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Spirit of Adventure: riding out the storm ?
NorbertsNiece replied to FannyLiz's topic in Saga Cruises
My experience with Saga in difficult on board weather and covid situations is that they have done their very best to communicate the current situation at that time and have always had the safety and security of their guests at the forefront of their decisions. I am not a Master Mariner but my travelling companion is. He said, "Not easy to be sure of how rough it is going to be. "Safety system kicking in" - guess the Master turned the ship to heave to .... better than running before the weather, risking a wave over the poop. -
Spirit of Adventure: riding out the storm ?
NorbertsNiece replied to FannyLiz's topic in Saga Cruises
Yeah. A* in creative writing -
Spirit of Adventure: riding out the storm ?
NorbertsNiece replied to FannyLiz's topic in Saga Cruises
Pics from on board Discovery in this DM article. -
Spirit of Adventure: riding out the storm ?
NorbertsNiece replied to FannyLiz's topic in Saga Cruises
SoA heading to La Coruña, Vigo, Leixoes and Lisbon. -
Phoned them this morning. The 2014 thing ..... hadn't caught that. May go for the long Discovery Jan 2025 depending on cost. 6th Jan 2025 49 days on Discovery Central America Funchal St Lucia Barbados Bequia Curaçao Aruba Colombia Panama, colon Costa Rica Honduras Belize Progresso Galveston Nola Miami Bermuda Ponta Delgado
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I've been asked to comment on the cons as well as the pros of cruising with Saga. That's a difficult one and is really personal relating to dining Gluten Free. There's only one kind of biscuit in the Living Room and they only serve GF savoury snack food at 4pm and I found that out by accident! There's only one kind of roll at dinner and again I found out by accident that there's GF breakfast cereal, GF crackers to have with cheese and something that presumes to be a GF bagel by shape only. Oh and fritters should be crispy not soggy 🤣 So really no deal breaking cons! Did get an email offering a free cabin upgrade if I booked a cruise within the next 7 days. The 2025 brochure's not out yet...... nothing in 2024 that tempts me sadly Adventure still sheltering in Falmouth as of 2200
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Thanks giving contd. Back in the Grill Elmer and Jonathan always smiling, always helpful Rizwan in the gym, stretched us and gave us the exercises to continue alone Fordy, you know who you are 😉 Chelsie and the cast singers for stretching my vocal chords! Julie on the Entertainment team for her jokes, they really were dreadful 😄😉 Massimo the CD on board for just the one cruise. Lovely to see a CD so evident about the ship. Molte grazie per l'invito a cena And Werner, the HGM, for being there As well as Saga themselves there are guest speakers etc. So. ORCA were amazing..... they have super visual acuity.... without binoculars! Best speaker imo was James Ketchell Adventure such an inspiration! Check out his story. Best entertainers were The Beatles Experience (UK) by a mile. Just brilliant. Last but definitely not least and in no particular order Jennie, Jaime, Melissa, Julie and Patrick. That's Jolly Super Things and Supercraft Cruises Natural teachers with endless patience, encouragement and such positivity. Thank you. ❤️
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Spirit of Adventure: riding out the storm ?
NorbertsNiece replied to FannyLiz's topic in Saga Cruises
Screenshots from Wednesday morning. Was only unscheduled in so far it wasn't a cruise port of call. Contingencies days before embarkation were being investigated. -
Am off the ship in a really timely fashion. Short queue for bus. There are trollies where the bus stops. There's a sign in the corridor for those who may have experienced terrorism issues in Ukraine and Israel to approach someone for support if required. There's no immigration/passport control. Luggage hall neatly arranged. It all goes downhill from now. The handle on one of my cases is broken. Locked in up position. Reported to 'Carol' in terminal. Have same travel buddy. Also 2 cases and bags. Car is Skoda Octavia Estate. Cases barely fit especially with one having a broken handle. It's not going to be a smooth ride up. My sharer is sat in the front. I have my rucksack and tote with me in the back. Feeling teary. Glad I have water with me. We were spoilt with a water provided Mercedes on the way down
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0600 Disembarkation day. Good morning and thanks for following. Awake. Breakfast planned for 0630. Our clocks went back an hour last night. Ship currently turning to starboard in the harbour in order to park up. I have so many thanks to give. Let's start with Ely our room steward. Quietly competent, ever smiling, helpful. A real asset to the housekeeping team. Then there's Ajay, Christian and Johnson in the Grill. They couldn't do enough for me. Such a joy to be served by them. Ship still turning. I need to get up!
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BoB definitely not looking good for the next few days.....
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Another memorial of note was that to Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) Fifth son of King D. João I and D. Filipa de Lencastre, was born in Porto on February 4, 1394. He was one of the most important figures at the beginning of the Portuguese Discoveries, with his action being decisive in North Africa, in the conquests made, and in the Atlantic with the discovery of the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores and the recognition and establishment of commercial warehouses in the West African coast. At the time of the his death, in 1460, the African coast had been explored up to what is now Sierra Leone. D. Henrique (Henry) died on September 13, in the village of Sagres, aged 66. Provisionally buried in the now-disappeared church of Santa Maria da Graça in Lagos, his remains were transferred to the Monastery of Batalha in the Centro region of Portugal, where they remain in one of the parietal tombs of the Founder's Chapel.