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I have not cruised Silversea since pre-stretch Spirit.  I have since cruised Viking, Seabourn and Crystal.

What apps are used on board Silversea now?  I believe they don't have their own (like Seabourn). Does Silversea offer menus, reservations, etc. on any app or what apps can be used onboard?

Is David Price the CD?  We cruised with him as Asst CD on Encore in Nov and years ago on Crystal.

Hi from Boca.  It’s been gorgeous here.

Thanks for posting.  Can’t wait to sail Dawn at some point.

This ship is the least favorite out of the whole SS fleet.

Can you say why?  I have not been on the Spirit since it was stretched.

Now this is fun...

Is any other cruise line requiring the wearing of contact tracers? 

Crystal was.  We had them on our Endeavor cruise in January.

 some green juice

Viking calls the "green juice" drink Vitamin Boost.  We had one every morning because it is a healthy drink.  In our experience (on two different cruises), the taste varied every day because it seemed to be made slightly different every day.   Some days were better than others, but we always had one.

And oh yea, we definitely got our moneys worth with the SSPB.

Total price. 

I'm a little late to the game.  My wife & I have done two 14 night NYE cruises on Viking (2017/2018 NZ to Australia and 2018/2019 round trip Miami with partial PC transit).  They did a New Year's Day pool deck/Wintergarden brunch on both cruises that was incredible!  Both were after the great and fun NYE party on the pool deck.  

@BWIVince goodness you're good.  Did you have to refer to old notes and pictures to remember all of that?

16 hours ago, ericosmith said:

Since we left Tahiti, they now have an amber ale available. Hope the supply lasts another two weeks!

Gee.  If only there was other alcohol on board. 🤪

How different was Harmony from Symphony?

To answer your question, we were on a Viking Ocean cruise around Bermuda in July.  Each evening two tubes were left with the evening turndown.  First thing in the morning, before food, we spit into the tubes to the marked line and then left the tubes for the steward to pick up when we went to breakfast.  It was an extremely easy process and not annoying one bit. In fact, it was reassuring to know people were being tested daily.

Same as above for my me and my wife last week on the 9/17-9/24 Bermuda cruise.

Just a pain in the backside when you have dry mouth in the morning.  

Same as above for me last week, but not my wife.  I drink more sparkling wine than her on the SSBP🍾

In all seriousness, if I wear nice linen pants and a nice polo shirt, can I also wear nice/clean tennis shoes in all the restaurants?

My wife & I sailed Seabourn Sojourn to Alaska from Vancouver for 10 nights in 2018.  We are sailing the Seabourn Ovation on a Norway/Baltic cruise for 21 nights this year.  We love Seabourn.

We have also sailed Crystal four times (including one river cruise), Silversea three times, Regent, Paul Gauguin and Windstar.  We love them all too. 

We have sailed Viking twice (Orion, NYE 2018/2010 and Sky, NYE 2019/2020).  We loved both cruises. 

They all have their many positives and few negatives. None of them are perfect.

If they all had the exact cruise we wanted, on the same dates, for the same price (for the lowest category cabin with a verandah), this would be my order of choice…

Crystal

Silversea

Seabourn

Viking

Regent

Windstar

I do not agree with Mr. Avery that Viking is superior in every way.  There are reasons Viking is considered premium and Crystal, Silversea, Seabourn and Regent are considered luxury. 

The best part of Viking to me is the adults only policy…and that is HUGE advantage. The worst part is the too casual attire allowing men in tank tops and sleeveless shirts in restaurants.

IMO, if you don’t have a wonderful time on any of the cruise lines I mention above, it is your fault, not theirs.

Great.  Thanks czardas.  I hope you have a wonderful cruise and post your thoughts on the trip.

I know some answers are subject to change, but can someone answer these questions based on the sailings so far:

1.  What brand of champagne is offered?

2.  What brand of shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc is offered?

3.  Can you dine outside for lunch and/or dinner on a daily basis?  If so, does it require reservations?

4.  What drinks/food is availabe in your suite?

5.  How is the gym?  I can't find any good pics online.

Thanks for the help.

Poolside and at the gym are perfectly acceptable.

That's where you sweat the most, so you are wrong, IMO.  Never acceptable, IMO.😁💪

Plus, the problem with poolside is they then go to the World Café and that is a big NO.

Just wear sleeves for all of the people around you.

Clean athletic clothes is what I and others wear

Us too, on all of our warm cruises on all luxury/premium lines.  But please, no sleeveless shirts or tank tops.  All men, regardless of how fit, should never wear sleeveless shirts or tank tops in public anywhere, anytime...even poolside.  Just don't!

We were looking at booking another cruise whilst we are on board, but there is no cruise consultant on board. We are told the guest relations manager will try and help out but how his/her expertise will be in this field remains to be seen. We are awaiting contact.

Can you just do an open booking and fill in the details later, to get the discount?

We were on the Orion for NYE from Auckland to Sydney at the beginning of this year.  The NYE party on the pool desk was great.  The band was really good and lively and many people were dancing.  They had ice statues of 2 0 1 8.  At midnight, they threw the 8 in the pool and replaced it with an ice 9.  It was a lot of fun and went to 1:00 am from what I recall.  We had so much fun we are doing NYE this year on the Sky round trip Miami!

We were not on for Christmas, but the Christmas decorations were still up.  They were standard and nice, but nothing extravagant or over the top.

We had limoncello in Torshavn on most nights during our Dec 2018/Jan 2019 two week cruise on the Orion from Auckland to Sydney.

Thanks Tim.  I may buy one of those for our Dec. 2019 Viking cruise.  We just can't imagine only 3 drawers that aren't even in the closet.  I don't count the nightstand drawers and the drawers in the bathroom as closet drawers.

Thanks for the replies. 

Where do you put all of you clothes that you can't or don't hang for two people for a full two week cruise, even knowing I will do some laundry while on board?

Did Viking do renovations to the ship during its repairs?  Specifically, do the DV closets now have the 3 drawers similar to DV closets on the Viking Orion, or is it still just the 3 drawers under the safe and none in the closet?