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AtlantaCruiser72

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    Celebrity, Princess, HAL
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  1. My understanding, per all the communications received from Silversea, is the Essentials will continue to be all-inclusive onboard, minus the excursions. It appears that someone in marketing mismarked page 3 of the flyer and it was sent to agents without a proper proof.
  2. Starting tomorrow 3/18/24, for all new bookings, The big change is that Door to Door and Port to Port fares will have the same deposit and cancellation terms. Both will now require 25% deposit, have final payment at 120 days, $250 penalty from time of booking to 150 days, then % based penalties starting at 15% and increasing thereafter. Other than including/excluding flights, transfers and (sometimes) pre/post hotels included the two fares will essentially be the same on the back end. Simplifies the booking process for consumers, and most likely easier for Silversea to manage on the back end as well. I have attached a flyer that shows all the fare options, inclusions and payment/cancellation terms. FLYER_THE_LUXURY_OF_CHOICE_GBL_SA2401197592 (2).pdf
  3. With the beautiful sea view terrace/pool at the front on decks 16/17 combined with the Dome and the equally gorgeous wake view terrace at the back on deck 8 it really negates a lot of the need for the Sanctuary in my opinion. I’m sure many will disagree with me.
  4. Body Wash actually will work in a pinch, but it leaves the skin feeling differently than a true bubble bath soap/foam and the suds do not last as long. That said if they have decent quality bath crystals all the better!
  5. I'm sailing on the Silver Shadow in December. Do they provide bubble bath as part of their bath amenities? I just sailed Regent in January and loved that they supplied bath foam for taking a bubble bath- was a lovely touch!
  6. They don’t have the “super-duper-fancee” headrests so they aren’t sanctuary loungers.
  7. It was listed in the Patters that way on Enchanted last November, but as I didn't go to the Casino can't say if it was enforced or not.
  8. All Princess ship have smoking areas in their Casinos. However on Formal nights they often designate the Casino as non-smoking. That said the residual odor still lingers.
  9. My guess is the numbers in the diamonds represent the ounces of the cut per serving.
  10. I wonder where the elevator takes you if you mash the gangway button on a sea day????? LOL Somehow I have visons of "this" happening!
  11. The balcony depth on the rooms in the "skinny part" look deeper (on the deck plan) than those out at the wide parts. I'm pretty sure this was one of the rooms on the "skinny" part of the ship, hence the deeper balcony.
  12. I think these are both in play. On more than one occasion I saw one of the bar managers doing an inventory check with a bartender calling out pars for each bottle behind the bar. I also noticed very few to no "free pours", everything went in a jigger before a glass. carnival corp is being VERY strict with cost controls across all brands as they strive to pay down debt and remain profitable. I can't say I fault them for that. The upside for the consumer of signing the slips, it is easier to dispute an erroneous charge. I know what my signature look like and if presented with a slip that did not match easy to prove with comparison to other slips. Realistically it took all of 3-5 seconds from my cruise to sign each slip, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things
  13. They all appear to be the same chair style, but a mix of arm and side chairs. The arm chairs have a blue inner shell and cream outer shell and the side chairs have a blue inner and outer shell. All have a blue seat.
  14. I noticed the below and it makes me wonder if they are going to offer a Koren BBQ menu as an option?
  15. Somehow I was remembering our itinerary wrong. There is only 1 sea day at the end of the trip. Day 8 is St Thomas from 8am - 4pm and day 9 is Grand Turk from 1:30pm - 8pm. Based on this in going to assume second formal night will be day 8.
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