Silver Spectre

Norman and Barbara, where we are going next and a brief Q&A

Some of the red wines

Coming into Alesund, Norway

I have now established that the LP is just missing due to supply issues and should be back onboard on Oct 6th.

Will do if he is still here

Unfortunately too dark and too asleep JP

The LP replacement

SS and sartorial elegance, not. At breakfast this morning in La Terrazza, we have geriatric baseball boy and his close neighbour, an elderly Japanese gentleman who appears to be wearing a tartan tea cosy.

@MJN1glad you enjoyed your voyage and thanks for leaving the ship in such a fabulous state.

It certainly isn’t common in London. A service charge is not to be confused with tipping.

I have very fond memories of the Muse, still the best Muse class ship in the fleet. Have a fabulous time.

We have just moved to a mainly westerly course and entered the Skagerrak. The wind is whistling at 30 knots outside my veranda door.

Oh dear Stumbles, you know me not at all. It turned out to be either a Butler failure or a complication of re-booking at 2 weeks prior to departure. I sort of favour the former as 2 of my three very simple requests were not completed prior to retiring last night.

I hate this stuff unless it’s adulterated with something useful like brandy

Ok, but how would I know if it was snarky?

Now this was a huge shock, I haven’t seen this stuff in my suite since about 2010! I just hope it’s not another cost cutting measure.

Boarding went like a breeze. We turned up just after 1pm and were onboard 10 minutes later. Apparently boarding actually commenced at midday although the documentation still states 2pm. We still had to do the health form but that was it. Checkin was done in the Venetian Lounge. Norman is here and for the whole voyage, also met Tom Harrison again who is on for a few days. Barbara joins just before we leave this evening and Frank is going to be here for the Bergen event.

No way, English and Irish irony allowed.

If he’s leaving today, then it’s Copenhagen

Not true, I have a full list from our last Moon cruise last year. You just have to find the correct person. I agree it was correct only at the point of printing, but it does exist.

Silver Note perhaps?

Will be onboard tomorrow and will happily provide some insights and a commentary with one proviso. No snarky comments.

Price gouging reigns supreme with SS. I’ve just booked a cruise that leaves fairly soon to travel with friends. They sent me their booked excursions list which were all included at no charge. When I go to book the same ones, they are predominantly charged at $139 or more, and most are full. I can live with the fact that the cruise pricing is dynamic and generally increases with time, not always true, but most of the time. What I don’t agree with is SS pushing it’s all inclusive nature with included excursions, but only for some. That is downright divisive. On top of the D2D v P2P marketing mistake, Nova restaurant pricing, dumbing down the dress code and now this, it looks like someone at SS or more likely RCL is hell bent on destroying what has made it my go to cruise line for the last 20 years, and that is very sad.

Wow, that’s close to gouging.