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The PG cabins on the lower decks are that small. But Splendor has a lot more public space than PG so you would have way more ship to explore. A 7 to 10 cruise would probably be OK in an H on Splendor, especially if it's port intensive.

And while you might have had a business class seat, and might have paid extra for it, the airline will automatically rebook you on their next available flight, which won't be business class since all of those seats have been filled with upgrades before your delayed flight lands. You can complain to the airline about the delay causing you to be downgraded, and after proving it with boarding passes, the cruise line will receive a refund for your downgrade. At that point, you'll need to spend a lot of time trying to get your upgrade fee back from the cruiseline. We're still waiting for 1200 dollars back from a flight booked by Viking on Delta that had a connecting flight with 90 minutes between flights in Atlanta, which was delayed by 60 minutes before arriving, and another 15 minutes at the gate.We were able to make it to the gate for our flight, but they closed the door as soon as we arrived since they had given away our business class sears. The flight was in May, the upgrade money was returned to Viking by Delta in early July, and we're still waiting for the money to be returned to us.

From what I've read, the only ships that have pickleball are Explorer and Splendor. We've been on Voyager a number of times, and Mariner once, and there were no pickleball courts there. Since we don't play pickleball, and have had to listen to it being played, a lack of pickleball courts is a plus for us on Navigator for our 2024 cruise. We'll be on Splendor next month, and are on deck 6 (for avoiding sea sickness on Southampton to Southampton), so we shouldn't have to worry about the pickleball noise.

Here's my opinion after our Marquesas cruise, the Cook Islands cruise, the Papeete to Fiji cruise, and the hopefully Fiji to Bali cruise in January 2023 that they cancelled less than our departure from Florida in April 2020. Our first cruise was a B Veranda stateroom, and we loved the location on the pool deck, and the view from the veranda. We've always booked B Veranda since then. We haven't always been in the same stateroom, but we've never had a problem with noise, and our room stewards have been wonderful.

If you can't drive a standard transmission, make sure the rental agency knows that you need an automatic. The last time we were on Moorea, only standard transmissions were brought to the dock. One renter could not drive it, and the rental company was trying to find an automatic. I don't remember the name of the rental company that we used. We also rented a car for our post cruise IC Tahiti stay, and the car that they brought to the hotel for us was a standard. They said that was all they had so we took it. We're old enough to know how to drive a standard, but when going up and down steep hills, we prefer an automatic.

We had access to make reservations earlier than those who had not cruised on Silversea in the past. There was no waitlist at the time since we went for it right away, and our TA was told we would have no worries But we still have not been confirmed, and do not know when that will happen. Apparently there are others who have priority over us, and until they make up their mind about taking this WC, we have to wait. They did however require a deposit while we wait.

Hate Delta, and will never fly them again. They book connections they can't make. We were downgraded to economy from business with over a 3 hour delay, and are still trying to get a refund that is much less than what we paid for the upgrade. It was totally Delta's fault. They allow bags to be brought to the gate and checked for free, which delays the departure of the plane. They should charge extra for that, and allow bags to be checked for less at the check in counter. Don't reward passengers for delaying your flights.