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  1. Port power, this is awesome! Thank you for sharing! This sounds like a way to use our credit! We have little interest in top shelf liquor or specialty dining and I haven’t been able to figure out what to use it on- this would be very cool! (Literally! 🤣😳)
  2. Good to know- we have a sizable OBC and nothing to spend on, this might be our move!
  3. My big binoculars with my chest strap come in every wildlife Expedtion! Hubby has tricked out his photography kit so he can change lenses etc without needing to place anything in the ground. We’ve been trying to understand the rules so he knows what gear to bring and what’s permitted to do. He loves photographing wildlife and we can wait to see what’s out there!
  4. This is such helpful into! So if I’m reading right, if you choose to kayak and they decide it’s not safe, you can still get out on a zodiac. Also sounds like there’s a special zodiac for photographers? Does this mean there’s a bit more room for their gear? Or they have the photograph specialist on the zodiac? In curious about this! But enjoy your trip as priority one! My question can wait 🥰
  5. This is encouraging; we’ll be on silver seas Jan 15 and truly hoping things don’t turn for the worse (for lots of reasons including for the birds!)
  6. That was the only reason I booked SS, totally casual for dinner in Antarctica or any destination heavy/ expedition trip. My post was to weigh in- as a person with a solid 25-30 years of travel (🙏hopefully) ahead, I want casual 24/7, not sloppy tank tops, but expedition clothes or I won’t book. If SS thinks they have 25-30 years of market for dressing up then they should by all means run their ships that way! And I love to dress and often DO on cruises where it’s optional! But I vote with my feet, and I’m just letting anyone monitoring where my feet (and wallet) will be going! 🥰
  7. Yes! It’s important if they are being respectful that teens are reminded that it’s not about them if someone won’t give them a chance! (Of any age!) Sometimes we “old heads” forget what it was like to be a teenager!🤣 I enjoy kids of all ages, and they have a lot to teach us if we listen and they can help keep us young! 🥰 Hope you have a great trip!
  8. Good to know! I love a good dress up night, and we often do, but not with long port days, on a destination focused cruise, I’m not on the ship for social reasons, but to see the places where the ship goes. I will have to follow the changes (or not changes carefully!) thanks for the heads up!
  9. We’ve traveled all over the world, many remote and adventurous destinations with our teen and YA daughters and even took our niece on safari in Africa as a teen. If she asked for this, that shows a high degree of interest in the region and the wildlife there. That motivation already self selects for a great experience for her. Here’s my advice ! 1 - set expectations about wildlife, and that their experience may not look like the documentaries she’s seen. Animals will be further away than they look in zoomed videos and photos. Documentarians spend weeks not hours in an area and you may not see all the behaviors or even any animals at all! 2- to better appreciate the wildlife, have her practice with binoculars and her camera before she leaves in her back yard. Get comfy with them so she’ll be very familiar when the encounter happens! 3- set expectations about connecting with the environment and putting aside distractions. Our teens decided to put the iPods they brought for the plane ride, away in the safe so not to miss any of the environment they’d traveled so far to see! I would imagine she knows there might not be internet and she’ll be disconnecting from home in order to connect with environment. 4- discuss clothing and fashion, that Antarctica is about warmth and not fashion. I gave a talk to a group of GS going to Belize about what to wear, and we passed around an ice cube with everyone wearing a cotton sock on one hand, and a wool sock on the other. The point was made very quickly! 5- set expectations that the other passengers will probably be older than her, and not to be too biased about age, people are people are people at any age. Focus on what you have in common! And she might notice theg might have their own biases about teens. Tell her to cheerfully ignore that and try to connect with the folks who love to talk to young people. You will find many in your travels! 6 it says it in every expedition pretrip document I’ve ever recived! It’s an expedition trip, things will change, even quickly, and it’s important to defer and respect the decisions of the guides and crew who are putting safety as job one! Once in Africa our guides suddenly started rushing everyone back to the boat in the Zambezi after we’d just arrived for drinks and snacks. My family immediately followed directions and only realized after we returned to the skiff that a herd of elephants was headed into the “camp” to steal the snacks and it was imperative to move quickly to safety! Every person, young or old might hit a wall, or have a hard day and everyone on the expedition is a team, remaining positive and respectful while also expecting change is critical and a hard skill for many adult never mind a hormonal 14 yo! But it’s possible for everyone in the expedition to support each other and make the voyage spectacular! this is an amazing gift to give your child! It literally changed the life of our neice who went into Stanford to get a PhD in immunology based on her continuing interest in African health systems. It’s a beautiful thing tk be able to nurture her interests!
  10. In case anyone from RCI and SS is watching- I want to weigh jn that your up and coming customers, the ones like us who might be your customers for the next 20-30 years, don’t want formal anything! I’ve booked an expedition cruise on SS in Antarctica only after my TA PROMISED me there are no dress expectations on this cruise. If we discover there is, we are out on future SS expedition cruises and if they continue this on their other cruises, we won’t be booking them, even if we have a fabulous experience in Antarctica. So it might work for current clients for as long as they are still able to travel, but I’d imagine they’ll need to make a change to attract new/younger passengers. I will be watching with interest!
  11. CABIN # 1621 DECK # (3-14) 11 CATEGORY: 7-12, 1A-1C, 2A-2D, A1-A2, C1-C3, CS, FV, PS, RF, RS, S1-S2, SG, SV A2 LOCATION ON SHIP: Port (left), Starboard (right), Bow (front), Stern (back) or Inside and Forward, Midship (between the forward and aft elevators), or Aft (For example: Port-Midship, Bow-Forward or Inside-Aft) Port-Aft just beyond the suites at the aft elevators BED NEAR (Bath, Balcony, Window, N/A) Bath QUIET? (Yes/No/Usually) Yes BALCONY VIEW (Good, Great, Obstructed?) Great BALCONY SIZE (Standard, Oversized, Other) Standard WIND A PROBLEM? (Yes/No/Sometimes) No SOOT A PROBLEM? (Yes/No/Sometimes) No PROBLEMS/COMMENTS (Explain all Noise (including crew door issues), Wind and Soot Problems here, plus all comments and information regarding things like connecting or accessible cabins) nice quiet cabin, the first regular balcony (Aqua Class) after the suites on the bump right at the aft elevators. Totally regular size balcony, but next to neighbors with bigger balconies on suites, no noise from the elevators or stairways, and super convenient to everything especially ocean view cafe and pools. Solarium and spa just a a walk the length of the ship and up one deck. PICTURES (Attach pictures in your review) DATE OF CRUISE AND "REVOLUTION" COMMENTS 11/06/2023-11/16/2023 IMG_3467.mov
  12. And they anticipated this weather our arrival dock changes yesterday from 25 to 18 because of the anticipated storm.
  13. That’s what we’ve been told- no ships can dock till port is open/safe to transport pilots to the ocean liners.
  14. The latest from the CD on board Silhouette is all things related to debarkation are pushed back 3 hours,(7:20 tag is now 10:20 AM) as of the latest info, but again, that’s the estimate based on best case scenario, pilot is not on board. Good size swells but she handles them very well. Capt George and CD Mike very informative. Extended hours in the Oceanview Cafe. I dunno, but unless you have a wedding to get to, getting 3 extra cruise hours is ok with me! 😉 If I had an early flight, I’d need to change it but I wouldn’t be missing a cruise 🤣 (so I always arrive early to the port city!)
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