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On 2/24/2024 at 11:30 PM, saminina said:

IME, SS standards have been slipping since 2006.  I remember meeting a couple Brits in 2002 that told me standards had dropped so much that they will not return.   The new ships have breathed life into a line that we had lost interest in booking.  It's a fresh product, but hardly luxury. 

 

If I cared at all about food, SS and SB would not make the cut.   A potential problem with Seabourn is that you have two interior bars.  A band of transient players on deck 5 reading lyrics and notes from computer screen and hopefully someone that knows how to play the piano in the observation bar.  Normally passable, but when it is not it can be too painful to tolerate.

 

So many good crew have found their way to the new options that compete for this market segment.

It's time for passengers to think beyond.

What pray tell are they new options of which you speak?

On 2/24/2024 at 4:20 PM, Gourmet Gal said:

Well, on my last 2 SS cruises our butlers were just glorified room attendants.  They seemed so clueless and we even wondered if our last butler on the Moon was medicated he seemed so out of it.

This was absolutely not my experience on my SS cruises including my last cruise a few weeks ago. The butler was there to attend to specific requests and handled them well. 

43 minutes ago, jpalbny said:

I grew up in the country, and learned to prefer hay over dirt. 😉

Oh you meant countryside. At first I thought you meant that specific country where Mysty is haha. I was trying to figure that out. 

View from Shangrila Yanuca Island where Silversea is housing guests for the night. 

2 hours ago, maynas said:

Seriously 1st world problem, I think from what they were saying every day the aim is to reduce their rubbish impact as they now have the metal water carriers in every room and no longer hand out thousands of plastic bottles, a very welcome move copied from river cruises that have done this for some time. Multiple small bottles of water are ridiculous items to carry and I can see them slowly getting rid. Given Perrier is no longer whet is was and has had so many problems why would you want to drink it? Water is water and as recent studies have show mineral waters can be less pure than tap!

BTW I didnt see them run out of anything on our recent cruise

Ridiculous. I deleted the rest as it was unseemly even if sincere and genuine. 

I’m on the Shadow now. Have been on the ship three weeks. I always ask for Pellegrino. No problem getting it. I had a full bottle of it on my table today at the pool as I asked the server to leave the bottle on my table at the pool. I also drink Coke Zero and no problem. 

We just set anchor in Savusavu, Fiji. 

There was music during dinner and dancing spontaneously broke out. Everyone was having a great time as I think you can tell from these pics. People couldn’t stop dancing and it went on until after 10:00pm. So much fun. 
 

We did a special order tonight and it was really tasty. We put in a special order for beef Wellington with potatoes dauphine and they did a great job. First I had the porcini risotto. 
 

Some pics of the Baha’i temple visit and one of the ship 🙂

6 minutes ago, lincslady said:

Glad to see she has gone, and I hope the Shadow is now in dock.

Just cleared at 7:48pm (6 hours behind eastern time in the USA). 

On 1/2/2024 at 12:08 PM, dawntrdr said:

it only applies when you are in Saudi territorial waters.  I understand from prior posts that suites will be inspected for alcohol, but they do not open your safe.

We traveled to Saudi Arabia via Silversea in March 2023. Saudi Arabia has never allowed alcohol due to religious reasons except for a few international hotels. We also had to remove alcohol from our room and there was no alcohol onboard. This is not new. And yes they can inspect your safe and I have heard of them doing so in the past so the notion you can squirrel alcohol safely in your safe is VERY risky you should not do it. You risk being thrown out of the country. They don’t play around there. 

11 minutes ago, QueSeraSera said:

maybe its time to understand Samoa

sad to admit I don't

understand that part of our country

 

Just to be clear—this isn’t American Samoa. It’s Samoa which is fully independent. 

12 minutes ago, mysty said:

 

If only that was the case!  It is now about 1:20 pm and it seems the Health Inspectors are still not aboard.  Myster canceled his excursion for today.   We just got an update from Moss Hill.  Apparently the Quarantine Officer for Samoa has not yet decided to allow representatives from the other inspection departments to come to the ship which is at anchor.

I said to the front desk that perhaps the authorities are waiting for their gratuity. 😂

Will let you know. We arrived at 8:00 and it’s now at 12:07 and the ship has still not been cleared by local authorities. Will let you know. 

11 minutes ago, jpalbny said:

 

Yes, all sorts of eggs to order, and also pancakes, waffles, maybe even French toast?

 

During lunch at LT you can also order a whole pizza. We almost always do that rather than eat the stuff that's been sitting at the buffet, unless it's fresh.

We sometimes order a pizza to be delivered at the pool lunch area for lunch! Here was yesterday’s lunch by the pool. My husband ordered this one with extra cheese and salami. 
 

25 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

Update/Correction:  DW found that you can order omelettes etc in La Terrazza from your table. Our mistake based on other cruise lines where you order at the counter. 

I actually was thinking about this and logged on to say you can order from your table. Glad you found out. I’m at La Terrazza now on the Shadow  in Somoa having breakfast outside and ordered an omelette and a bagel. 

Hello Apia, Samoa 

My husband enjoying his favorite cocktail, the Naked and Famous, in The Bar every night. Thank you Peter, bartender, for making it every night. 

Great report! Thanks for your very detailed write up. That lunch with the Yorkshire pudding sounds tasty. 

We had fun at karaoke tonight in the Panorama Lounge. My husband (@CASHIPman) sang among others. Particularly touching was an older couple who sang “Can I have this dance for the rest of my life?” while dancing to it as well. I found it very touching. 

Never heard of a Silversea Xmas present. 

1 hour ago, mysty said:

King Neptune held court on the pool deck early this afternoon.   It was the best "Crossing the Equator" event we've ever seen!  Moss Hill was awesome as the Emcee.  The dude in the role of King Neptune did an incredible job!  Well done lads and lasses!  We didn't take photos.   The pool deck was very crowded. 

30 minutes ago, turtlemichael said:

Isn't there a move Play Mystic For Me ?

Play mysty for me and before I was a psychologist I was a radio announcer! Hahaha true story!

32 minutes ago, mysty said:

 

I love being called Mystic!  Thank you @MuseCruiser ! 🥰

Freudian slip (and remember, I’m a psychologist!)