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Just want to say thank you to everyone who has replied🙂this definitely helps with my one day choices of activities.

Anyone watch Wimbledon yesterday? Had to be one of the best Tennis matches ever!

If we ever meet, I guess you will think I am under dressed.....oh well. I really am a nice person.

Great🙂 see you there!

To be honest, I don't know. I am not sure they serve drinks earlier or not but once on board it would be very easy to find out.

Hi, I agree with the previous poster. There are many, many threads on here with lots of information about solo cruising. It may take awhile as there are multiple threads so take some time to read them. I can say, I have been cruising solo for 20 years and it is the only way I cruise.........I love it🙂

You are correct, Silver Note is on multiple ships.

I have always found the Salt Bar to be 1) either very quiet or 2) very busy.....it really just depends on when you go. I love it there as well. To the OP, just for point of reference, it is Silversea.

Oh wow...I love Lulu! I remember her from "To Sir With Love"..........what a memory! Sidney Poitier was amazing too🙂 I should say what a movie!

JSR, nope, it was not out of San Pedro. I sailed on Monarch out of Pt Canaveral many, many moons ago. It was a short cruise too so I would never have flown to Cali for a weekend cruise.

JSR, I have sailed Royal maybe 4 times total in the past 20 years. Once on Sovereign of The Seas, once on Monarch, once on Enchantment and once on Serenade. I can't think of any others on Royal. I was on HAL once too and Azamara once. I probably had 40 or 50 sailings with Celebrity but cannot remember for sure anymore. The BIG Floating cities really don't appeal to me.

Have a wonderful time🙂

Hi Terry, we go from Southampton to Copenhagen with stops in Plymouth, UK Cork, Ireland Bantry, Ireland Galway, Ireland Killybegs, Ireland Ullapool, UK Scrabster, Scotland Skagen, Denmark ending in Copenhagen And we have 3 sea days in between and no, I have never visited any of these places before so looking forward to seeing all new spots🙂

Well, I guess you will have a better way to compare then. I started sailing with Celebrity in 2003. First ship was CENTURY.........I loved her! It was one of my most wonderful cruises and really got me hooked. She was 70,000 tons so still larger than SS ships but much smaller than S or E class. Oh, I only book a regular veranda on SS so I couldn't tell you what extras you get with those BIG ones. I am guessing you will be quite pleased though. I hope you enjoy your cruise🙂

I will be on the Dawn late next month. I will be glad to get info about entertainment.

Hope you have a wonderful trip😀

Hi,🙂 I knew I recognized your screen name.......from the Celebrity board. I found SS in 2017 and have over a dozen sailings with them now. Why did I leave X? I had some life changing events happen and was able to try SS. For me? I may look at things a bit differently than a couple. (I sail solo) but I LOVE the experience. I LOVE the smaller ships. I know there have been plenty of food topics but overall I find it very good to excellent BUT that is not to say it is perfect. Nothing in life is perfect. If something is not to my liking or if something is wrong, I bring up the topic to the appropriate person. Overall though, I think comparing SS to X is like apples to oranges. I never booked a suite on X so I don't have the experience to compare it. But one of the major items? It is the amount of people. Can't really compare 600 to 3000. They know my name after day 1. It just has a more intimate feeling (in my opinion).. And they go out of their way to make solo guests feel welcomed with drinks every night (If you want to participate) and they will have dinners together too (if you up for it). Never any pressure to attend but always there with a welcome feeling and they are a great fit for me.

Hi JSR,🙂 thanks for sharing all these experiences with us. The comparisons/contrasts are very interesting. I sailed with Celebrity for 15 years before finding SS (never sailed on any of the Edge class ships though). I have Dawn and Nova booked for this year but nothing going forward in 2024😮 I hope to be able to stay with SS but will have to figure out some things first......I hope it all works out.

I was looking at Canal Boat Tours and found several. Anyone have some first hand information/recommendations? Or are they basically all the same? Oh, someone mentioned The Little Mermaid. That is something I don't care about at all. I am guessing it is part of Tivoli Gardens but I have no interest in the Mermaid.

Congrats on the upcoming nuptuals!😃and I would also be interested in your cruise comparisons.