As a frequent traveler on REGENT we still do not comprehend what has happened... everything has changed, what was great before.. now is mediocre. Read my notes and just to be clear... you are warned.

After traveling for 23 hours from our home to Dubai and finally boarding the beautiful Regent Voyager- my wife and I were greeted with this: "Have you heard the news? We have been contacting all the passengers ahead of time (nobody contacted us, on the contrary, I e-mailed and called them several times with some questions, and nobody ever answered back my e-mails or calls), we have a LITTLE problem. The Ship is BROKEN it's one of the Pods and we are giving you 3 choices: (1) getting off and flying back home at their expense; (2) going on the Regent Mariner leaving 7 or 8 days after on a completely different route or (3) staying on with the unfortunate difference of not going to many of the ports scheduled in exchange of receiving 50% refund. Note: They promised to fly us back home at the end of the trip the same way we had planned, ie. Business Class- but we had to show them proof- needless to say, after presenting the Business receipts and anxiously waiting for 6-7 days for our return flight information, they booked us on Coach- When I called to inquiry the answer was: SO SORRY- BUT I AM NOT A TRAVEL AGENT! ugh! After complaining and waiting 4 more days in limbo, we finally received the e-ticket information on Business- that is how I planned originally.

Since we had planned this cruise for 6 months- we decided to stay on board. Our first Cabin 1058- located in the aft section of the ship was unacceptable with loud motor vibrations. After 2 days, we changed rooms to 1025 and then we were fine. Read more