PaulaJK

No idea…over the years I have used a tailor on Crystal and Regent..always very pleased.

If you purchase here/ there, the ship’s tailor is good with quick turn around and extremely reasonable fees.

I will follow these excellent suggestions. Thank you.

Arriving BCN via Silver Moon. posted as 7am. Need to debark early for flight. Is 8 am likely? taxis readily availabke or book car service? Weekday travel to airport ,time needed? thank you

We are sailing Rome to Barcelona. Would appreciate any updates re: onboard Moon or reports of recent experiences.

Have menu offerings and quality of cuisine continued to decline. We ‘shared’ the Feb 24 SSpirit cruise. I don’t recall liquor brand cutbacks…is that new? Is a anything else new since Feb.?

No thoughts on this itinerary?

Kudos to CD and to staff members who responded….. would be interested about burgers served on next segment. I have no problem with addressing one ( vs many) issue/shortfall. Fir example, I spoke w the restaurant manager about the very brown pineapple on the La Terrazza buffet. He said that it shouldn’t be served…but it was the following day also..perhaps because they had run out of so many fruits ( not just delicate berries). We chose not to address the several hard to chew meats (eg duck in Silver Note and La Dame) as we didn’t envision a change and didn’t wish to spoil our meal/ cruise w complaining. Interestingly, when the entree’s were returned no staff inquired. i just think that those of us who have embraced SS were rather shocked by the many shortfalls on one cruise.

Reading across this board, it is no longer one amusing story but rather a plethora of misses with cuisine complaints almost ubiquitous. Trimming the burnt portion of eggs is attitudinal; not a home cook but a chef thought that this was okay. We, like so many here, sailed SS when it was a luxury experience and hope that those days return.

JMO. Regent surpasses current SS offerings in variety, quality and preparation and attention to presentation. ( Their downfall is lukewarm food.) Regent buffet ( La Veranda) surpasses La Terrazza in food and ambiance. I drink simpler wines so in that category they might be equal, however SS has been running out of several wines during your cruise ( across the line per posts) .

Will check

Thanks for tips re: info on HL.

SSpirit held this party in its Venetian Lounge w its fixed seats. No drinks, so no champagne. No canapes. Captain and CD present, no other brass. will now avoid Brussels aur like the plague!

We are in the boat w Vistaman again. Envious that you rec’d towelS…Our cabin had 1@ bath,hand,face..thin and gray..like nothing ever rec’d in a good hotel! Ovener may be boarding our boat…Advice here is to be careful about choosing port-port for w the change of itinerary ( to get Spirit to Athens for Med season), they just dumped us in Mahe to provide own hotel and over 6 k in new air tickets. we are in the never again group. I do wish that cruise critic would add Hapag L so that I could learn people's’ experiences.

Terrific feature which aids packing.