Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 13, 2022 Author #26 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Valencia sunset 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted October 13, 2022 #27 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Silver Spectre said: Valencia sunset Beautiful photo......thanks for sharing it with us😀. I understand Rico is your CD....if you have an opportunity, give him a big hello from me. Thanks🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 13, 2022 Author #28 Share Posted October 13, 2022 45 minutes ago, Lois R said: Beautiful photo......thanks for sharing it with us😀. I understand Rico is your CD....if you have an opportunity, give him a big hello from me. Thanks🙂 Will do Lois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ronrick1943 Posted October 14, 2022 #29 Share Posted October 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Silver Spectre said: Will do Lois. Sounds like the cruise is OK, you seem to be enjoying yourself. Thanks for taking the time to write and tag along. Safe and healthy travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 14, 2022 Author #30 Share Posted October 14, 2022 4 hours ago, ronrick1943 said: Sounds like the cruise is OK, you seem to be enjoying yourself. Thanks for taking the time to write and tag along. Safe and healthy travels. Cheers, I would say better than OK, it’s living up to expectations. Going on a wine tour this morning so will be able to assess the tour bus masking compliance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 14, 2022 Author #31 Share Posted October 14, 2022 29 guests on our tour bus of whom 7, including us wore masks. One lady coughing a bit. The bus was half full, with most guests at the front. The wine tour itself was good. A Spanish sub and some fancy yachts 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 14, 2022 Author #32 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Cartagena on another lovely sunny day 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblefoot Posted October 14, 2022 #33 Share Posted October 14, 2022 32 minutes ago, Silver Spectre said: Cartagena on another lovely sunny day Weather looks fantastic. What are your daytime temps running at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emtbsam Posted October 14, 2022 #34 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Can you please tell me who the Hotel Director and Captain are. How long will you be on board? Would love to see you both again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 14, 2022 Author #35 Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Stumblefoot said: Weather looks fantastic. What are your daytime temps running at? In port about 25/26c, inland today about 28c. Malaga tomorrow 26c. We now have our first guest identified with COVID, no crew at present. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 14, 2022 Author #36 Share Posted October 14, 2022 35 minutes ago, Emtbsam said: Can you please tell me who the Hotel Director and Captain are. How long will you be on board? Would love to see you both again. Hi there, Captain is Zanello, who was on here last year, HD is Daniele Franco, who was on the Shadow last September. We get off when the ship gets back to Lisbon on Oct 30th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 15, 2022 Author #37 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Not sure why but the Wifi on here is pretty bad, standard is really sluggish and the premium service is running at about of that on the Whisper in March. Even at 1am with most of the ship asleep it’s bad. And of course my general bugbear, PressReader newspapers, on here the English ones are being loaded around 6pm! Luckilythe weather is still good. We have 210 Venetians onboard with 5 guests over 1000 days. So that’s an awful lot of newbies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare spinnaker2 Posted October 15, 2022 #38 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Glad to hear weather is good! Some friends boarding soon, they are looking forward to the Azores and Canaries and of course sea days! Stay well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 15, 2022 Author #39 Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, spinnaker2 said: Glad to hear weather is good! Some friends boarding soon, they are looking forward to the Azores and Canaries and of course sea days! Stay well. Can’t wait for that first sea day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqtchas Posted October 15, 2022 #40 Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) How's the maple syrup supply?😊 Edited October 15, 2022 by zqtchas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 15, 2022 Author #41 Share Posted October 15, 2022 2 hours ago, zqtchas said: How's the maple syrup supply?😊 Good question, any particular brand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosepark Posted October 15, 2022 #42 Share Posted October 15, 2022 See you on Tuesday. Rp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 16, 2022 Author #43 Share Posted October 16, 2022 6 hours ago, rosepark said: See you on Tuesday. Rp Have a safe flight. We will try and keep the ship looking good for your arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 16, 2022 Author #44 Share Posted October 16, 2022 12 hours ago, zqtchas said: How's the maple syrup supply?😊 So far I have identified Maple Joe from Canada, in individual portions, but there is a rumour of a jar somewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 16, 2022 Author #45 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Today’s companion 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblefoot Posted October 17, 2022 #46 Share Posted October 17, 2022 19 hours ago, Silver Spectre said: So far I have identified Maple Joe from Canada, in individual portions… Hey, hey, hey… that’s some pure Canada Grade A maple syrup right there! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 17, 2022 Author #47 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Yesterday’s big sister is here. And this is BIG, 5209 passengers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 17, 2022 Author #48 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Spanish sunset 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Silver Spectre Posted October 18, 2022 Author #49 Share Posted October 18, 2022 One thing that really sucked on this voyage was the imposition of a 21% Spanish Vat charge on every additional service onboard. This included La Dame, the Boutique, the Spa and any purchased service such as Premium Wine and the Premium Wifi. Its not SS’s fault, but the authorities should be happy for cruising to return and not be gouging guests! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumblefoot Posted October 18, 2022 #50 Share Posted October 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Silver Spectre said: One thing that really sucked on this voyage was the imposition of a 21% Spanish Vat charge on every additional service onboard. Did SS disclose the fact they would be doing this at embarkation? If not, what an unpleasant surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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