This Cruise Line Says It's The World's Best! I Put That To The Test

Name: This Cruise Line Says It's The World's Best! I Put That To The Test | Humix Video
Uploaded: 2025-02-16T04:15:47+00:00
Duration: 17 min 53 s

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days before heading off on Regent's
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newest ship the Grandeur the line
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launched new advertising promising that
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Nobody Does it Better in it they also
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claimed to have the world's most
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luxurious Fleet and that no Cruise Line
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beats them on destination experiences
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Hospitality luxury spaces or dining now
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having been on region before while I
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found them fantastic and great I didn't
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think they beat every line so this lades
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trip turned into the perfect opportunity
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to really test out if Regent now does
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cruising better than everybody else as
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they promise welcome aboard I'm Gary
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bambridge and this is what I found and
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as always to offer an unbiased review I
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booked and paid for this trip myself
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like every other cruise I go on first of
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all a quick reminder of who and what
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region 7 Seas is Regent is an ultr
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Luxury Line owned by a Norwegian Cruise
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Line group and the main competition is
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silver sea Seaborn and Crystal they have
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six ships in service I've been on three
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of them and a new larger CL M of ship
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called Prestige is coming in 2026 I'm
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going to look at what they did well they
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do the same as others and why they did
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not do that well and finally whether I
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found they do cruising better than
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everybody else these days without a Shad
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of a doubt the one thing they do well
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are the ships and the daycor all the
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ships look and feel luxurious with high
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quality Furnishings fixtures artwork and
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even the tiles and toiletries that they
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use they are a really great design and
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layout all existing ships except for
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navigator have a broadly similar layout
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grander is the most spectacular of all I
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thought it would be helpful to share
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with you the layout and Main venues on
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Grandeur to show you why I think the
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ships are great I'll start at the top of
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the ship and work my way down now on
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Deck 12 is a sports Deck with Crazy Golf
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deck games paddle board court and
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seating for the upper level of the pool
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deck deck 11 has many many of the key
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public areas in the front of the ship is
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the constellation Lounge overlooking the
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bow there's a very large well stocked
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Library a card room connoisseur club for
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smoking and cigars and one of their
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signatures the culinary arts kitchen
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where they run cookery classes also on
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this deck is the pool the pool bar and
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the pool Grill and La Veranda which is
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the buffet restaurant which turns into a
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specialty restaurant at night and I'm
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going to dive more into the good and bad
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about dining later on Deck 10 are two of
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the special restaurants Prime 7 and
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chus the next of the public areas are
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right down on Deck five here is the
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upper level of the constellation theater
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a large open area with concierge
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reception Excursion future creu sales
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and prospectus photography studio where
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you can book personal photo shoots also
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on this deck is the fabulous coffee
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connections for coffees and snacks an
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area to do puzzles and the Meridian
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Lounge where afternoon tea and some of
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the entertainment is actually run at the
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rear of the ship on this deck is a
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Serene Spa with the gym above that on
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level six there's also a fantastic rear
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Spa deck open to all but what actually
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few people know about which is reached
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by the changing rooms which have SAA
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Steam and cold rooms on Deck 4 are the
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final public areas with the main part of
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the constellation theater a set of
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rather fancy shops a decent sized Casino
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plush grandier Lounge which hosts
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evening live music and dancing and the
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large compass rose which is the main
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dining room now like other outry lines
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there are guest laundry rooms on several
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of the decks there are a wide range of
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cabins which all have really modern and
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stylish Decor I like them a lot on this
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trip I'd actually booked for the very
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first time a penthouse though usually I
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would just book a standard Veranda or
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conci Suite on a regent ship I also got
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to view a Grand Suite that some people
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that we met on the cruise were staying
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in which was huge enormous and rather
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spectacular the ships are stunning and
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among the best in cruising for sure now
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I want to move on to what I think the
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region does the same as other Ultra
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Luxury lines because there's a lot of
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these while dining on board is excellent
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I'm not sure that it is better than the
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other Ultra Luxury lines let me talk
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about what the options are all of which
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are included within the fair so that's a
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big plus the main dining room is the
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compass rose it's open for breakfast and
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for dinner theoretically you don't have
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your own table but I found that if if
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you really want a regular table and go
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roughly the same time every day the
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matro D can make it happen if you
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actually request it now we really want
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our own table uh and we pretty much had
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the same table the one next to it for
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almost every single meal the menus are a
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decent size they're comparable though
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with other ultr luxury lines the food
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was good I don't think it was that
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differentiated or elevated compared to
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those other lineso but it was pretty
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good food the dinner menu had a huge
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standard item section which stayed the
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same then daily changing options they
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had Spar options they had vegetarian
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options good and tasty overall like the
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food we like Compass row we ate in here
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actually a lot in fact we liked it so
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much we ENT a speciality a little bit
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less I'll talk later about where I think
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dining though Falls from what I consider
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the gold standard in luxury dining
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because that is really important anyway
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the next main venue is La Veranda the
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breakfast and lunch buffet restaurant it
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has varied lunch themes Mexican Italian
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seafood and so on you can take daily
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pasta orders from a pasta station you
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can order things like hamburgers it's a
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decent choice for the size ship good
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quality Buffet the tables have
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tablecloths on fully laid out with
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Cutlery and glasses so I think it gives
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a sense of feeling luxurious as a buffet
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restaurant in the evening though this
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venue becomes seti Mari a regent
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signature it's a way to served Italian
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restaurant you don't have to make a
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reservation for this it has a great and
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expansive menu in fact probably too much
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on the menu on other region cruises it
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was so popular that I needed to get
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there before it opened if I wanted to
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get a seat or I need to go kind of much
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later in the evening on this particular
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trip it wasn't that busy so we actually
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went there a couple of times close by
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laranda is the outdoor pool Grill the
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place at lunch for great burgers and hot
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dogs and they do have a setup kind of
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for a healthy option breakfast that
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starts quite early it's not open in the
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evenings meaning there's no informal or
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casual dining venue for dinner which I
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actually really missed but much to my
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disappointment the ultral luy compet
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doesn't tend to have informal dining
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venues in the evening either there are
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three included specialty restaurants you
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can get one booking in each of them
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during a cruise although the highend
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cabins don't have that limit you can
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though also ask during the cruise to
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make more bookings which actually seemed
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pretty possible to
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do there is prime 7even which like many
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cruise lines have is a steakhouse it's a
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nice venue very classic Steakhouse menu
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and it's pretty good but I'm not sure
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there's anything that really sets it
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aside from other good steakhouses on
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ships next is the French restaurant
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chartar Rus I'm not a big fan of French
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food I like the venue menu was decent
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but it wasn't one of my favorites but
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others seemed to enjoy it people I guess
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you like french food the best part for
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me was a large Petty fors trolley at the
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end of the meal amazing the third and my
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favorite specialty is Pacific gim this
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is an Asian fusion restaurant with a
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stunning venue and diverse and tasty
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food from the region this is the most
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impressive impressive of all the special
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restaurants for me now one thing I see
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as a weak point across all the
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restaurants is actually desserts they
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are overall pretty average which is
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surprising because region actually do
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one of the best afternoon tees at se so
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there's kind of a disconnect there
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afternoon tea is offered daily in the
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Meridian Lounge many days it has it a
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theme like cupcakes we were on a
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Christmas Cruise so we had a seasonal
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themed one often tea they do better than
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the other competition in my view like
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those other lines though including in
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the fa room service it's got a good
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standard menu and also the ability to
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order anything of any of the menus of
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any of the open restaurants at ordering
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time which is great now unlike silver
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sea and Seaborn caveo is not offered as
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kind of standard Unlimited on Regent
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every Sunday there is a caviar breakfast
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they did run an added charge cavar
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champagne event once on the trip another
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thing which they do different to some of
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the other Ultra Luxury lines is you only
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get a butler in the highest grade cabins
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unlike silver and Crystal which have
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them in all cabins another thing region
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basically does the same as other ultr
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luxury lines in my opinion is the daily
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program and activities it's a little bit
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on the light side which is also true
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though for other ultr luxury lines
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because of the few passengers on board
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and limited entertainment crew the
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entertainment team is the cruise
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director assistant Cruise director
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social Hostess and then the theater
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singers and dancers who help run
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activities now the daily program
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included things like hosted shuffleboard
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hosted bag golf putting competitions da
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trivia crosswood puzzles Bingo art
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scavenger hunt and things like that
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where in most cases passengers could
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collect points to redeem for merchandise
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trivia of course hugely popular they had
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Bridge classes run by experts they had
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no at a charge Fitness classes and those
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at a charge and always sold out culinary
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cooking classes they also had three
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enrichment speakers which I will come
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back to later because I have some issues
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on what Reg do here now let me talk
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entertainment overall there's some good
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and bad things in here too being part of
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the Norwegian Cruise Line group I always
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expect region to have great
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entertainment because it's one thing
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that the Norwegian group generally do
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really really well I have to say I do
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see though some improvement from past
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region trips with more on the way
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meaning I do think they are starting to
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Edge above the competition when it comes
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to entertainment in the theater the
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shows on Grandeur and those announced
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and rolling out on the other ships are
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kind of more themed with more
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storytelling way more contemporary music
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at last really slick dancing and large
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especially for the Ship siize cast four
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singers eight dancers and a seven-piece
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band the band by the way also playing
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evening music sets in the lounges the sh
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on grandier included ignite the night
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R's ball passion one night and buos
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series icons Broadway unplugged those
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kinds of themed shows additional live
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music by the way in the the lounges was
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provided by a singing jewer and a
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Pianist and were very popular a weaker
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area for me was the gas entertainers
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they're pretty usual bookings from
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standard Cruise Entertainer circuit that
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are found on other lines in any kind of
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category region 7 CS have some crew
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based entertainment and standards like
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the crew Capers talent show and on
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longer cruises like the one I was on
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they have a pool deck Country Fair we
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each of the dep departments host stores
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with challenges for guests to collect
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raffle tickets really good fun really
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high energy and those are really popular
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standards if you like while the overall
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entertainment is like the other lines I
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think as I mentioned they have edged up
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when it comes to Production shows so
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very promising there Region C for solar
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travel as well and like lines like say
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silver sea they have a social Hostess
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host a daily Meetup with the option of
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going to dinner together but like the
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others very limited solo deals Fair
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levels and inclusions are broadly the
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same that there are a couple of things
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that I really want to note here they're
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closest to the SE overall though with
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the time of recording two key fairs and
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fair types do change there all includes
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a fair is like silver SE port to port
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and their ultimate allinclusive fair is
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like Silver's door Todo Fair on both
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fairs included our sh excursions in
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theory as many as you can do in a day of
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course food drinks including Fine Wines
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and Spirits basic starlink Wi-Fi though
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with a hefty upgrade fee to get
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streaming Wi-Fi laundry included which I
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absolutely love and gratuities are
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included now if you book a coner Suite
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or above you also get a one night pre-
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cruise Hotel included now the ultimate
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all inclusive fair then includes
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roundtrip flights in with economy as
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standard these days transfers between
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the airport and the ship and also to and
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from your home and the airport there are
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some issues though with these inclusions
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that I do need to talk about making this
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a good time to start to talk about what
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I feel they don't entirely get right and
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then when where I it out based on all
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the things that they do whether I think
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they are better than the others as they
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claim many of the points I'm going to
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raise are similar ones for my past trips
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meaning I'm not sure that these things
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have really changed earlier I said the
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menus and food were good in the main
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dining room but do they offer the best
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dining in cruising for me the gold
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standard in premium and luxury dining is
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in kunard Queen's Grill here you have
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your own table for meals but it's
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anytime dining you have the same waiting
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staff for all meals they get to know you
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phenomenally well it's all Silver
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Service meals don't come fully plated so
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vegetables are served separately at the
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table for example lots of dishes are
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prepared tableside dool crepe cetes and
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so on and of course you can order off
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menu as much as you want but the dining
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experience in the compass rose is not
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like that at all it's like any regular
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cruise ship main ding experience in
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reality as I mentioned you don't
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necessar have your own table so it's hit
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and miss where you get which means that
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the crew The Waiting staff don't get to
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know you your you often have to wait in
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line at the entrance to get allocated a
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table and because you're shifting tables
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and the staff are looking after many
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tables it does feel a bit busy and it's
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all a bit frantic and everything comes
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pre-plated the second area that is a bit
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weak are excursions now because
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excursions are included within the fair
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I think this is bringing now some
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negatives the included ones are fine but
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in my experience are not always the best
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option in a port this was true on many
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path trips and very much so on this one
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that I went on the grand cruise that I
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was on was a Panama Canal Transit from
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Miami to Los Angeles most of the ports
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are the exactly the same as a group
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cruise that I'm running on Holland
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America next year that's a premium not
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an ultr category Cruise Line however the
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excursions available to purchase and
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what you can do in Port is way more
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varied and significantly better on those
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hor America trip than most of the
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excursions included on this region trip
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they clearly are not offering us the
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best things to do now I assume because
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they have to work within a budget the
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region tour have to be a little bit more
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basic more limited and I feel they're
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squeezing the quality of excursions to
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stay within that budget and to do better
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tours often means going for paid for
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ones or making your own plants which I
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did for example in my last trip in Japan
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Let me Give an example in Acapulco we
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did the included Daya a resort but the
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resort was not highend at all which of
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course the line is the food is really
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average and really poor but of course
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you're coming off a luxury ship in Costa
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Rica we did one of those aerial traway
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tours in the rainforest compared to
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other lines where I paid for it this
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wasn't as slick we didn't have a guide
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on the traa explaining what we're seeing
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and it just didn't have the amount of
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depth and detail as I mentioned when I
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went to Japan I was using more paid for
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tours to see the best of the places when
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I went on regions so I do think that is
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an issue another area which I do think
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is an issue but one that is really easy
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to address is enrichment on the crws
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were three speakers they were
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knowledgeable and accomplished speakers
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there was one talking about their life
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time of underwater exploration another
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on psychology another one on of language
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and the development of language however
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for me it missed in their new promise
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they say destination exploration and
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immersion will be topnotch the best
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there is excursions are not and nor is
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enrichment on this one we were passing
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through a region rich in histories
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sometimes chaotic history sometimes
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dramatic history incredible geography
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with rainforests varied cultures
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unfamiliar and less visited ports for
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many of us and of course one of the most
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significant engineering Feats ever the
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Panama Canal that's what I wanted to
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learn about but did not even the one
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talk on Panama Canal was done by a
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speaker when it obviously wasn't his
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area of expertise it was nowhere nearly
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as good as any other talk I've had in
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Panama Canal when I've been through on
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other lines there were absolutely no
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Port talks to give us understanding of
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the history the sites or even practical
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things where we would be docking the
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facilities there I mean tips for self-
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exploring you know whether nurse ATM is
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Pharmacy or shops worth which even many
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premium and value lines do my other
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region trips were the same so this was
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not an exception I think one of the best
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things that region could do is revamp
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the enrichment program and Link it much
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more to the excursions and to the
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destination so bearing in mind
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everything I've spoken about what did I
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think coming away from this trip I had a
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great time as I always do on Regent I
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really do enjoy cruising on region 7
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Seas all the ships I've been on have
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been fantastic with Grandeur being the
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most spacular the quality of the ship
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the dining the crew and the service is
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all excellent however is it better than
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everybody else I'm not sure that it
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necessarily is within this category for
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me Silver sea and Crystal are a really
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close match and it's hard to say that
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one is better than the other and it
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probably depends a little bit on what
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things are important to you but for me
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there is something about region that
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makes them an extremely strong Contender
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and I tend to lean a little bit more to
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Regent overall in this C age however if
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I'm looking atery that I want to do and
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the best timing and ports on Silver SE
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or Crystal certainly I would go on
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either of those but if Regent really
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addressed the issue of enrichment and
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excursions I think that would Edge them
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even further ahead now if you want to
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find out why I think and I rate silver
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SE so highly join me over this video
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where I dive into the good and the bad
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of silver sea see you over there

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