Hi everyone. After a lot of discussion we've decided to switch to this cruise from CHEERS. The transportation works better and it's during our anniversary. We look forward to sailing again with all of you.
Got an email from Clay that the itinerary has changed. The Splendor now leaves from San Diego instead of Los Angeles. It probably doesn't matter to some but it's not good for us....grrrr.
Did any other part of the itinerary change? We have not received an official notice yet. This would mean that we would sail north out of San Diego to Catalina before heading south to Cabo. Not a game changer for us, but not as convenient.
The Regent web site used to say $350, but now says up to $1000 savings - which could still mean $350. But booking your own air into SAN is generally more expensive than LAX.
There are also many fewer direct flights here - you don't want to book nonstop because eventually, you'll run out of fuel - but east coasters out of New York, Boston, and Southern Florida should be able to find one. If not, it's about $200 for a car service from LAX, and about $150 from SNA (Orange County).
The departure time changed from 11pm in Los Angeles to midnight in San DIego. It's a pity that the sail-away is not at sunset because it's very pretty sailing past Point Loma and Cabrillo National Monument. On the other hand, maybe I can have family on board for dinner.
I cannot check this from the ship and it is Saturday so no one is in the office. However I do not think the change from LAX to San Diego will change the air credit.
Yikes! I just discovered that we had not yet joined this roll call, even though we booked the cruise before it was even finalized. Clearly, too much other stuff on the mind of someone who is barely dealing with stuff on the mind. In any event, Pat & I will be joining all of you and are so emphatically looking forward to cruising again with so many of our cruising buddies. We so wish that it wasn't more than a year away. Arlene, please add us to the roll call list. Cheers, Fred
Have added you and Pat. Unfortunately I removed Marc and I as we had canceled this some time ago, but I had forgotten I was the topic starter. Now I am really bummed knowing you and Pat will be aboard, we have been wanting to cruise again with you both for so long!
Arlene & Marc, you're about to give us a complex (haha)....we are on POP2IT together (you cancel); we are on PUFFIN together (you cancel); we are on LOCKS together (you cancel). Maybe you just need to come visit us in SoCa.
Then again, signing up and ultimately cancelling is nothing new to us...we likely hold the record, with Kathy & Al close behind Stuff happens.
Hi everyone! So much has happened since our last cruise in 2016! We have moved from Delaware to St Louis and Love it here. Keith and I will also be joining LOCKS in Suite 717. (The cruise will be an appropriate reward for weathering our mid-life upheaval LOL) We will miss you, Arlene and Marc! Cheers, 🥂 Ash
I did mine also. I love all the animal and nature offerings. Amazing how time moves so quickly cruises just creep up and it is time to book excursionsz1
Sadly we canceled this cruise awhile ago and forgot to ask to be taken off the roll call. Our biggest regret is not being able to spend time with such a great group!
I noticed that a tour to Tikal, in Guatemala, is available now, whereas it was not when tours first became available for booking. I don't know if there are any others that came online late, but y'all who booked early, may want to go online again and see if everything is still to your liking.
petlover, my point was that there may be new tours since some folks first booked. But I'll write more about Tikal later.
I have a program that compares files, which I've never used for PDF files before, but it turns out that it's great for that. On the left is the shore excursion PDF from July 8, and on the right is a file I downloaded today.
All the Catalina tours are new, of course, and there is one false difference because QUZ-010 is on a different page. But you can clearly see that QUZ-011 (Tikal) and QUZ-012 (Antigua Hop-on Hop Off) are both new. And also interesting, you can see that some prices have changed on the premium tours - some lower, some higher. Some now have a price added, but I suspect that they were always premium but the price wasn't available on that earlier PDF.
That file won't be there forever.
Now, Tikal is expensive, in most part because you have to fly there ... and it has to be a charter because the regularly scheduled flights won't align with Splendor's schedule. But in Guatemala, that's the Big Kahuna! (Would you travel to Peru and not spend extra for Machu Picchu? Would you travel to Queensland and not spend extra to see the Great Barrier Reef?) Well, this is cheaper because you're going to be in Guatemala anyway. Elevation for Tikal is about the same as Denver - and about half that of Machu Picchu. Tikal is historical, it's vast, and watching this video, it looks pretty great!
There are also critters there.
http://www.tikalpark.com/#!/residents2
Mostly importantly, Tikal is free (included) because Ngaire is going to pay for it! Approximately three weeks before we leave San Diego, she's going to send me a check for about the exact cost. (Note, this cost analysis is just for one person, but there's no way my wife would go on a nine hour tour anyway!)
The issue for me, about Tikal, is will Regent cancel it if there are not enough passengers going? I really don't want to give up my other tour until I know that.
We went to Tikal on FUN2 and it was definitely worth it; of course we all had lots of shipboard credit. It is a long day but large parts of it due to transportation. It wasn't too difficult to climb.
We too have been to Tikal as a regent ship excursion. For us, it was worth every penny, but it is not for the faint of heart. We flew in a small plane, a Cessna I think. Just us, another couple, a crew member from the excursion staff, and the pilot. Landed on a dirt runway, then we were transported to the site by Jeep. You do need to be reasonably fit.
I hate to change the subject, but just ask, where’s everyone staying the night before the cruise? Would love to meet up with some of you for dinner if you’re coming in a day early! So many favorite old cruise friends on this one.
Hi everyone. Mona and I have decided to fly in the night before the cruise. We'll be staying at the SpringHill Suites Downtown/Bayfront which is right across the street from the cruise terminal. Looking forward to seeing everyone.
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