Regatta Review

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A Once-in-a-lifetime voyage

Review for the South Pacific Cruise on Regatta
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chicagoGWMC
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Apr 2012
Cabin: Penthouse Suite

First, about us. We're a gay male couple, both 50. We took this cruise with a friend staying singly in a nearby cabin. We've cruised on Oceania (and the Regatta) once before, in 2008 (Barcelona to Rome), and once on MSC (Eastern Caribbean), in 2011.

I walk with forearm crutches and bring a wheelchair for trips with a lot of walking. We opted to not get an accessible cabin because Regatta only offers those as interior cabins. We originally worked with an Oceania agent when the cruise first went on sail to get one of the rear, larger-balconied Veranda cabins (6093). We were offered an opportunity to inexpensively upgrade to a PH2 cabin and took advantage of it, having been curious about the extra level of comfort and service.

I hate to begin on a negative note, but our experience with Air Tahiti Nui was less than stellar. We opted to use miles for the air portion (pulling about $1000 off the cruise fare) and saved up enough miles to go round-trip first class. We found that although TN (Air Tahiti Nui) claims to offer free first-class seats, they only offer business. OK. We booked round-trip business seats between Papeete and Chicago.

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Penthouse Suite

Cabin PH2

8019. Convenient to elevators. Also just off cross-ship walkway, so convenient if your parties aren't all together. Also made it easier to use a wheelchair to get in and out of room (hallway = more room to maneuver).

8007 (other member of group). A bit of noise the first or second night from upstairs (pool deck). Otherwise no problems.

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