Just back from the last Regent Baltic cruise of the season, Stockholm to Southampton. Overall a great cruise, with better than expected weather and great ports. Since this is the last trip of the season, no one will be able to use this review for the current year, but I think it will be helpful for those planning for next year.

The flights, transfers and loading

Flew from Washington Dulles to Copenhagen on SAS Business /First and had a great flight, service and food. Arrival in Copenhagen was early, and we cleared security and passport control in a breeze. After prowling the shops we settled into the SAS lounge until our one hour hop over to Stockholm. Meet and greet was prompt, we rolled our bags onto the bus and were downtown in about 45 minutes. Hotel was Scandic Grand Central. This was supposed to be the upgrade. Not a bad place but if you are thinking Grand Hyatt or even newer Hilton, it is not. I cannot compare to other Stockholm hotels, but if I was going back I would try something else. Transfers to the ship were right on time and check in was a snap, done on board in the showroom. Disembark was again right on the promised time despite docking 30 minutes late. We were on an 11:15 Virgin Atlantic to Dulles and our bus also included people on an 11:00 to Chicago. We were all nervous of the time, but even in Thursday morning rush hour traffic we were at Terminal 3 in less than 90 minutes and sitting in the Virgin Upper Class lounge two hours before our flight. Flights home were great and we had no complaints. Read more