where-to-next Posted October 15, 2016 #1 Share Posted October 15, 2016 We will cruise to Antarctica soon and will rent boots through Seabourn. Wondered if anyone who has previously done this cruise can help? Are the boots solely for use on Antarctica? Is it possible to wear them on deck in wet weather or on shore excursions in other ports? We are hoping to leave our waterproof hiking boots at home in the interest of lightening our luggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony & Trevor Posted October 15, 2016 #2 Share Posted October 15, 2016 We have used SB boot service in Antarctica. The boots are only for the Antarctic landings. Kind regards, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecat123 Posted October 15, 2016 #3 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) On our 2014 cruise to Antarctica the hire boots were left in lockers at the stern of the ship on Deck 5 ? where we picked them up on the way to the Zodiacs to go ashore and then returned when we returned There were comments about having boots in your cabin after walking where the penguins have dropped their droppings wouldn't be the best of smells to have in the cabin with you, and that was a very good reason to use the hire boots and not your own Edited October 15, 2016 by Thecat123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where-to-next Posted October 16, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Thank you both for the clarification. Looks like we will have to take our boots as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecat123 Posted October 16, 2016 #5 Share Posted October 16, 2016 We only took our normal shoes and didn't have any problems But I don't think we had any rain for our 21 days and I can't remember the decks being wet at all unless they had just washed them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKP946 Posted October 16, 2016 #6 Share Posted October 16, 2016 We will cruise to Antarctica soon and will rent boots through Seabourn. Wondered if anyone who has previously done this cruise can help? Are the boots solely for use on Antarctica? Is it possible to wear them on deck in wet weather or on shore excursions in other ports? We are hoping to leave our waterproof hiking boots at home in the interest of lightening our luggage. We left our hiking boots at home and just wore comfortable rubber soled leather shoes around the decks and onshore. We wore "Crocs" (clogs) from our cabin to deck 5 aft to put on our hired boots. We were on the first cruise of the second season and we had ice and snow on the decks some of the time whilst in Antarctica, we didn't have a problem wearing our shoes Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where-to-next Posted October 17, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Thanks again. Hey, great photo, you probably had the pool to yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWaldo Posted October 17, 2016 #8 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Surprisingly there were a few using the pool/spa/jacuzzi on our cruise The front spa was quite popukar With the wearing of shoes to deck 5 I eventually used the slippers from our suite.. Hi The cat.,,, Nope only one day with snow on deck and that was the caviar on ice.... maybe we were a hardy lot :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skincruisers Posted October 20, 2016 #9 Share Posted October 20, 2016 The real reason you can't take the boots into the ship proper is that at the end of each Antarctic day they are each individually disinfected. There are no diseases on the 7th continent and Seaboard don't want to be the first to do so. We start our Antarctic cruise for this year tomorrow -- from Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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