Crickets from Regent. Seabourn has cancelled all ports in Baltic; Copenhagen is as far as they go. NCL cancelled St Petersburg and in process of replacing ports but they have announced 20% discount. Regent, quick to cancel Russian ports but absolutely no communication since then. Crickets.

Marc

More than two weeks have elapsed and all we have heard is that Helsinki has replaced St Petersburg. Still nothing about Helsinki excursions and more importantly still nothing to replace the five days (three ports and two sea days to get there) in White/Barents Sea. You would think we would have heard something from Regent like "we do not anticipate to have our final updated itineraries for several weeks" or "we do not expect final payment nor will cancellation penalties occur until we have finalized itineraries:"

instead, we have heard nothing. All I ask is for something more than info on "Behind the Design" tours in St Petersburg.

Rant over,

Marc

I know it is frustrating it is for us also. We get calls constantly and we have no information yet. The sooner they can get this information out the better. However, I am sure this is more complex that we can even imagine, it is affecting a ton of cruises.

New schedule is out; two repeat ports; no Svalbard, no Narvik, no Lofoten Islands; but, lots of fuel savings. A number of port's dates have changed with no indication they will move over our already booked excursions; need to wait until 15 April; one week after cancellation date.

Maybe by tomorrow I will think this is the best tasting lemonade; will have to wait until tomorrow to see.

Marc

Bummer Marc....

Sorry for your loss Marc. A couple of repeat ports is a lot better than multiple repeats in the Caribbean on the "New World" cruise that we bailed from last week. Svalbard is a long way north and Longyearbyen's dock may already booked by the expedition ships. Lofoton Islands would have been nice because it's a gem of Norway, but there are still a lot of interesting ports. In Southampton, if you don't want to spend a long day going to overcrowded London, just walk about 15 minutes to the High Street and enjoy real England. Hope it works our OK for everyone.
Jim

Jim, yes, it could be worse; a lot worse. I will wait to see if our excursions transfer over to the new dates without any effort on my end. I also hope they do something fantastic in Edinburgh and Helsinki.

Marc

PS We only have a short stay in Southampton; too short to go to London, Wimbledon, or Hampton Court Flower Show; so we are going to Winchester Cathedral, something we missed on our driving trip through the area.

PPS Didn't Regent offer you 30% off to stay on your cruise?

Marc, It was 30% to stay on the cruise, but another month around the Caribbean and a repeat but reverse journey back to SF and a flight home wasn't worth it. We get full credit for the nights we didn't sail and 15% of the ones we did sail, so it's still a good deal. We re doing the Navigator cruise up the US east Coast, into Canada and out the St Lawrence, to Bermuda and back to Miami. It was 30% off the normal fare for Platinum and above so all in all we're happy.

Jim, enjoy the Navigator; looking forward to your reports.