CCKelly

Thanks for the wonderful replies.  We are cruising around the north of Scotland, so the weather may be too cool for Earth and Ocean since not many heaters, but still we are hoping to try it!  And perhaps Sushi one night too or least for one lunch.  I am not sure I would like the Japanese dinner, however I have a feeling that the presentation would be exceptional and I would appreciate that.  

Good tip on the TK Grill bar, my understanding is that you can go to that bar regardless of whether you have dinner reservations there that night?

We will be on Ovation this September, and this is our first cruise on the "large" ships.   We have our dinner reservation for TK grill, but wondering about Earth and Ocean, no reservations needed or accepted?   Do you just show up at whatever time you like (just like the Restaurant)?  Are they open every night even in cool or rainy weather?

Also, wondering about the Sushi restaurant, is this for lunch only, or lunch and dinner?   Is it strictly Sushi at dinnertime or other small plate items also available? 

Thanks for your help.

Thank you, that is what I was hoping to hear.

On 6/5/2019 at 10:50 AM, AnEnglishmanAbroad said:

They can be on the same cruise as you but in a different cabin and booking.  You would get the on board spend that cruise too. 

Can anyone tell me if we can use a Referral Coupon for a new passenger that will be on the same cruise as we are?   Or does the new passenger have to sail before our cruise?  Thank you

We have an upcoming Seabourn cruise in September. We are using an onboard booking for a discount on this cruise. We are interested in booking a future cruise now but do not have a current onboard credit to use. Has anyone had any luck in making a current booking and then applying the onboard booking credit retroactively after our upcoming cruise? We had done this on Crystal frequently but are having trouble with this booking thru our travel agent.

Thank you Rols and SKPO946,  I think we might try this!

How do you go about ordering a box lunch to take on an independent tour?  We would like to try this also when we are going independently  a couple of days to some scenic locations but little in the way of towns.

Does anyone know or have recent experience of whether Seabourn will have shuttles from Greenock into Glasgow and from Newhaven into Edinbourgh?

Thank you

Thanks for the replies. We decided to book cabins on Level 7 which I think will be a very nice level.

I suspect that it is the crew stairwell. Does it show as a blank space on the other deck?

I think I see where the crew stairwell is, but this appears to be a much larger area than just a stairwell and on this level only.

We are trying to pick a cabin on one of the lower levels of Ovation and have a question about the 5th level deck plan. Between the mid stairway and the forward elev/stair, there is an area that is just shown as "white space". Does anyone know what that area may be used for? Wondering if there is chance of early morning or late night noise from that area if we are in a cabin on the 5th level close by or just above that area in a cabin up on the 6th floor. Assume that this is the same layout on the Encore. Thanks for any comments that you may have regarding this area.

Thank you! I thought they must try to match up singles. Are the kayaking trips nice, and not too difficult? I am only used to flat water kayaking.

For any of those that may have been on one of the Ventures kayaking excursions, are the kayaks all doubles? And if so, can you still sign up as a single, that is, will they match up singles to kayak together? It seems reasonable to me that they would do this, since sometimes only the husband (or maybe only the wife) wants to kayak, so I am thinking that there may be several "singles" signed up.

Thank you

A new review of the December 11th trip has been posted and includes many more details than the previous two reviews:

https://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=603669

Thanks Rachel

Most people don’t wear jeans to dinner. My husband wears nice trousers and a long sleeve dress shirt. I am more a fashionista so wear either nice slacks with a sparkly top or a cocktail dress.

Rachel, just to verify, although you like to dress up, your husband just wears slacks and long sleeve shirts each night, is that correct? That is, at your recollection, jackets are not required for men on Captains night?

Women can always get by with anything from slacks to dresses. We certainly do not plan to wear jeans on Captains night, but I guess we might possibly on the first or last night of cruise.

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http://www.bogsfootwear.com/shop/style/60155-005.html. These are the ones I had.

 

Silversea will provide full details and have a recommended supplier.

 

 

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Are these the women's boots that you rented from the SS supplier?

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How nice that Captain Dag is back with Seabourn. We had three sailings years ago with Captain Dag on the little Song of Flower.

My response may need to be somewhat taken with a grain of salt since it has been six years since I have cruised either line (and only one cruise on each). We cruised on one of "little sister" ships on Seabourn and found the food and service both excellent. Then only six months later we cruised on Regent Mariner and were disappointed. We found both food in the main restaurant and service to be hardly any better than Holland America. The shows were somewhat better on Regent compared to the small Seabourn ship (as would be expected), but IMO the shows on Crystal are much much better than Regent (similar sized ships), and so I was not impressed with Regent in that regard either. We don't like having to pay for the "included" tours on Regent as at that time anyway, the included tours were mostly the 3 or 4 hour type bus tours and for anything more interesting or all day tours we had to pay extra. Also, we like to do some tours on our own so paying ahead for the Regent tours doesn't set well with us.

We leave this Monday on our second Seabourn cruise (on Sojourn)and looking forward to it whole heartedly.

Thanks for the replies. So it seems straightforward to just wait until we board and make our reservation for R2 then.

Sorry for my confusion on the TK menus. I believe I understand this correctly now: 1) There are usually two nights per week that the Colonnade is set up for the TK menu only, this has to be reserved, and is generally the "comfort" food menu that is served family style. 2) The TK course options in the main Restaurant are items representing his French Laundry restaurant menus and one can order all three items (app, main course, and dessert) or just pick and choose and order any one of the items or of course order none of the TK featured items and just order from the main menu. For me personally, I admit that trying something from the French Laundry type menu is more appealing than my previous notion that all items were comfort food (bbq, ribs, etc.).

Thank you, really looking forward to our cruise in October.

We will be taking our second Seabourn cruise in October and I have a few questions about dining options that I am not clear on. Our last cruise was on one of the small ships so this will be our first Seabourn cruise on one of the newer ships.

From what I understand, it looks like R2 will still be the alternate restaurant on Sojourn this October (that is, has not changed over to TK). I believe you must make a reservation for R2 but I don't see anything on the website where you can make this reservation ahead of time. So how is that accomplished?

Is the Colonnade open for dinner and if so, what kind of food is served there? You are served there, it is not a buffet in the evening, correct?

TK dinner items will or may appear on the menu in the main Restaurant? In reading the reviews, it seems that in general these menu items have not gone over that well. It seems to me that many of these items are sort of "southern" in nature. Since we live in Atlanta, I don't really need to go on a cruise to get ribs, mac & cheese, bbq beans, etc. ( and we don't enjoy those dishes much anyway) so I hope they have not taken better items off the restaurant menu in order to make room for the TK items. The food was the best we have ever had on a cruise on our previous Seabourn cruise so looking forward to that again!

Thanks for your help.

Thank you everyone for your replies. I believe I will be calling our travel agent tomorrow! The SS Wind sounds pretty much as I expected which I think will be a good fit for us. There have been some rather poor reviews on the Review section of CC, but I try to take some of those with a grain of salt. It sounds like many of you still enjoy the smaller (and older) SS ships Wind and Cloud and SS does seem to have some really nice and slightly different itineraries.

We are thinking of booking our first Silversea cruise on Silver Wind for September of next year. One of her itineraries has really caught my interest. I have a few questions that I am hoping some of you can help out with. First of all, do there seem to be any noise issues (or other issues) with the suites on Level 4 (Vista suites). It looks like they are under Level 5 cabins, but I can't tell what is below (obviously not passenger areas).

Also, question about Le Champagne that is not totally clear to me: the current charge is $40 per person, does that include wines? Just to clarify, the typical wines served on Regent, Seabourn, Crystal, etc. are usually OK with us, we are not too picky about that.

Is there a self-serve laundry on the Wind? Level 4 deck plan shows a launderette, but I am not sure if that is for passengers to use on their own.

How is entertainment at night? We have been on small ships previously so not expecting Crystal type entertainment but we do like to see a show or singer after dinner so hoping there is something enjoyable in that regard.

Thanks for your help

We have a $400 referral coupon available for first time cruisers. Our cruise is in October of this year, so we are looking for someone with a cruise before then. We are located in the USA, please E-mail me at lclauria@mindspring.com

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