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We like more dressy.

Photo from this am.  Tadoussac port cancelled, enroute to arrive early into Quebec.

On 10/25/2018 at 1:31 PM, easton64 said:

How dressy do the women get for formal nights?   

Thank you

Last night was many ladies in slacks, a couple of dresses.  One woman wore a hoodie in the MDR.  Amazing.

On 10/25/2018 at 9:19 AM, brimary said:

Any information on precisely what is happening at dry dock for the Wind would be appreciated as we have approx sixty days booked for 2019 on our favou4ite SS ship.

According to CD & HD, a lot of drydock devoted to behind the scenes mechanical systems, but a major update to the suites & public areas to museify them. No plans to cloudify the wind at this point.

It was great to walk around the town - down Queen street, out to victoria park and then along the the waterfront - great walk.

Dinner menus to date.

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I will post the menus tomorrow.  Drydock will be comprehensive with new furniture in public areas, suites update and sounds like the Wind will be cloudified to replaced the leased Discoverer.

Not that dressy.   Saw a handful with long dresses, but quite a few were much more casual.  However, we dined with the finance officer & and the guest relations manager, so I did not pay close attention.  Tomorrow is the 2nd of 2 formal nights, so I will pay closer attention.  They did enforce men’s dress code on formal night - I.e., jacket & tie.  I have scanned in Chronicles, menus, premium wine list, etc.  Let me know if you would like to see any of these items.  

Weather caused the problems.  About 260 guests with 250 disembarking in Montreal.  Top 2 most traveled have over 1,500 & 1,600 days respectively.

We are on until 11/15.  A couple of problems with ports - missed Newport, 6 hours late into Halifax, but overnight & Sydney cancelled.  All is fine so far great food & service, very good complimentary wines,  etc.  A little trouble with suite temp - either too cold or too warm, trying to get thermostat setting just right.  Occasionally the toilet stops working, but then a little later - it flushes by itself.  About 8 workers on board from Callenberg.com who are probably on board for HVAC work for the upcoming drydock.  Let me know if you have any other questions.

Boarded the wind on 10/20 - there are at least 8 folks from Callenberg.com to apparently work on the HVAC for the upcoming drydock.  It appears they are setting things up for the drydock.  Will try to find out more details.

Did you notice the dress code for WC event in Bilbao is jacket & tie?

My DW concluded that they will hold the cocktail/canapes part in the grand lobby and then move to the banquet hall for the dinner part or just hold everything in the grand lobby.  Way different from recent gala events.  At the end of last year's WC, we got conflicting numbers, ranging around 220 to 240 regarding the number of WCs.

We always take a corded water pik with us, but we also take an extension cord to plug into a regular 110V outlet and not the razor outlet in the bathrooms.

Maybe it's due to the WC event on Robben Island on the evening of the 16th. Since there are in excess of 200 WCs, SS may have concluded, few would want to do a tour on the 17th. Also, the 17th is turn around day as its the end of segment 7.

Does Carnival charge sales tax on drinks in Baltimore? If so, how long after they sail does the tax stop?

Marine traffic hasn’t been updated in almost 7 hours.

Sea scanner shows the Pride headed to Bermuda.

See the archive discussion with Mark Conroy as he addresses the drydock in response to a few questions.

Mostly 10 pm, although a few times they start @ 9:45 pm. On occasion they will do a before dinner show.

As requested. From our 2018 WC. Current as of May 2018.

2018 wine list.pdf

Our second SS cruise leaves in 80+ days, and I am afraid it might be our last. It is sad to hear of some of the already declining service/food reports, but this is kind of the "nail in the coffin" for Silversea's loyal customers. I know only time will tell, but I have never enjoyed my cruises on Royal and that is partly why the move to Silversea. I think we will be looking at more luxury based land vacations or private yachting experiences in the future.

Suggest you read Emperor Norton's commentary about his Seabourn Sojourn cruise.

I doubt that Azamara and SS will be combined. Although the loyalty programs for all 3 brands (RCI, Celebrity, & Azamara) have some interchangeability, they are also very separate and distinct to the specific brand. SS has some of the best loyalty benefits. Hoping for no change.

"I doubt it would be a problem given Seabourn's track record including purchasing Princess after RCI actually made the first attempt to purchase Princess."

Don't think Seabourn purchased Princess - didn't Carnival buy Princess?

Interesting, but not surprising. I doubt we will see any difference for quite some time. Seabourn sits quite happily under Carnivore.

 

 

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With 500 days on Seabourn, we have seen a steady degradation of service and quality as Seabourn's rapid expansion (600 guests to nearly 2,600) and being subject to "publicly traded" corporation rules vis-a-vis being a privately held company has not been so good IMO. Once the corporate bean counters get involved .....