This was our second cruise with Regent, the previous one being in 2005 on Seven Seas Voyager when they were called Radisson. Since then we have had a couple of cruises with Silversea. Our last cruise on Silver Spirit wasn't such a good experience so we thought we would give Regent a try again.
We booked a G suite on a guarantee basis and were pleasantly surprised to find we had an upgrade to a Seven Seas Suite. The larger suite with 1.5 bathrooms and a huge balcony made quite a difference to the enjoyment of our cruise but we would have been happy with the G suite we booked.
We had some concerns about the BA flight Regent booked (14.25 arrival in Barcelona) actually getting us to the ship for the 18.00 departure but the flight was on time and the flow through the airport and the transfer were completed quickly and we were on the ship by around 16.15. Our luggage arrived at our cabin shortly afterwards. This suite came with a butler but unlike Silversea the butler does not unpack for you which was fine for us as we then knew where everything was at a later date (see comments on Butler later).