Hi everyone!
Looking for advice, every year I have a group of girls (all mature over 50) doing a Caribbean cruise. We've done Windstar and Celebrity, some of us are Elite + on Celebrity and we've really enjoyed the new Suite Class/Retreat on the newer ships.
However I'm really tired of the same old ports, even with Windstar we're so repetitive and I am the one planning all the tours everywhere we go so it gets challenging.
I'm looking at Silver Shadow for Jan 2026 with an awesome itinerary and I like the all included excursions plus Celebrity has started upcharging for wines that should be/used to be part of Premium pkg and they've degraded the Suite Class perks so we're looking elsewhere.
I'm a little 'put off' by the comments of dressy dress code, especially for Caribbean, is that true?
Wonding if those of you who are 'loyalists' think this might be a good experience for us?
I've looked at Oceania, fact that you have to call at midnite to book dining reservations scares me, especially with 12 people!
And Azamara wasn't our thing, felt too old for my group.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Thank you!
p.s. Jazzbeau, we met somewhere years ago, no idea but HI!!!!