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Just google Stay and Cruise Fort Lauderdale and you will find lots of hotels that allow you to leave you car (many for a small price per day) if you stay the night before. Parking at Port Everglades is $15 per day.
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His message sent 11/12
ACTION IS NECESSARY
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Dear Silversea Guest,
As a World Cruise guest you will receive 2 suitcases per person, up to 50lbs each, shipped round-trip compliments of Silversea. Any additional suitcases you wish to ship over the complimentary allotment, will be charged as follows:
Home to San Francisco, California one-way:
1 - 150 lbs. - $200.00 per piece
London (Greenwich), United Kingdom to Home one-way: (per piece)
1 - 30 lbs. $375.00
31 - 50 lbs. $475.00
51 - 60 lbs. $500.00
61 - 70 lbs. $525.00
We require the luggage be ready for pick up on Thursday, December 27, 2018.. Included each price of luggage is automatically insured up to $2,000.00 USD. Should the value of your items exceed this amount, we recommend purchasing specific travel insurance to supplement the higher value of the items. However, please note, Silversea Cruises does not offer supplemental baggage insurance coverage over the stated "insured up to $2,000.00 USD".An overnight FedEx package will be sent to your home or office, your signature is required for this delivery. This package will be sent the week of December 10, 2018.
In order for us to send this package to you, please provide the following information.
1. Please provide the delivery address to ship the luggage tags to
2. Please provide the pick-up address (No P.O. Box) for the luggage including telephone number
3. Please provide the number of suitcases you will ship
Your return service from ship to home will be handled onboard Silver Whisper prior to the conclusion of your voyage.
It is our pleasure to be at your service and we remain available to you should you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Frank
FRANK SANSONE
Vice President, Guest Relations
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No paperwork for luggage shipment. Frank Sansone', VP of Guest Relations, e-mail indicated we would get a Fedex overnight package, requiring a signature, the week of 12/10. For 2016 and 2018, I do not remember having to sign.
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4 hours ago, wripro said:
Exactly right.
That said, there are around 240 or so WCs on board. Given that there are a number of singles, that is nearly 75 percent capacity of the suites.
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If you connect with a person who has cruised with Seabourn, they can provide you with a first time Seabourn cruiser coupon that provides you with a $400 shipboard credit. The person providing the coupon also receives a shipboard credit of $400 for their next cruise after you have completed your cruise.
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25 minutes ago, Bluebelle14 said:
Whom would you ask if you were in Freeport, the workers?
Mark Conroy, Managing Director of the Americas for Silversea - mconroy@silversea.com.
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A new twist - in nearly 500 days, I have never seen a premium wine by the glass list.
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1 minute ago, The-Inside-Cabin said:
Will that be on the Amsterdam? We will be on that cruise as well
It's on the Silversea WC - 140 days touching all 7 continents with 3 full days in Antarctica. Also, stopping at Robinson Crusoe Island, an overnight anchor at Easter Island, and a stop at Pitcairn Island. SS is adding a crane and zodiacs for the landings in Antarctica. By the way, we have done a number of HAL cruises and were on the first 30 day segment of 2015 HAL WC.
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10 minutes ago, The-Inside-Cabin said:
Thanks for following!
You are most welcome. Keep up the great reporting!! Will be especially interested in your reporting on Antarctic as we go there in 2020 on another cruise line's WC.
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OK, first time Seabourn cruiser, with extensive cruising experience on other lines, who is providing an extensive/comprehensive review of their experience and travels. I followed their blog from the HAL 2018 WC, and the amount of information/level of detail is amazing. It provided us with a wealth of knowledge for our upcoming African safaris on another cruise line's WC. Yet, the best some can do is to provide a snarky response.
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I think you will like it very much. We are/were very much Seabourn diehards (almost 500 days). We are now SS diehards. We like the staff better and we think the MDR lunch and dinner menus have much more variety. We haven't been on the Encore/Ovation, so can't speak to the Thomas Keller grill. But on the Odyssey class ships, we were not impressed by the TK MDR insert items or the TK family style dinners in the Colonnade. La Terrazza is similar to the Colonnade for breakfast & lunch but turns into a wonderful Italian restaurant for dinner with a menu that rotates every 4 days or so. Also, La Terrazza makes wonderful, made from scratch pizzas. SS Champagne (Pommery or Monopole) Is better than Seabourn's Nicolas Feuillatte. The Panorama Lounge is pretty quiet for a before/after dinner drink. The bar, however, can be quite busy and somewhat noisy. Here's some of the menus. The first 7 are dinner, the next 7 are lunch. I also included the Premium wine list and the room service/always available menu,
Lunch
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Good luck. We have struck up friendships with several of the sommeliers, but haven’t had any luck getting the list. You would think that with over 350 days, we might be able to get the list.
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Glad you found this helpful. I also have copies of the lunch and dinner menus along with the premium wine list if you would like to see any of these items. Unfortunately, SS does not give out the complimentary wine list, but they have a very wide variety and their complimentary wines are the best among the luxury cruise lines. They have a wine ambassador, whose sole job is to travel around the world and buy some of the very best complimentary wines. Occasionally, he is onboard for a wine cruise and they go to great lengths to get local wines - Australian, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, etc.
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First eight days Chronicles from our recent 26 day cruise. Generally there is music in the Bar before and after dinner with a trio (not all nights due to show commitments). There was usually a pianist in the Panorama Lounge after dinner. Let me know if you would like some additional days.
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Well the Wind has completed her first 7 days in Drydock and today is the Whisper's 4th day. Best wishes for successful transformations.
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On 3/28/2017 at 1:12 PM, imcpa said:
And again I ask if anyone knows how I can contact Silversea by email.
I do have a life and this will be our 3rd Silversea cruise. I love interacting with the butler. I am one who thinks every suite having a butler is an advantage of SS over the other luxury lines.
And trust me, I will drink whatever they put in the suite if it sparkles. It could be Cooks for all I care, I would like to have a welcome bottle on ice waiting for us like it used be on our prior luxury cruises.
Have your travel agent or you can write to Special Services at SpecialServices@silversea.com for your request. Since they usually only stock coke products, I request a specific number of diet pepsi. They are usually very responsive and will inform you when they have accommodated your request. Hope this is helpful.
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The Wind left Port Everglades at 2:23 pm and is scheduled to arrive in Freeport at 7 PM to begin her scheduled drydock.
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She is headed towards Barbados and arrives tomorrow. I believe all the passengers will probably disembark and then she will probably head to Freeport for Drydock, although she may do a cruise to San Juan and then head to Freeport. The Wind just left Port Everglades and is headed to Freeport for her Drydock.
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You would have to fly to Union Island & then take a 20 minute boat ride to Mayreau.
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Another option is to take a bus from the central bus station to go out to visit the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. We missed the ship's tour and did this on our own. It was a little faster as we set our own schedule and alot cheaper. One of the few places you can actually hold a koala. Some other interesting animals as well.
See the following link - https://koala.net/.
DCC57 is fine with me.
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Here's the list I assembled.
Location Date Malaria Risk Mombasa, Kenya 3-Apr Moderate Amboseli High Zanzibar, Tanzania 5-Apr High Mamoudzou, Mayotte 7-Apr Rare Nosy Be, Madagascar 8-Apr Moderate Maputo, Mozambique 11-Apr Moderate Richards Bay 12-Apr Low Durban 13-Apr Low Kruger High East London 14-Apr Low Cape Town 16-Apr Low Walvis Bay, Namibia 20-Apr Low Sao Tome, Sao Tome/Principe 25-Apr Low Lome, Togo 27-Apr High Accra/Tema, Ghana 28-Apr High Banjul,Gambia 2-May High Dakar, Senegal 3-May High -
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According to the US Center for Disease Control, a number of the countries in Africa are rated as high risk for malaria with a number of other countries rated as moderate. Hopefully everyone is aware of these risk and making arrangements for the appropriate malaria pills.
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My recollection is that Seabourn did not provide a shuttle due to the taxi union. There is very little around the deep sea port.
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No Hot Rocks, but they were serving hot gluhwine throughout the ship.
Whispering Around The World 2019
in Silversea
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In 2016, a shuttle bus dropped you near the aquarium in Darling Harbour. In 2018, SS provided a water shuttle that dropped you near the Oversea Passenger Terminal near Circular Quay.