Silver Spectre

For us it’s been twofold, we like the ships and crew and we have bought into the incentive structure.

I’m not comparing, but based on significant previous comments about SS and Oceania, especially food, SS is no longer 6* and is probably not even a 5* line.

For most of the last week the main shows have been at 6:15 ( 5 out of 7 days) so missed the Queen show for the second time in 11 days. Apparently too many complaints from those who wish to be in bed by 9pm! IMHO SS is turning into an unadvertised version of SAGA.

No.

Another nail in the coffin, no more hot foie gras in La Dame, even though it’s on the printed menu!

My friend onboard reports smells

It's also included, and it's not unusual to be Tom Jones 😁

More wine

Canary sunset

He still on Barrie's wall on the Moon.

Looks like a great couple of voyages, enjoy.

That’s interesting as I thought the awards didn’t have a time limit. We were going to use our last one on a 2020 cruise that was cancelled by SS due to COVID. No one ever said anything about us loosing the award.

But he has subsequently left SS.

We had an interesting day in Fuerteventura yesterday. Having originally decided to do nothing The Boss spotted a Jeep tour and joined the wait list. She thought we would be off at 9:15. SS obviously had enough interest to run it twice and we lucked out with the 2:15 departure. As we were about to leave the ship at 2pm all the morning tours returned and with the gangway on 5 there was a long wait for people to clamber up the steep incline from the dock. We and other like minded individuals waited patiently at the top as people made their way up. At 2:05 there was a sudden commotion as 6 guests barrelled past us shouting in some strange Eastern European sounding language and forced their way down the gangway, manhandling upcoming guests out of the way. Shortly after the security officer at the bottom held the guests up and allowed us to descend, and as we passed the queue we heard a loud American voice complaining about why they were being held up to allow us off. A British voice replied that maybe a little patience was in order. The Jeep tour was great fun, with no more than 3 or 4 guests in the 6 seater Landy’s and Toyotas, except for the 6 who all crammed into one. As usual we had a couple of no shows, which seems to be par for the course with included excursions, but still left within 5 mins of the advertised time. The 3 original COVID guests have now been released from quarantine in their suites, however 2 more guests and a crew member are now infected. From the appearance of officers and crew over the last 2 days it would appear that masking is now optional, although there has been no announcement.

I think there is some information in my thread for this years WC. We did it onboard with the assistance of the ships Finance Officer.

Still a long way to go, just future planning.

There is no way I'm ever going to book a cruise with a non refundable deposit, and we don't book last minute. Even if they remove Blacklane and the included excursions they will never reduce the prices.

Exactly, the posting was to make point. Most of the time things are good to very good at the moment on here, but not as good as they used to be. This is not 6* luxury anymore. It’s 5* and struggling to maintain that at times.

I believe Jimmy has left again though. I understand Aimee jumped ship to Seabourn and she was one of the better new CD’s, Rico is excellent and we have also enjoyed Big Bob.

Also agree with the above sentiments, it stinks. It’s about time SS paid attention to its clients and got rid of p2p.

I’m not sure if I have ever seen this answered before but does anyone have experience of combining two 7 day rewards against a single voyage booking. I have been informed that officially you are only allowed one reward per voyage.

It’s on the other thread.

Really?, it was hot, tasty and way better than SS cold crap.

Not sure what the bathrooms will look like as those that have a tub do not have a separate shower, it’s in the tub. A certain, mysterious cat will only shave its legs in the tub. 🐱

Yes please.