I did not get charged a deviation fee either. Also, I really like the flights that the SS Air Desk got me out of Tucson AZ. So far, post Covid, we are 3 for 3 on SS Bus Air on getting great flights and connections.
I thought that I remembered that this forum had a list of hotels that SS uses in various cities, but I can't seem to find it. We are spending 2 days pre the Nova cruise in Nov. and wondering which hotel SS may use. Thanks.
Terry, I also want to thank you for your insight and comments. You are a Mensch and I hope you know what that means. I hope we meet on a future cruise!!
Last year on two Dawn cruises, I found the restaurants were cool enough that I was OK with wearing a jacket. If the temperature gets too warm, I will just remove my jacket and put it on the back of my chair- heaven forbid!!
What is giving us angst about future cruises is the huge increase in the cost of upgrading to Bus. Air. I just am having a hard time justifying $14,000 for two to upgrade to Bus Air on many cruises. Inflation will eventually effect most consumers.
I just made our dinner ressies for the Nova sailing leaving 8-21-23. I made 2 ressies for La Dame, which we love, and this time there was no mention of the $60 pp charge. I am not complaining but it is probably just an IT glitch. I had no problem getting all the ressies that we wanted. Looking forward to the Nova or I can hardly wait!!!
We always get at least one bottle from the Connoisseur's list and drink it with our main course. We will drink the complimentary wines before the main course. For us, the Connoisseur's list wine will easily last us for two meals. SS will store it eat and it will appear at your request.
In the last two years, we have had 3 refunds for lower advertised price and the amount was taken off our cruise price. This happened before payment in full was done. The terms and conditions does give SS the latitude to give the refund in a future cruise credit, on board ship credits and a lowering of the current cruise. The golden rule in cruises is "They who own the ships make the rules". I hope this helps.
We were D to D in Nov. disembarking in Lisbon. We stayed 4 days extra in Lisbon. We did lose the hotel to Lisbon airport transfer. We did not book the hotel through SS. I think if we had, we would have still gotten the airport transfer.
We just didn't enjoy Kaiseki as much as the other restaurants so we don't book it anymore. I do like the sushi at lunch. To us, Kaiseki was not awful, just not great.