dougburns

I can't believe how unrealistic SS has become with this new pricing. We are looking at 2 different cruises in the Caribbean in Jan 2025. One is a 10 day cruise on the Moon and the other is an 11 day cruise on the Moon. Before this new stuff the 10 day in a Silver suite was $20,400 and the 11 day was $21,400 doing PtP. Now the 10 day is $21,400, but the 11 day is $50,100 doing PtP. UNBELIEVABLE!!! Do they really think any sane person would fall for that? We may just fold up our tent and go elsewhere to cruise. RCL is doing a good job of ruining SS as a luxury line.

I have reviewed all categories of the Nova veranda suites on both the SS website and thru youtube videos of the Nova. There is no bathtub! The large shower has a bench seat. What am I missing? I don't really care, but my lovely wife surely would. As far as I can see only the larger suites have a tub and shower.

Tucson Guy; Please ask your butler if he knows where Karthik is and if he or his boss have a contact e-mail for Karthik. Glad to hear how fabulous the Nova is. I'll be aboard 5-15 Mar and am looking forward to it. I'll be solo since my lovely wife won't go. Thanks in advance from Sun City West, AZ.

Tucson Guy; Would appreciate it if you could check when you get aboard as to if the Head of Housekeeping is Karthik Thangavelu. Your butler will know. He's a good friend of ours and he's supposed to be in that position. I've tried to e-mail him several times, but gotten no response. Don't know if he's changed his e-mail or not. Thanks in advance.

I did the simply hotel on my Dawn cruise in March. The SS rep at the hotel gave us our luggage tags the evening before loading up to go to the ship.

I was on the Dawn in March and had requested Caffeine free diet coke. The only thing they had was coke zero or diet coke. Good luck!

Les; Don't mean to highjack the thread, but if you have time and the internet cooperates could you tell me who the Captain, Hotel Director and Cruise Director will be for the TA starting 23 March. Thanks

Go to mysilversea and select the cruise you're on then go to activities. It will show each day of the cruise and the bow tie is at the top of the days that are formal.

Les; If you're flying into Barbados the airline will most likely have the proper entry form for you to fill out prior to landing. If you're concerned about that you can also go to Google and search Barbados entry requirements. There is a link there to fill out the form online.

As ggo85 said, my ticketing arrived today for my 23 Mar cruise on the Dawn. It came from SS via our TA and not directly from SS. It has not shown up on mysilversea.

I board in Barbados. Just as an aside, I received my final ticketing; hotel, etc. today. It came from our TA and not directly from SS.

This morning I received an extensive e-mail from SS giving an update on the entire COVID test requirements and boarding process and procedures, as well as the updated emergency drill procedures and suite housecleaning rules for my cruise beginning 23 Mar on the Dawn. I assume that the same e-mail will be sent to folks on other cruises @ 2 weeks prior to the cruise. There should be no confusion relative to requirements after reading the e-mail.

I have to apologize, the link to Blacklane was from Barbara Muckermann at Silversea. Sorry Barbara!

I am a month out from departure for the Silver Dawn. This morning I got the link from Barbara Zuckerman to Blacklane for my limo transport going and coming home. I found the Blacklane site very easy to work with and booked both trips easily. We'll see how that works out, but the outfit seems very professional. The link to Blacklane came from Silversea and not from our TA.

Being a pilot all I need is an isle seat and a bit of extra leg room for my bad back and artificial hips. To me that's an upgrade from the terrible seats I had in the back of the bus. And, I am in Premium Economy on 3 of the four flights. At 88 I can fall asleep most anywhere and at any time!