranger Behind You, plus multiple other books. 

Chris Carter -  Robert Hunter Series 

Jefferson Bass -  Body Farm Series - Based on the Body Farm at UT Knoxville.    

Joe R. Lansdale -  Hap and Leonard -  probably one of the most politically incorrect novels - two Red Necks as they take justice into their own hands.   Keeps me in stitches.

Sara Parestky -  The V.I. Warhawski Series  

Sue Grafton—the Kinsey Milhone series

Ethan Cross—-the Ackerman thrillers

Ginny Rorby—Like Dust I Rise

Jacqueline Winspear—Maisie Dobbs series

Carlos Ruiz Zafón "The Shadow of the Wind", set in Barcelona, with a walking tour at the end of the book. Cemetery of Forgotten Books—4 Book series. 

Mark Kurlansky—Cod (good for a Canada/New England cruise)

John U. Bacon—The Great Halifax Explosion 

James Patterson—When the Wind Blows series

Ken Follett—Pillars of the Earth series, Century series, Eye of the Needle

Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners and the Women Who Traveled and Worked Aboard Them by Stan Evans.  This is non-fiction but seems interesting. 

 Danger on the Atlantic (A Jane Wunderly Mystery Book 3) by Erica RuthNeubauer

Steve Higgs—Patricia Fisher series. A sleuth on luxury cruise ships.

The Clifton Chronicles series by Jeffrey Archer - several parallels with Ken Follett series .

The Nathan McBride series by Andrew Petersen (shades of David Baldacci).

John Milton series by Mark Dawson, fairly easy read rogue/off grid MI6 agent but quite stark - there are LOADS of them, some, predictably, are better than others.

Matthew Shardlake Mysteries by CJ Sansom (historical fiction time of Henry VIII)

Marc Dane series by James Swallow 

CJ Box, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett series.

Martin Walker, small town France, Bruno, Chief of Police

Lindsey Davis, Falco series, also the recent series with Falcon’s slaughter, Flavia Albia

Kerry Green-wood,  the Phryne Fisher mysteries and the Corinna Chapman series

 

 

 

@IrishKathy  you bet!  Will email you so you have my email.  
 

J

@lprp thanks.  I’ve added your list and will post the updated list in a few days in case others want to add their book suggestions.

 

FYI. On CC, if you click the @ and wait a second, a list of CC names will pop up….just type in the correct one, and you will see it pop up.  If you click on it, it will show in your message as a blue blurb p, as you see for you above, and that will send s notification to the intended person that you have responded.

This is a lists of books and series I have maintained for several years.  Periodically someone will request it or give suggestions and I post it again on CC.  It has been requested to be posted as a thread and in the Watercooler so I am doing both.  I have hesitated to post it previously for fear of not being able to maintain new suggestions, but will give it a try.

 

if you have suggestions, please use @GeorgiaPeach51 so I will receive a notification and will know to update it.  Many books and series listed are mysteries, but not all. So feel free to suggest anything you enjoy, and we will all give this a try!  This is for all of us who love to read and have great anxiety when we get to the end of a series with no idea what to read next!  🥰

 

Joanie

 

Book Series to Read

This is a lists of books and series I have maintained for several years.  Periodically someone will request it or give suggestions and I post it again on CC.  It has been requested to be posted as a thread and in the Watercooler so I am doing both.  I have hesitated to post it previously for fear of not being able to maintain new suggestions, but will give it a try.

 

if you have suggestions, please use @GeorgiaPeach51 so I will receive a notification and will know to update it.  Many books and series listed are mysteries, but not all. So feel free to suggest anything you enjoy, and we will all give this a try!  This is for all of us who love to read and have great anxiety when we get to the end of a series with no idea what to read next!  🥰

 

Joanie

 

Book Series to Read

 

21 minutes ago, Wendy The Wanderer said:

Yes, please, post this to the Watercooler. Then we can add some of our own.

@Wendy The Wandererand @2012_Alaska_bound as requested, I am putting this up as its’ own post and in the watercooler…..it seems to me that it will be easier to find and track if it is the only thing rather than people having to search thru the watercooler, but don’t know for sure.  I’ll attempt to keep it updated.

 

Joanie

@asnaleah. Here you go..the updated list.  Thanks for the suggestion!  
 

FYI, if you don’t know, this is an ongoing list I have kept for several years, compiling book suggestions when we were sailing on Celebrity a lot.  Periodically someone will request it or give suggestions.  I have hesitated to make it a separate post on its’ own for fear of being inundated with suggestions and unable to keep up, but will do so if there seems to be enough interest.  Most are mysteries, but certainly not all.  
 

Joanie

 

 

Book Series to Read

 

We were recently on Splendor and really enjoyed her.  We have fled Celebrity after many years and dollars and after two cruises on Splendor and Explorer, which we loved, We will be trying the Navigator next.  Regent is a happy fit for us, and your description of what you are looking for in a cruise is exactly where we are.  I hope you love it!

 

Joanie

Really enjoyed reading about your trip, and the photos you added.  It is time consuming but appreciated!  Glad you had a good vacation!

 

Joanie