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Got away from the Venetian Lounge at 2.45ā¦ last man standing .. room clock is 1 hour forward! No chance of Brecky tomorrow. Loisā¦ itās British ā¦ UK and NIā¦ one nationā¦ one flag. At least how I see it and certainly the monarchy. The Scots, Welsh and NI would like to be includedā¦.. but not allā¦ but thatās ok too.
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Probably 70 to 75 in Venetian and no idea how many in panorama where the chronicle said it would be shown. Enjoyed it. As TTS said we Brits do do this stuff well and long May the UK continue to do so. Friends in the US up at 3am to watch. Not even sure Iād do that! Th only downside I predict is the Netflix Victim ignored show. One downside I guess. Currently 01.29 and clocks going forward 2 hours! Yikes. Breakfast missed 4 seadays in a row! lol Hope everyone enjoyedā¦ and if you didnāt.. donāt begrudge those who did.
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Ok, not a heading to invoke anti or pro Uk monarchyā¦ but more to acknowledge on the Muse they are serving special menus and showing the Coronation Live (in Panorama but also seemingly in the Venetian Lounge when I just walked paste. Anything on the other ships in the fleet? I think we are -12 hours to GMT so quite a gapā¦ But hey hoā¦ plenty of champagne! Sailing has 360 on boardā¦ but with 60 from the UK, 63 from Oz and 60 from Canada, itās certainly potentially of interestā¦ and even if not, still a big dealā¦. So weāll done SS for that. At least the rough seas provides cover if a few too many downed! My chair had slid several times with the waves! Loving being at sea!
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Forget that, I just looked and see itās not a port of call, Not much to see, but the people must be the friendliest on the planet! Do you know it guests disembarking and embarking in Seward have a train transfer? They have just cancelled our falsely blaming Alaskan Railroad. They didnāt or couldnāt book the train charter because AR public service doesnāt start until 15 Mayā¦. Or maybe cancelled because of low passenger count. I flagged this anomaly last year and again on 4 April when the train wasnāt shown on the cruise ticket. I was again assured it was a train journey and all booked. Most guests are oblivious to the transfer now being coach. The official notice to my TA want until after we had boarded. When I spoke with GS at first they tried to say there was emergency engineering works on the track, but other ship sources have confirmed thatās not true.
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Have you called in to Miyako yet? Dont miss the send off. The crew all did a celebration jig when we left Japanese waters on Silver Muse a few days ago, when mask wearing no longer compulsory.
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It means I didnāt double check the auto correct that took place on my phone and should probably wear glasses when using my phone. Here is the stair caseā¦. This doesnāt exist on the moon or Dawn. Second photo is from deck 8 showing the other end of the stair case.
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Not really anything of note between the dawn and moon, but the Muse certainly has many differences. Though I prefer Indochine to SALT, there are many other big difference, with the biggest being Dolce Vita. On my first sailing, the cavernous bar has been improved and near divided, the bar itself is horrible in comparison to Dawn and Moon. No USB in rooms either. Other changes are locations of La Dame, arts cafe and silver noteā¦ and something I noticed last nightā¦ a start case into panorama nigh in the dance floor. Theyve certainly learned from their mistakes.
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Suitably wetted and singing a song about mad dogs and Englishmen.
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I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.
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We had a few of thoseā¦. Over 2 1/2 hours all these were unused. The whole row and all with different couples. Had I have known, Iād have put an upside down pineapple on them all.
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The only decorations on doors that I can recall were little dots to denote occupants are quarantined! What sort of thing did you mean OP? Iām sure it wouldnāt be a problem as long as tasteful and no damage. SS used to have binoculars in every room, but not been the case for some time now. I believe if you ask at GS, you should be able to get a short time loaner. Iāve seen that mentioned, but never done it. Without knowing the cruise, itās not possible to answer which terminal. Cruise mapper and whatās in port will give you those answers, though obviously things can change. Your cruise ticket will verify, but generally itās a safe bet the whatās in port info for Southampton will be accurate. https://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live_Information/Shipping_Movements_and_Cruise_Ship_Schedule/Cruise_Ship_Schedule/
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Thanks for your review and taking the time to do so. We were on the sailing onwards from your disembarkation port of Barbados. Agree with you on the Ship. Dawn is splendid. Entertainment, itās very rare we go to any shows, but did see one this time. I expect some might enjoy the āQueenā tribute. It was ok at times, but not for me. Food, as Drron said, is subjective usually, but not always. On my second night in Salt, I sent back both starter and main course. The starter was stone cold (literally room temperature and did recheck it was meant to be hot!) I got that changed. The main was Luke warm, but under cooked. I chose not to replace. Service was slow and wasnāt going to stave so left it. This is the first time on any SS cruise Iāve sent food back, so really not good to have 2 in a row. It did pick up after that and that meal the only meal of notable dissatisfaction. Drinks, Iād usually agree. But was surprised at no Peroni (on an Italian ship at the pizzeria.) They had none on the ship available anywhere. It happens I know, but some things youād expect not to. Our fridge was sparseā¦ and not restocked. I did manage to get 2 bottles of Asahi beer, but never replaced. No big deal, but not good either. Beyond that, Al as expected. Staff as always were excellent, but there were far more than usual getting up to speed. Highlight food related was the death by chocolate which was stunning. Will you be booking another? .
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Absolutely. Just surprising that SS are hell bent on encouraging it. The things mentioned are marketing ploys which are unpalatable, but beyond that, itās not very good reading the number of recent posts from guests dissatisfied with their experiences. Iāve seen grumbles and complaints before, but not on these levels.
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I hadnāt looked, but just did. Canāt see those prices being popular.
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On the Dawn last month in the Caribbean, surprisingly, Brits outnumbered Americans 3 to 1. Most unusualā¦. But that was because it became a semi charter. No Peroni was available anywhere on the ship. Thatās a bit like no Sushi in Kaiseke. Donāt like D2D at all. Donāt like EBB disappearing. Donāt like the deposit and refund changes. No VS of P2P. Donāt like bigger ships. I still enjoyed the cruise and hope to have a great time on the Muse next week, but I think the CL Iām fond of is disappearing fast.
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Must be a Star Trek transporter D2D fare! Loved the Shanghai Las in Singapore. Maybe you might suggest a quick viewing of that one as you pass by. Shouldnāt take too long! š Beam me up Scotty.
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Silver Muse from Osaka to Seward. Agree, nothing has been mentioned for cruising specifically from Japan after May 8th, but logically if Covid has been downgraded to be the same as a cold, then I canāt think theyād upgrade it on the sea and a cruise will get cancelled for more than 10% having a cold. Iām told that currently on the ship I join in just over a weeks time, on top of the boarding test, daly temperature checks are required and also no self serve food. Mask wearing is also recommended on inside locations. These ārulesā are the same as on a sailing we did in Jan 2022 in South America - but without the needed PCR on each new country. Unfortunately my wife caught Covid on that voyage and was in the āred zone quarantine for 10 days. To have got off as scheduled in Guayaquil, sheād only done 6 days, was already fine with an antigen, but failed the PCR. (She literally had absolutely zero symptoms). Ecuador insisted sheād have to spend a further 14 days locked up. (So 20 days for not even a runny nose, temperature or cough!) Iām glad those days are behind us! That said, there are worse places to be confined to your suite that a luxury cruise ship! Ironically, after I was excluded for 48 hours, I had the run of the ship, but kept a very low profile for fear of a further extension. Our 16 night cruise was extended to 25 and we did have the option to stay on until Montevideo (so 42 nights) but since Chile had Al but shut down and Argentina and Brazil were completely blocked, that many sea days wasnāt so appealing!
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Indeed, I jumped to this same conclusion and suggested the same a week or so ago on CC. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2928097-muse-cruise-japan-questions-anyone-on-board-now-or-about-to-sail/?do=findComment&comment=65148639 I guess I donāt blame them, but would be devastated if this stopped us boarding in just over a weeks time.
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It'll always be valid. The certificate has an expiry date - you just need to use the app and get another and the expiry date will be another 3 months (or whatever it is.) It just verifies the dates of your vaccines.... and they get further and further back in time. Not quite sure what the need to expire is. OK no worries. I with we catch the cherry blossoms in Hokkaido.
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I fly in 9 days time. The only part I run into difficulty was inputting my hotel details which needs prefecture details and is auto fill. If you find the correct zip code (and remember to remove the hyphen if there is one, then itās straight forward. I copied and pasted and it included the ā-ā and so didnāt play ball until I realised. All hotel address details should be easy to find on the likes of booking.com To assist, I have also printed the QR codes and sealed back to back in a slightly larger than credit card thing to hold and use in the machines and hold up as I walk through. Much easier than fumbling with your phone and getting connected to Wi-Fi when you have a connection to catch.
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Important to do this. The queues mentioned will no doubt be people who hadnāt and without the cleared status QR code passes.