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I thought so much of this Fletcher live thread that I bookmarked it: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2483913-quest-for-the-holy-grail-a-voyage-to-south-america-antarctica-amp-south-georgia/

You can ride or drive in an automobile almost anywhere, I have been doing so all my life. I get a thrill out of taking a train, tram, or subway ride, would love to live in a big city where I could do so regularly. I remember a man on an Athens tram that had eyebrows that dwarfed the Oz gatekeeper's, they were a candidate for topiary. I have fond memories of wooden tram cars in Vienna in the 1970s and of their more recent low floor models. I regret that I did not ride a tram in Lisbon. My city tore up its tram lines in the 1940s, passenger rail service to Chicago ended about 1980. I have to travel to enjoy riding the rails. I'm looking forward to your next report, English Tim.

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It is interesting that everyone reports requesting monetary benefits. The biggest stink I recall on the Holland America Cruise Critic board was when the medallion program was dropped.

I have to warn you... It is a Santa impersonator. You can't get the real Santa for $29.50 per person.

Every Seabourn suite comes complete with its own Molton Brown mini-mart with private shower, bath, sinks and toilet.

After making sure they are free to use while onboard, next cruise I will take all four gels into the shower for double blind testing, try #1 on my left forequarter, #2 on my right forequarter, #3 on my left hindquarter, #4 on my right hindquarter and hope the combination of scents doesn't knock me out. I will get my wife's opinion, see how what I use meshes with what she uses, try to hammer out a mutually satisfactory gel agreement without the benefit of our therapists. As we switch from the scent of home washed clothes to ship washed clothes we will have to revisit the gel issue. It is a shame we will not have time to do anything on our cruise except experiment with Molton Brown products.

This was posted y harters on the Tripadvisor cruise forum: "A reply to my email from CC: "'Our boards have been experiencing intermittent outages this morning and it is being worked on. We hope it will be resolved soon, and we thank you for your patience.'" https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g1-i10703-k14900801-Cruise_Critic_forum_down-Cruises.html#121873851

I confess to limited technical abilities, but wonder if your being in Australia is causing problems. When traveling, I have had trouble with websites that load their .uk or .de domain instead of their usual .com addresses.

planomom, you can book directly through Seabourn or you can book through a travel agent. You might save 10% by using a travel agent. I have not heard of any travel agency that is best for booking Seabourn. I shop around. I use large travel agencies that specialize in cruises and that have an internet presence, have not used a local agency for 25 years. As florisdekort said, we can not promote individual agencies on Cruise Critic.

I do not know if there is anything called a walking track. People did short laps on the deck over looking the pool and past the Sky Bar on Quest. A longer U shaped walk is possible on deck 5 outside the club and up the starboard and port sides.

I am surprised the HAL had any Israel visits scheduled in 2025. I assume there are no Suez Canal cruises to cancel.

Thanks for another great live thread, shark b8. I agree with SLSD that Seabourn should hire you to do this. 2,666 passengers with all lower booths full only qualifies as mid-sized these days, might be considered small in another few years. Oosterdam's capacity is 1964 pax.

Add Vienna, Austria; Constanta, Romania; Aruba; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; San Antonio, Chile; Aukland, New Zealand and Boston, Massachusetts.

Do not worry that Seabourn and Holland America will be the same. HAL will always stay ahead on the downhill slide.

Holland America is also willing to sell you birthday or anniversary cabin decorations or flowers.

Just be happy that in this instance they are making HAL more like Seabourn rather than making Seabourn more like HAL.

On our 2020 Quest Antarctica cruise, the biggest number of diners I recorded for breakfast in the dining room was 9. I believe the restaurant holds all 450 guests at once. I did not stick around until closing time, it's possible they received a massive influx of guests at 8:55. Not defending the practice, but I understood why Seabourn would discontinue those breakfasts. Lunches were also sparsely attended. I remember one with only three tables occupied. Unfortunately the calm was ruined by a solo diner with the most grating voice imaginable talking to the other table. We could not wait to get away. We suffered through a Zodiac ride with her. "Honey! Honey! Take my picture. Honey! Did you get that? Honey! Honey! Honey! Take my picture! Did you get a picture of the seal? Honey! Honey! Take a picture of the seal. Honey! Honey!"

Just what you book an expedition ship for, a long stay at a port visited by any number of mega-ships on an island with an international airport. Losing uninhabited Henderson Island adds insult to injury. "Henderson is one of the last two raised coral atolls in the world whose ecosystems remain relatively unaffected by human contact..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson_Island_(Pitcairn_Islands) Seabourn will feel some heat over this one. highplanesdrifters' live thread will make for some interesting reading.

Here is hoping that the work is completed and that we have a wonderful 42 night cruise.

Trivia teammates? Put an ad in the daily planner: "US boomer couple with expertise in oldies, classic rock and Broadway seek a Brit, Aussie and Canadian for team trivia. Interviews suite 543."

johng75370's jacket is what I received on our July 2024 Odyssey cruise. The hood could be rolled and concealed in a bulky collar, but was not detachable. The jacket was described as waterproof, breathable and guaranteed. The inside is mostly mesh lined, the collar and pockets are flannel. It is a nice jacket, might keep me warm to the freezing point with a wool sweater under it. The chest pocket is the greatest innovation ever, perfect place for a cell phone (provided you are right handed). I regretted accepting the jacket. The colors are too garish for me and I do not do logo wear. I wore a similar black Gore-tex jacket and donated the Helly Hansen jacket.

Thanks for the live thread, VintageCheap, I am enjoying your report. There are pluses and minuses to bathroom sliding doors. On the minus side: 1. They are noisy. 2. They do not deaden sound. 3. The translucent doors light up the room and annoy my sleeping spouse. 4. They can't be locked. 5. They have Peeking Tom gaps. 6. They have little finger tip pulls that make it difficult to open when they do not operate perfectly. On the plus side: Oops, guess there aren't any.

I do not drink hard liquor, I don't like the taste, but with my local Target store selling 1.75L Remy Martin VSOP for $99.99 and 750ml for $53.99 it seems cheap of Seabourn not to offer it. If a certain liquor was something I just had to have and Seabourn did not stock it, I would bring my own, although it would irk me to do so on a luxury all-inclusive line.

The accordionist? I had the opposite opinion, she rubbed me the wrong way, I did not stay for the whole performance and I have nothing against accordion music. Thanks for the live report, richwmn. If you have the time, could you explain how you post the menus and daily planner and all, please?