Regatta Review

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Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Regatta

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Sail Date: May 2008
Cabin: Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom

My husband and I were on the Regatta in May 2008 for the Barcelona to Rome cruise. We flew into Barcelona one day ahead of time and stayed at the Olivia Plaza Hotel in a suite on the 5th floor. This hotel is a small boutique hotel and has an excellent location close to everything. They let us check in at 9:30 a.m. The rooms are very modern but we really liked the layout and the price for a suite was very reasonable compared to other hotels. It was very quiet and we would highly recommend it. They recommended a great restaurant for dinner called 4 Cats. We would recommend making reservations and asking for the back room where there is live music during dinner.

BOARDING: We boarded the ship around 12:30 p.m. It all went smoothly except they misprinted our welcoming letter to say we only had 2 guaranteed nights at the private restaurants when we actually had 4 because we were on the concierge level. After waiting an hour in line to make our reservations, (This was one area where service was terrible. This process shouldn't take this long and is not a great way to start your vacation. The man that took the reservations had a definite attitude.) the maitre de realized it was a mistake and made 4 reservations for us. Did not have a lot of choice in days and times so I would recommend the earlier you board the ship the better in regards to getting reservations. We then went to the buffet lunch in the Terrace Cafe which was good and then went to our room to find our luggage waiting. The room was great it looked exactly as it appears online. The bathrooms and shower are small but to be expected on a cruise ship. The room was never too small for us and would never not have a balcony because we utilized it often.

We ate in the main dining room the first night. It was stormy the first two nights and the ship definitely feels the motion. In fact you rarely didn't feel the motion of the ship when at sea. We had the patch you put behind your ear for sea sickness and I would highly recommend this. We were never sea sick but many others were.

Cabin Review

Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom

Cabin A3

quiet, good location, didn't notice any more motion than on the rest of the ship even though were were towards the bow

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