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Purpose built implies new IMO. Hope they have some bigger cabins though.

We've never pre-registered, but we get 35% off because we book suites & there are usually some left with that discount. If that stops happening we'll have to pre-register.

I presume the CD wasn't JoBo. Hope you enjoyed your cruise Jane even though it wasn't quite the one you booked. Have they offered any compensation?

I love it when that happens. When there was a Harwich to Hamburg ferry they used to do it as the ship left the river about 4 hours after leaving Harnburg. Hope you are well Denarius.

Sunny here but only 8c.

Good to see SoA has arrived at the final port.

There's a big suite with a wraparound balcony. bet that's really expensive. They are getting 6 of these ships. Saga used to offer cruises on other lines. I remember Fred but there may have been others. Personally I would prefer them to acquire a smaller ship, circa 500 passengers or less. Be lovely if they had a ship that could sail from Tower Bridge.

CM not CC

CC says max passengers approx 1400 & mentions children. That would be a good match for people who had kids in their 40/50s, I know some, or grandparents wanting to have a holiday with the offspring for a change.

The remaining port may not let you disembark of course. Looks like they need to investigate where it's coming from as I'm sure people on here said it was on 2 previous cruises. Last time we were on Sapphine they had door handles on the public toilets that squirted hand sanitiser. It was quite as shock first time as it was over generous.

Are there still only 9 cases? The launderettes & hydrotherapy pool were open at the height of Covid.

Thanks for the update Kohima. That is very sad. Hopefully his father made a full recovery. It must be very difficult for him. We stopped travelling for almost a decade when in-laws were unwell. Captain Kim's profession is travelling so he couldn't do that if he wanted to.

Oh no. I hope they are both OK now. When he parked SoA in the middle of the Fastnet race he told us that they had both competed in it.

I'm so sorry you lost your partner. Saga are well versed in caring for solo travellers. The information is presumably down to the captain. We have cruised with Saga captains that have been very open about problems. For example the missing lady on Saga Sapphire Dec 2015 & the inaugral SoA medivac July 2021. We were kept informed & they are our favourite captains but the older one retired. We hope Captain Kim will stay because he has taken om the spirit pf the captains of the old ships.

Looks like you are there.

So not really discovering the Canaries at all. Personally I'd be really pleased to have an overnight in Funchal though.

Seems to be 5.8. Hope there isn't a 'confused' swell.

There are ports that have to be scheduled in. Last time we couldn't get to Funchal because of the weather we went to the Azores. We were changing Captain on the way to the Caribbean so they had to try to get somewhere to do that. Used to have to go to Trinidad to refuel. That doesn't seem to be true with the new ships. Change over of crew & entertainers also has to be considered.

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Hope you don't loose Madeira.

Looks like she's 'on the way' again. Hopefully the restart of a good cruise. Sorry you've missed at least 3 days & aren't already enjoying warmer weather.

Weirder & weirder.

Hope you have a fabulous cruise. Biscay is currently 6.2 but hopefully will be much less when you get there. Who is the Captain?

Thank you. I was thinking they could have got ahead of the storm. Seas didn't look very high but they will be tomorrow judging by the howling outside.

Anyone onboard or know why she's still in Portsmouth? Something is going on after the last cruise's itinerary changed quite dramatically.