Thank you so much for following up and posting the thoughtful, thorough response.

Given the mess-up in the bathroom construction on the Mariner (bathtubs with sills 6" too high and ceilings correspondingly 6" too low vs. specifications) and now the pod problem that (a) wasn't flagged for the ships with the problem and (b) takes more than a year (????) to either repair or replace, I'd assume Regent isn't looking for more new ships from the manufacturer of the Mariner.

I am booked on PANDA but won't book anything else on Mariner until this problem is resolved. Too bad as she's my favorite of the Regent ships. Not so much better, though, that I want to put up with the delays inherent in the pod problem vis-a-vis port stops.

Cheers, Anne