Most everyone, especially those who love the sea, has some familiarity with the story of the Panama Canal. David McCullough's marvelous book, The Path Between the Seas, is required reading for anyone making this trip. But no amount of reading or watching videos or documentaries prepares you adequately for the real thing. That's why we chose this trip.
We began in Miami's Mandarin Oriental ...
We chose Regent because we thought it was a high-end cruise, plus we wanted to sail through the Panama Canal. The staff, restaurants and food were excellent, but each shore excursion had terrible problems. The cruise director should communicate with the local tour company the DAY of the tour to determine if there were issues, such as traffic delays due to construction, etc, and then make changes. ...
We have been sailing with Regent since the beginning, over 25 years. We can't say enough how disappointed we were with this cruise.
We booked a Master Suite, the best cabin on the ship. While the cabin was spacious, the shower stall was so small you couldn't even bend over. Secondly we had leaks in the room for the first 5 days of the cruise. We had wet carpet every single day for the ...
I wanted a daylight transit of the canal.That was great!
The ship skipped 2 ports... Nicaragua and Guatamala...no compensation for that.
I was disappointed that coming back to New York we passed the Statue of liberty at 4AM so I missed that and I was so much looking forward to it.
The officers were invisible. I saw the captain only once the whole trip.
Ray was a great cruise director. ...
I have taken 2 other Regent cruises they were perfect
Regent has to take a serious look at their WiFi offered for free. Most times it was either so slow or not available definitely not a good experience
The crew excellent the food especially the new Compass Rose menu was perfect
The complimentary laundry was another disappointment why not extend the hours?
The big negative was our ...
Ports of call were good - not excellent! Why stop at locations that have nothing to offer? An example woud be Hilo, Hawaii.
The destination personnel were not well trained. Priority guests were not treated like priorities! In most situations - waitlist was an imaginary item.
Basically I would say the ship personnel were very friendly and dedicated employees. Upper management needs to ...
we choose this cruise because we had heard good things about Regent and we liked the fact that it was all inclusive.
We liked the ship itself. It was clean and well maintained. We did not like the pool because it was too hard to get into and out of.
The concierge level cabin was nice. The bathroom had both a bath tub and a separate shower and we liked the fairly large walk in closet. ...
As wary cruisers we wondered if we were risking too much committing to a 29 day cruise?
Not a problem at all!
We selected a cabin midship with no balcony and found we had plenty of options to sit quietly on deck if we chose to. Being low and in the middle, our cabin was very stable and we had a smooth journey for 29 nights. Reports of wild weather nights surprised us.
The cabin was ...
Hi Alsteph and thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us regarding your recent cruise aboard Seven Seas Navigator. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed the all inclusive...
We were first time REGENT cruisers, although we have cruised MANY times before on Celebrity, Princess, Azamarra, etc......This was a 18-night "Panama Canal" cruise that started in SF on July 20 and ended up in Miami.on Aug 7. Ship was very small and intimate, nicely refurbished. Cabin was VERY large and very well designed, but we were on the 8th deck in Cabin 868 and the vibrations from the ...
We choose this cruise because of the itinerary , Panama Canal , Costa Rica , Guatemala , all those countries we haven't been ..and who are very interesting .
The cabins are not very spacious , but correct .
No need to take a Penthouse class , anyway the area is exactly the same , it's only the situation on the ship that differs , and you get the help of a butler .
There are 3 restaurants ...