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They only allow pre-booking for a relatively small percentage of the available spaces (well less than 50%). You can book your reservations once onboard (you should do so on the day of embarkation).  Most likely, you will be able to make several reservations for your cruise. 

According to my Seabourn Source app, it’s “Hickory Smoked BBQ Baby Back Ribs” night in Colonnade on the Quest. If that’s true, then that should be the last go around for that Keller favorite on Quest. 

Who cares...high-end hotels do this routinely.

You get your money back, so no big deal.

11 hours ago, kjbacon said:

When checking the SB app for the nightly menus on Quest, TK Grill is no longer listed. Must be that it’s now closed and the changeover is in process. Looking forward to learning more about Solis.

The Quest's TKG menu still shows up on my app today.

Is your next SB cruise on Quest?  I believe that's the only way to view Quest's menus on the app.

2 hours ago, exsausd said:

Our cabin attendant looked like she was about to collapse.  She disappeared for 2 days and we were told that she was seasick.  She  came back to work with a mask and still looked unwell.  I have a suspision that this was the source of transmission.

I can't believe that a cabin attendant would be allowed to return to work within two days of being diagnosed with Covid.  That would violate every standard of care (on ship and on land) that I've ever seen.  Additionally, Seabourn certainly wouldn't want her to be spreading Covid to all of the other passengers if for no other reason than it's not in their best interest. 

Her being out two days sounds as though she was suspected of having Covid, had a negative initial test, was retested 24-48 hours later, and that test was also negative.

However, what you describe sure sounds like a strong circumstantial case for her having Covid.  Perhaps she was tested and had a false negative result. 

Let me split the baby in half:  there will be new ships, but they will be expedition ships. I believe this decision will be short-sighted, but these ships are smaller and command a higher premium, so for a small company it might make sense in the short run.  Hope I'm wrong!

This sample menu shows some of the standard dishes and some of the rotating dishes.

21 hours ago, babydrum said:

I didn't receive my confirmation.  They show up in my itinerary as booked but I never got an email.

 

I would take a screenshot of this just in case it "disappears" from your itinerary.

8 hours ago, pappy1022 said:

If a major itinerary change is made, customers should be offered the ability to change their minds as well as to whether the cruise is still desirable. 

That is covered in the cruise contract (Booking Terms and Conditions) that we all sign (but don't necessarily read):

"Crystal may in its sole discretion and without prior notice change, substitute, postpone, cancel or deviate from any scheduled sailing, itinerary or call at any port, and may substitute another vessel for the ship, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by a Guest as a result of any such change, substitution, postponement, cancellation or deviation."

This is the piano from last year's NYE dinner on Sojourn.

I can't comment on the quality of the food since I'm not currently onboard the Quest (that will have to wait until next year), but the New Year's Eve menu for tonight looks darn good to me.  Hope it's the same for next year.

2 hours ago, Ovener said:

For some reason it’s still called ‘The Grill’ under the dining reservations icon, but having booked it indeed appears as Solis. Perhaps a UK booking problem?

Same experience for us here (USA). On the booking platform it was listed as Keller Grill, but the receipt email and the entry in My Itinerary listed it as Solis.  And, as Nancy already mentioned, booking for Solis has been available for several weeks.

There's no need to print the reservation.  After booking online, you will receive an email confirming your reservation.  Just save it.

10 hours ago, Keith1010 said:

From earlier today on Serenity.

When you say "earlier" you really mean it.

I'm not saying it's a better cabin.  It's a more expensive one.

You were upgraded

11 hours ago, PaulMCO said:

Promenades are dead.  They are dead for the simple reason that they take much needed space.   How many People

on a ship use a promenade ???   Less than 10 percent.  Do the Math. 

Upon your recommendation I did the math and it turns out that 63% of passengers on Serenity and 68% of passengers on Symphony used the promenade during calendar years 2016 - 2019

On 12/3/2023 at 4:09 AM, kool kruiser said:

May have to try as an alternative to my usual Jade, when onboard in July.

We have our first NC cruise coming up in several months and can't wait for our favorite Jade Martini. We have asked for it on another luxe line on several separate cruises but they didn't know what it was...except on one of the cruises when the bartender was ex-Crystal!

You can always get smoothies in the Colonnade (at least at breakfast) and also in the Square. They rotate the flavors daily among banana, strawberry, mango, etc, as well as "green" smoothies.  I asked and was told they had no added sugar. 

I don't recall having seen ginger shots, but I can recommend Jägermeister shots if you can't find ginger.

7 minutes ago, Sunprince said:

this was a useless email with no value...

...which describes 90% of the emails in my inbox.

No big deal

23 minutes ago, tv24 said:

I would have liked something totally different such as Asian fusion, especially since Seabourn's Asian food in the Collonade has been disappointing in the past. 

100%.  But since all the ships will soon have sushi, perhaps SB feels they have already checked that box. 

5 minutes ago, lisa6191 said:

I did not ask about the 5% for returning customers because I didn’t know about it.

This discount is usually marketed as being for "select" voyages. 

Then there's the issue of whether the discounts are combinable.

I sure wish that Seabourn would begin or end some of their cruises in San Francisco!

Menu looks fine to me, although I could do without the hyperbolic flourishes that are reminiscent of the Restaurant menu.  And they really do need to get a proofreader.

I find the app useful as it shows your itinerary, including TKG reservations and excursions. You can also book excursions from the app and you boarding pass is found on the app.

While awaiting your next cruise, you can see the daily menus for each of the restaurants for the ship that you will be taking for your next cruise.  I enjoy deciding which restaurant I would go to and which items I would order.  But I suppose that doesn't sound very interesting to most people.