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  1. There were weight limits on our charter flight to Longyearbyen last month, nobody ever checked the weight of our carry on bags. I repacked into a backpack since my carry on is always over 20 lbs. In the end it was not enforced. Cannot say what they may do for Antarctica. Best of luck.
  2. Quick review of Atlas from my views. Ship is excellent, lovely design. Very comfortable cabins. Large balconies. Great bath and best shower ever with body sprays! We did circumnavigation of Svalbard for 11 nights in August. Daytime 24 hours. Expedition staff are quite good, some better than others however. Odd thing is ship Captain and expedition leader are both Russian. We loved the small ship, personal interaction with staff and guests. Met lots of fun people. Varied crowd onboard for sure. Zodiac landings in Svalbard were good. We saw a dozen Polar bears, whales, puffins, Reindeer, Arctic Fox. Thousands of birds. Beluga Whales. Beautiful location in Northern Norway. Hundreds of Glaciers. We went all the way to Polar Ice cap above 81*. Crew mostly go out of their way to be fun and helpful. Cruise director had a lovely voice and entertained often. Piano singer nightly in observation lounge. Not any other entertainment really, but not expected on expedition ship. There were some issues with dining imho. The staff tried hard, but orders were mixed up, courses came in wrong order, table served at different times. The Maitre d' addressed our concerns, but issues continued. Food was overall good, not excellent. Not up to Seabourn or Regent standards. Meats overcooked, ingredients drenched with balsalmic vinegar(they own vineyards).Wines were screwcap variety and few in number to choose from. Nice to have included cocktails as well. Those were much better than the wines. I am not an expert, but all the wines could be bought for $10-20 at shops. There is only 1 dining room with buffet lunch and breakfast. Good selection, but some odd choices like Mongolian beef with french fries for dinner? Excellent Vegan and Vegetarian selections all the time. I often judge chefs by soup, and they were bland and average every night and day. Lots of variety, but not very good. Paulas Pantry had coffees and snacks all day. Great baristas. The pastel de Nata were just ok, quite dense and not fluffy like in Portugal and on Crystal. Most pastries onboard were frozen and not made onboard, breads were excellent and cooked from scratch. I would recommend them to Antarctica and Arctic, prices are good value. Not sure they would be a good experience for Med, etc. They can however get into really small places other ships cannot. Overall a B+.
  3. IMHO the prices for the World Cruise overland excursions will be shockingly high. A&K are great at what they do, but they charge a pretty penny for the experiences. I would predict several of them are easily $10,000 per person.
  4. It is safe to say the Overland excursions will be exceptional. With prices to match.....
  5. To all of those on Atlas in Antarctica. What is the evening dress code? Do I need a jacket at all? Can I wear jeans with a nice shirt to dinner? Is there a "formal night"? Thanks in advance.
  6. Here’s caviar in the surf…pool that is. It was popular
  7. Hello from Bodrum, Turkey. Had a nice local tour. Missed lunch so ate at pool grill. It was ok for a burger. Service exceptional at the pool, get asked 10x per hour if you need a drink. They are walking around with fruit skewers too since it’s hot. Nice touch.
  8. Hi Jim, Ship has about 400 guests, so about 65% full. N ot much local food on board. Have had local food on tours and lunches in port.
  9. Dinner at Thomas Keller, good as always. Service exceptionally great and attentive!!!
  10. Service is getting better and better if that’s even possible. Staff are really great Onboard. Food is outstanding all around . Did a tour to Lindos today on Rhodes. Some of last nights main dining plates.
  11. Lunch at Sushi Excellent food and superlative service!
  12. No test needed to board, we are stopping in Greece and ending in Athens. They did not check our vaccine cards either…they did others?…
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