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@2ws and jgd3rdbcfd, thanks for the picture of and the comments about the jacket. It looks exactly like the ones I saw in my previous Greenland trip. It should be warm enough for an Alaska cruise in June.

Thanks for replying. I have seen the blue Alaska jacket and the orange Antarctica jacket on a previous cruise. The blue jacket looked just right for Alaska, and the orange jacket looked too warm. However, I would not call the blue jacket a "rain jacket". The color of the jacket as shown on the ordering site is now black in color. I wonder whether SB has changed the type of complimentary jacket they are providing for Alaska. How warm it is may influence what I have to pack.

Just received the email with the link to order the SB Alaska Jacket. The email says "all-weather" jacket, and the order page says "SB Alaska Rain Jacket". A rain jacket doesn't sound like it is very warm. I would appreaciate hearing any comments from passengers on the May 11 Alaska cruise as to whether the jacket is warm enough.

My reading of the MPC App webpage is that it is only useful for stramlining the entering process into the US. Since Robertmarthe is flying out of Vancouver, and have to clear US immigration and customs at Vancouver airport, presumably the MPC can the useful. GrandCru is presumably entering Canada at Vancouver, the MPC may not be applicable. I have no personal experience using the MPC App, and my reading of the webpages may be wrong.

Thanks for your updates. Good to know that the promised jackets are on their way. Let us hope that Seabourn and their supplier have learned the lessons from the problems that the Quest had with jackets during their 2023 cruise to the Antarctica.

Where did you see the new link?

Just to add to the above post. There is a recent FBI warning against using public USB charging ports, which includes those available in hotels. I agree bringing one's own charger is the way to go now.

Yes, I was wondering. I cannot find the May 11 cruise on Seabourn's website, but it is listed on third parties sites.

Seabourn will have to be very nimble to deliver on this promise. The Alasaka cruise season starts on May 19, which is already passed the 30-day pre-order cut-off date. Their web site is also not yet ready for pre-ordering Alaska jackets. There is also a possible supply chain problem. Is Seabourn going to be able to get enough jackets in time? I hope this promise does not turn into a PR nightmare for Seabourn.

Cruiseej's post rings a bell! I remebered searching for US outlets for the adaptor for my laptop and even considered unplugging the TV because that US plug was closest to the table. Then I found a CC post that says that there is another US outlet hidden behind the wet bar. A Google search found the thread. From reading the thread again, there seems to be some variation in configurations. The posts seem to imply that there is at least one US outlet, but none at the bedside.

We didn't bother to report the non-working outlets, because we could get by. I am sure that if we reported the problems, they would be fixed quickly. But, even when all outlets are working, there is still essentially only one US outlet, because we are not supposed to plug in any power hungry device to the shaver outlet.

I was on the Quest last September and found only one working US outlet; the one in the bathroom does not work with my electric shaver. I will bring along some EU adapters for my next cruise in June. As for USB outlets, the Quest has USB-A outlets and, in my cabin, not all of them are working. You may want to consider bringing some USB-A to USB-C cables, as a backup.

In the case of the OP, after the first cruise, the extra 5% Seabourn Club discount may apply for some cruises.

In 2019, on the Quest from Reykjavik to Montreal, there was ballroom dancing in the Club, and also ballroom dancing lessons in the Club too. In 2022, on the Quest again, there was dancing in the Club, both ballroom and disco. As for ballroom, there were couples doing cha cha, swing, foxtrot, waltz and rumba. The trio would also accept requests for any particular style of dance music. Even with a DJ, I guess you can still ask for special dance music.

Sorry to hear that you were booked with Transat. Maybe they will change the flight again when closer to the departure date. But, you still need to have a plan B.

For most airlines, if they changed the timing of your flight, you can change to another flight with no change fee. I am more familiar with Air Canada. For AC, you can do it directly on their web page, as long as you have not yet officially accepted the proposed change. AC has several non-stop flights between YVR and YUL, and mnay 1-stop ones. Also, they often change the timing of their flights again closer to the date of the flight (1 to 3 months beforehand), and you have another window to change flights.

I just want to fill in some details about my recent experience on the Quest whose itinerary was vastly affected by hurrican Fionna. When I got on board, I asked to switch our prepaid excursion with the non-refundable OBC's. It was done the next day, and all my OBC's were then listed as refundable. At that point, my booked excursions had not yet been cancelled, because they were for ports in the later part of the itinerary, which had not yet been changed. A couple of days later, the whole itinerary was changed, and all our excursions were cancelled. I noticed that all the refunds to the OBC were listed as refundable. So, the net result seemed to be that my non-refundable OBC had suddenly became refundable. I didn't know whether this behaviour was normal or whether accounting had giving up tracking refundalbe vs non-refundable OBC's at that point, because of the massive number of cancelled excursions for the whole ship. We did managed to scramble and booked some excursions which used up all the initially non-refundable OBC's. So, I didn't managed to cash in any of the non-refundable OBC's.

One thing I learned from reading the postings on this board regarding excursions and OBC. I would pay for my excursions before the cruiise. Once on broad, I would go to the Square and asked to change the excursion charges to whatever OBC I had. Whatever I had paid beforehand now became refundable OBC's. In my experience, if an excursion was cancelled for whatever reasons, I got back refundable OBC's, even though it had been changed and was now paid for by non-refundable OBC's. I wonder whether that is Seabourn's usual practice, but it may be the better way of using up OBC's.

Silver Moon has so many dining options. Which one is the MDR for breakfast/lunch?

There are many reports that SB doesn't look at your appointed arrival time. May be it is just an attempt by SB to space out the arrivals and is not enforced when there is no queue. So, the third thing the OP might do is to check out at the usual time and go to the terminal. Most likely your party can checked in without delay. If, unfortunately, you have to wait, just take it easy. I suspect you will be onboard sooner than the appointed time in any case.

@Nancy. Yes, we were on the Quest and had some problems. I was glad to read your posts that those problems seemed to be solved during your cruise. Regarding Alaska cruises in 2023, you may be interested to know that there is an extra 5% Seabourn Club discount for some of the early season ones.

I didn't have to pay any additional deposit for refaring.

The Black Friday Sale is live on Seabourn's site. It is 15% off.

Thanks to Nancy, I checked the price of the Alasaka cruise that we just booked, and there is a healthy price drop. My TA has just refared it with the new price.

It is precisely because 90% of the guests are wandering around with cellphones in their hands that SB should continue to develop and to mprove the Source App.