By Eric Goldring
For the past couple of years, as the economy has struggled, Seabourn engaged in a pricing strategy that made absolutely no sense to me…and was very frustrating for guests as they feared booking early was going to result in them paying more than those that waited…and, honestly, me because I
On Cruise Critic there has been a long thread about the saga of the Regent Seven Seas Voyager’s azipod issues that is now plaguing the ship (and which are being repaired). While the thread initially was about the ordeal of the cancelled cruise and then what type of compensation was
Celebrity Cruise’s Century has just cancelled its October 13, 2010 cruise after sailing out of Barcelona, apparently due to loss of some control with its rudders (not sure if it is one or both). (It is has traditional propellers and rudders, rather than azipods like the under-repair Regent Seven Seas Voyager.)
I love the way people all become experts on anything dealing with anything…especially cruises. The vast majority of people have absolutely no idea what goes into running a tender, no less a cruise ship or a cruise line. Yet these folks, unfortunately, stir up innocent folks affected by the unfortunate
Regent Seven Seas Voyager has sailed from Piraeus to Marseille for drydock repairs to its podded propulsion system. Traveling at 14.3 knots (well below her normal cruising speed, but certainly sailing competently) she is expected to arrive in Marseille early in the afternoon on Sunday. Although the time needed for repairs
The other day a well respected and long time naturalist for Regent, Terry Breen, made a comment somewhere that the repairs to the Regent Voyager’s broken azipod could take a month. This set off a whirlwind of “OMG, my cruise is probably canceled even though Regent Seven Seas hasn’t yet
The last few days have been very frustrating and disappointing for a number of my clients who booked the Oceania Nautica’s December 11, 2010 cruise from Capetown, South Africa to Singapore. The reason is that the ports of Dar El Salaam and Zanzibar in Tanzania and Mombasa, Kenya were cancelled and replaced
Regent Seven Seas Cruises is struggling to make things as right as possible for its guests aboard its crippled Voyager for their October 3, 2010 cruise and for its guests who were to board her on October 17, 2010. Having dealt with a similar problem during Voyager’s 2009 World Cruise, Regent
It has happened again: The Regent Seven Seas Voyager has been disabled with a propulsion pod problem and its current cruise (and, it seems clear, an uncertain number of future cruises) has been canceled. The ship is currently in Piraeus, Greece waiting for arrangements to be made at the most
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