LandC

I know, it’s confusing isn’t it.  The website prices are sometimes wrong anyway.  I think it’s best to phone Saga to get a quote for the Britannia members discount.  Our friends did this recently and got an extra £500 pp off a Caribbean cruise departing later this year.

It’s a new one.  There was a data breach in Norway relating to passport details of people on the 26th June cruise on Spirit of Adventure.

15 minutes ago, Balaena said:

What is EH discount

English Heritage membership.

3 minutes ago, Cruise-Cat said:

Interestingly, I noticed that the USA & Canada cruise now has two categories of cabin guarantee - regular and deluxe (albeit about double the cost of standard!)
I haven’t seen this before 

Nor have I.  Cabin prices have already been reduced more than once. This 29 night cruise departs in September so Saga must be keen to fill more cabins quickly.

2 hours ago, Cruise-Cat said:

Booked a September cruise in early May and told that EH discount was no longer available 🥲

I tried to use my Boundless (CSMA) membership to get a 5% discount a couple of weeks ago and was told it was no longer accepted. I think the Defence Discount Card is still accepted.

It would be helpful if Saga were to publish details on their website of current Affinity memberships.

My understanding is that if people are not in their cabins when emergency occurs, they should go straight to their muster station where life jackets will be provided.

We commented on the lack of paper maps on our recent cruise on SoD, both on the mid-cruise and end of cruise questionnaires.  Never heard back from the Explore Ashore team or Saga HQ. 

We were on SoD on the Italy and Western Mediterranean cruise, which returned to Portsmouth on 28th May.  Our Captain was Franko Papic, a Croatian, who was also good, we saw him around the ship a lot.  I assume he has taken over from Captain Darin Bowland.

This is very helpful. Thank you Medeba.

17 hours ago, Daisybops said:

I’ve made the right choice - thank you. 
 

We want to take the wine home, so that’s ok. We’re not actually going to Porto. Any of these places to buy ? 
 

 

Praia da Vitoria, Terceira, Azores Horta, Faial, Azores
Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores Cruise by Vila Franca Islet, Azores
Cruise by Cristo Rei & Abril 25 Bridge Lisbon, Portugal
Leixões, Matosinhos, Portugal

There is also a very good wine shop in Lisbon called Garrafeira Napoleao, in R. dos Fanqueiros, which is about 15 minutes walk from the cruise terminal. It is very well stocked and we are usually offered tasting samples! 
 

Enjoy your cruise.

32 minutes ago, Lady Meer said:

The room we enquired about (pre-registered) is actually cheaper on the website than we were offered.

That’s strange.  Can you give more details please?

I had an email from Saga stating that Summer 2025 cruises will go on general release next week. 

8 hours ago, LandC said:

Saga are calling people who pre-registered in 2021 and earlier. We pre-registered in January 2022, so are hoping to get a call soon.

We’ve just booked one of the Scandinavian cruises in July 2025.   A Standard cabin on D Deck worked out at £272 pppn with a 35% discount.  Prices seem to have gone up a fair bit!

10 hours ago, Kohima said:

The calls have already started this evening.

Saga are calling people who pre-registered in 2021 and earlier. We pre-registered in January 2022, so are hoping to get a call soon.

I wonder when Saga will start making the calls.

44 minutes ago, Kinniegirl said:

We thought we had a phone number to call if your vehicle didn’t turn up, but only have Saga number

do any of you clever people know it

TIA

01293874810 or 08009885165

These are the numbers I’ve stored on my phone

I hope one of them works!

3 hours ago, Windsurfboy said:

Just tried to update to my S.A. phone number, guess what Saga website  only allows 11 numbers , so no room for a country code.

 

At the rate things are going might not matter, only here for another 5 weeks

When did you pre-register?  Folks will post on here when they get the call. If you are still in S.A. then an option would be to ring Saga and ask when you are likely to be contacted. 

2 hours ago, Medeba said:

Just seen on other social media that Captain Darin Bowland is now working for Ritz Carlton Yachts and Saga is advertising for a replacement. 

That’s a shame, we liked him. He was due to be on our next cruise on SoD in May.

Me too!

Itineraries have to be planned well in advance in order to book the ports, so perhaps Saga leave it until the last minute to decide what price to charge for their cruises.  We are also looking at 2025 itineraries with Regent, Azamara and Silversea but want to see the Saga itineraries before we make a decision.  Some of the offers expire on 29th February, so it’s going to be touch and go!

The balcony cabins have no balconies, and the Junior Suites and Suites are in fact just balcony cabins, with a few canapés provided.

Unless people are prepared to pay for a premier suite they do not get the suite experience.

2 hours ago, owadbucket said:

Can you order a bottle of spirits for your cabin , anyone done this. Instead of someone carrying a night cap every day a bottle would be easiest.

I think it depends on your cabin grade.  For those lucky enough to be in a suite, bottles of your favourite tipples are provided by your butler for your in-suite bar.

We usually order from room service if we want a drink in our cabin.  

We got the free shuttle to Porto when we docked at Leixoes on Spirit of Adventure.  There were road works and it took about 25 minutes.  

We also rate Saga very highly, and are waiting for the summer 2025 itineraries, which we hope be be available to book soon!

We received an ocean cruise brochure today, together with an invite to pre-register for summer 2025 cruises, which are coming “very soon”.  We pre-registered some time ago, and hope we won’t have to wait much longer!

The brochure states that from 2025 the shared chauffeur service will be offered nationwide to everyone on the UK mainland.

You’re right tring, it is a mess.  No smoking on balconies and flexible dining has got to be the way to go.  
We will wait and see what happens now that the new CEO is in post.