Wonderful crew, food and ultra-luxurious. I went all through New Zealand, Tasmania. Melbourne, Sydney, southern and Western Australia; Bali, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei and several ports in Japan before disembarking in Tokyo.
We sailed north from Tokyo across the Pacific ocean to Alaska. we had fantastic weather and the cherry blossom was very special. The Explorer was everything you would expect. Great suites, food and impeccable service. Nothing to fault at all.
Having had a bad experience last year with Regent, this cruise was back to the standard we know Regent for. Japan was our starting point going to Alaska which is spectacular. We ended in Vancouver. The entertainment was great, the guest speakers were knowledgeable and interesting. All the restaurants were wonderful.
The cruise liner had major biofouling issues on the cruise before ours and we were concerned that this would affect our cruise significantly and approached Regent for clarity and received notice prior to leaving the UK in writing that our cruise would continue as advertised and planned. We got on board at Auckland and again in writing received notice that all was good and we left the dock. 24 hours later we were advised part of our cruise had to be abandoned because the ships hull was not adequately cleaned and had to be cleaned at sea. We later were advised that Regent knew of the problem of the ships hull prior to leaving the dock but did not tell us until we were at sea. To cut a long story short only 4 out of 12 planned excursions during the complete cruise were completed as advertised. Regent gave us a 25% refund of the cruise fare, not 25% of the total cost, when 75% of the excursions planned and advertised were not completed as stated. Yes we expect a greater refund and what compounds the issue is that Regent were aware of problems prior to the ship leaving dock but never advised the guests until we were at sea. Pathetic.
Great staff on board, could review evening entertainment as quite dull in a few areas
This was a fantastic cruise. First one since lockdown and did not disappoint.
Regent is truly the best of the best ...even with a general shortage of staff acriss every cruise line following pandemic Regent has retained many long serving wonderful staff and the new recruits are swift to learn Regent standards of service ...cant fault them