Singapore: whether this is just Seabourn...?

[Alipius]

Wife to moi in Singapore in sparkling new Qantas Business Lounge this evening (and it is really good!) after I showed her a magazine featuring Champagnes: "We're going in January: get onto Cruise Critic and see what Champagne they are serving on Seabourn at the mo." Moi: "Cruise Critic rarely goes into that, but, OK...."

 

Well, the Qantas Business Lounge has the best wi-fi; and you can get anything from there: but you cannot get Cruise Critic from there, and, I suspect, from anywhere in Singapore. (I tried and tried and tried, and then tried again....)

 

And then I looked in wikipedia and see that Singapore blocks certain websites and, from the categories there listed, you quickly deduce that ‘cruise’ is not a good word to use if you don’t want to get blocked in that Country. (Albeit "Bugis Street" was once touted as a tourist attraction.)

[seabournaddict]

That sounds strange? I have been to Singapore a few times and don't remember ever having any problems getting to any site? Things must have changed since I was last there (a couple of years ago). I know China has stuff blocked, but had never heard of it in Singapore before!

[Keith1010]

We love Singapore but it is a dictatorship and it is strict about many things.

 

With that said we were able to access "Cruise" Critic from the airport lounge.

 

Keith

[Chairsin]

And in case you have not already found the answer to your wife's inquiry SB serves Nicholas Feuillatte champagne -- a bit sweet to my taste but it is poured freely. Until about 5 years ago they poured Heidsieck Monoplole, which we preferred.

[rols]

Wife to moi in Singapore in sparkling new Qantas Business Lounge this evening (and it is really good!) after I showed her a magazine featuring Champagnes: "We're going in January: get onto Cruise Critic and see what Champagne they are serving on Seabourn at the mo." Moi: "Cruise Critic rarely goes into that, but, OK...."

 

Well, the Qantas Business Lounge has the best wi-fi; and you can get anything from there: but you cannot get Cruise Critic from there, and, I suspect, from anywhere in Singapore. (I tried and tried and tried, and then tried again....)

 

And then I looked in wikipedia and see that Singapore blocks certain websites and, from the categories there listed, you quickly deduce that ‘cruise’ is not a good word to use if you don’t want to get blocked in that Country. (Albeit "Bugis Street" was once touted as a tourist attraction.)

 

I'm answering your post from a laptop at my home in Singapore. Been a cruise critic regular forever. The handful, and it really is a handful, of sites blocked here most certainly do not include cruisecritic and never have. Blocked sites are playboy, youporn and, most recently, Ashley Madison plus probably something like 100 others, the blocking is basically a non-event in any practical terms. I'm sure you had some issue with cruise critic but it certainly wasn't the fault of the Singapore Government.