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Dont spill your red wine. 😋

And for that you pay 100% extra? I’m interested in standard cabins which most of use. All drinks onboard incl premium are included in standard prices as well.

Sorry misread, Vigo also no shuttle but from memory ship docks convenient to town.

Just got a response from Saga, in case anyone else wishes to know, on the April 28th April SOD sailing they are providing a shuttle service at all the ports except St Malo (not necessary). That’s good service from them.

Thanks, I just thought easier for staff to do a one-off by suppling a bottle. Doesn’t cost them anymore than sending down 2 glasses each evening. We can but ask as we found staff exceptionally pleasant last year. We have standard cabin thus 2 holidays for the price of a suite.

Can you order a bottle of spirits for your cabin , anyone done this. Instead of someone carrying a night cap every day a bottle would be easiest.

Thank you very much LandC for the very prompt answer and I’m pleased to hear about the shuttle. 😀

Hi, we are very much looking forward to our 2nd SAGA cruise (on SOD again) 28th April to Western Atlantic. Our first port is Leixoes and does anyone have experience of SAGA visiting there and providing a shuttle service to Porto which is a considerable distance away please? It is one hour by public transport but 15 mins by coach. We have been to Porto previously and don’t wish to use the excursions offered. The hop on hop off bus in Porto is good and booked in the city. To anyone dithering about using SAGA I can only say “get booking”. We have cruised with Thomson in early days (now Marello) , extensively on P&O and Cunard incl transatlantic and rate SAGA the best for us. We are late seventies, reasonably fit and active and there are plenty of things to do on board. Our experience of some passengers, as described by earlier correspondents on this site which I thought offensive, as “very old and immobile and thus like a care home”, is that the vast majority make delightful and very entertaining companions aboard ship similarly as the younger set. Cunard has lots of stuffy people aboard who didn’t wish to converse just complain. Mind you last year we had one lady on SOD one evening who was extremely overweight, got through double starters, salad, soup, main course and 2 sweets and complained loudly that the food wasn’t as plentiful or as good as Marello or Ambassador. Perhaps not enough chips. No answer to that. We eagerly await news of 2025 cruises. Hope someone can answer my query re Leixoes .