jollyjones Posted December 31, 2018 #551 Share Posted December 31, 2018 On 12/29/2018 at 12:19 PM, HunEBear said: I just assumed that we would dock at a normal cruise terminal to disembark. Be grateful that you're not since that could mean Tilbury - a 'normal' cruise terminal but surrounded by an awful lot of nothing you might be interested in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunEBear Posted December 31, 2018 #552 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, mysty said: Count down has begun in earnest for the launch of this big adventure. Folks will be busy with last minute preparations and cramming in a celebration of the New Year! Best wishes to all for safe travels and an exciting start to a healthy and joyful New Year! Happy 2019! Happy New Year to you and Myster, as well. Wishing you a safe and enjoyable journey to San Francisco. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunEBear Posted December 31, 2018 #553 Share Posted December 31, 2018 39 minutes ago, jollyjones said: Be grateful that you're not since that could mean Tilbury - a 'normal' cruise terminal but surrounded by an awful lot of nothing you might be interested in. Absolutely, since we have a full day in London to explore before we disembark. The first time we left on a cruise from "London" the ship was docked in Dover! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted December 31, 2018 Author #554 Share Posted December 31, 2018 14 minutes ago, HunEBear said: Absolutely, since we have a full day in London to explore before we disembark. The first time we left on a cruise from "London" the ship was docked in Dover! Agreed HunE! We've sailed twice out of "London"-ish. Once from Dover and once from Southampton. Looking forward to two new embarkation/debarkation ports and experiences. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted December 31, 2018 Author #555 Share Posted December 31, 2018 On 11/17/2018 at 4:41 PM, mysty said: I just made a New Year's Wish for all of us on this grand adventure. It will be added to the confetti that flutters down in the heart of Times Square on New Year's Eve! Each year, people from around the planet include their wishes for the new year on pieces of official Times Square New Year's Eve confetti, either digitally or in person. And now one of those pieces of confetti is a wish from me to you all. I wished for a safe sail with fun and merriment mixed in. Our confetti wish will flutter down tonight in NYC. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifesgreat Posted December 31, 2018 #556 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Thanks for your wishes mysty and what a lovely thought. What a way to start a year; one of the lucky .000? % of the population. To all CC's, all the best for a fantastic year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted December 31, 2018 #557 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Mysty, Wanting to wish you a wonderful world cruise and Happy New Year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted December 31, 2018 Author #558 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Thanks so much Lois! And my wish for a wonderful 2019 for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_90 Posted January 1, 2019 #559 Share Posted January 1, 2019 We leave on 2nd for Heathrow, overnight and safe in the hands of BA and airbus (lovely a380) onward to San Francisco in the hands Of Silversea and the crew of Silver Whisper. Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 1, 2019 Author #560 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Safe travels Joe! Looking forward to seeing you in San Fran! And for some reason Time (who dragged her feet until last week) has decided to now double step. Egad! The sand is gushing down the hourglass instead of the usual slow seep. And I'm running around like a crazy person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 1, 2019 Author #561 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Latest tallies for Meet & Mingles - we have quorums for 4 and just 2 shy for 1. January 6 - 18 March 18 - 14 April 3 - 6 April 17 - 9 May 11 - 4 Almost time to get this party started! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlemichael Posted January 2, 2019 #562 Share Posted January 2, 2019 mysty, safe trip over for you I guess on Friday? We look forward to meeting you and the other intrepid travelers soon. The great weather continues with mild sunny days and cold nights. For a Canadian it might seem sub-tropical 🙂 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCCruiser57 Posted January 2, 2019 #563 Share Posted January 2, 2019 The adventure begins - checked into departure airport hotel and having a martini. Safe travel to all WCs. See you at the gala! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2019 Author #564 Share Posted January 2, 2019 23 minutes ago, turtlemichael said: mysty, safe trip over for you I guess on Friday? We look forward to meeting you and the other intrepid travelers soon. The great weather continues with mild sunny days and cold nights. For a Canadian it might seem sub-tropical 🙂 🙂 Thanks so much Turtle! Myster and I are also keen to meet up with our fellow travelers! How is your recent surgery adventure aftermath going? Are you healing nicely? We will be on the look out for a dashing looking gent with a charming scar. 🙂 And yes we are looking forward to some hot air! As in warm temps and not oration! We had freezing rain recently and the roads and sidewalks are currently skating rinks. We hope our flights work out! All digits are crossed! Safe travels DCC57! Enjoy your martini! Best wishes to HunE! See you at the Gala! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2019 Author #565 Share Posted January 2, 2019 40 minutes ago, DCCruiser57 said: The adventure begins - checked into departure airport hotel and having a martini. Safe travel to all WCs. See you at the gala! Myster and I are now joining you with a martini. Ours is made using Ungava Gin from the northern tip of the province of Quebec. It has a very distinctive neon yellow colour in the bottle! 🙂 Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlemichael Posted January 2, 2019 #566 Share Posted January 2, 2019 58 minutes ago, mysty said: Thanks so much Turtle! Myster and I are also keen to meet up with our fellow travelers! How is your recent surgery adventure aftermath going? Are you healing nicely? We will be on the look out for a dashing looking gent with a charming scar. 🙂 And yes we are looking forward to some hot air! As in warm temps and not oration! We had freezing rain recently and the roads and sidewalks are currently skating rinks. We hope our flights work out! All digits are crossed! Safe travels DCC57! Enjoy your martini! Best wishes to HunE! See you at the Gala! mysty, if you are looking for a dashing looking gent you'll never find me! And thanks, my Scarface Al Capone impersonation is coming to an end. I'm amazed at the healing after just 12 days. Safe travels to you and everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2019 Author #567 Share Posted January 2, 2019 11 minutes ago, turtlemichael said: mysty, if you are looking for a dashing looking gent you'll never find me! And thanks, my Scarface Al Capone impersonation is coming to an end. I'm amazed at the healing after just 12 days. Safe travels to you and everyone else. Turtle methinks thou doth protest too much! 🙂 Thanks for the well wishes! Stay out of trouble until we all get there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnka33 Posted January 2, 2019 #568 Share Posted January 2, 2019 This is our first Silversea cruise (departing on the 6th out of San Francisco)...does anyone know when luggage can be dropped off at Pier 27...I know the embark times are 2 to 5...thanks in advance 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2019 Author #569 Share Posted January 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, cnka33 said: This is our first Silversea cruise (departing on the 6th out of San Francisco)...does anyone know when luggage can be dropped off at Pier 27...I know the embark times are 2 to 5...thanks in advance 🙂 Just want to welcome you cnka33! Unfortunately I can't help with your query. Good news is that there are a lot of helpful people here. Looking forward to meeting you at the Meet & Mingle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebelle14 Posted January 2, 2019 #570 Share Posted January 2, 2019 There will be Silversea porters waiting to take your luggage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCCruiser57 Posted January 2, 2019 #571 Share Posted January 2, 2019 2 hours ago, cnka33 said: This is our first Silversea cruise (departing on the 6th out of San Francisco)...does anyone know when luggage can be dropped off at Pier 27...I know the embark times are 2 to 5...thanks in advance 🙂 You can probably drop it off around noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCCruiser57 Posted January 2, 2019 #572 Share Posted January 2, 2019 3 hours ago, mysty said: Myster and I are now joining you with a martini. Ours is made using Ungava Gin from the northern tip of the province of Quebec. It has a very distinctive neon yellow colour in the bottle! 🙂 Cheers! I have not heard of Ungave gin. I drink a Chairman of th Board martini - 1.5 oz of Grey Goose vodka, 1.5 oz. of Bombay Sapphire, and 0.5 oz of Cointreau. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mysty Posted January 2, 2019 Author #573 Share Posted January 2, 2019 5 minutes ago, DCCruiser57 said: I have not heard of Ungave gin. I drink a Chairman of th Board martini - 1.5 oz of Grey Goose vodka, 1.5 oz. of Bombay Sapphire, and 0.5 oz of Cointreau. I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of Ungava Gin. 🙂 Not many outside of Canada have. And even then not many Canadians have. Your Chairman of the Board martini sounds delicious DCC57! And potent! Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emtbsam Posted January 2, 2019 #574 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, DCCruiser57 said: I have not heard of Ungave gin. I drink a Chairman of th Board martini - 1.5 oz of Grey Goose vodka, 1.5 oz. of Bombay Sapphire, and 0.5 oz of Cointreau. That sounds wonderful! Have you ever tried Russian Standard Platinum vodka? We really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCruiseJeff Posted January 3, 2019 #575 Share Posted January 3, 2019 (edited) On 8/20/2018 at 11:17 AM, mysty said: Following the suggestion of LauraS I am starting a new thread about our grand adventure for 2019. Myster and I plan to be aboard the Whisper when she sails from San Francisco on January 6, 2019 around the globe to London Greenwich. Fellow adventurers are warmly encouraged to chime in with their 2 cents ( 2.06 cents with current inflation :)). Once the ship sails my posts here will relate directly to the Silversea and/or the Whisper experience. Snippets of the personal hijinks of Myster and Mysty will be posted in the Cooler.... my usual stomping ground. In the meantime folks are welcome to post comments and/or questions about the planned adventure. For those interested, we did the SS 2016 WC sailing from Fort Lauderdale to Venice. I kept a blog of our adventure and it can be found here: https://mpworldcruise.blogspot.com/2016/01/pre-cruise-miami.html Oh well M .... the waiting is over and the bags are starting to be packed for your amazing trip. It doesn't seem like just a few months ago when you started this thread. I know that you will ensure that every day will be treated with all the respect each deserves and that it will be the most wonderful trip of a lifetime. Safe travels and muchos fun to you and Myster on your adventure together. 🙂 Edited January 3, 2019 by UKCruiseJeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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