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@CLOU Thank you for your thoughts. Please bring us up to date after your next SB cruise. Hopefully it will be longer than one week this time.

This appears to be the menu for the second day of Solis on Quest. There are some new and interesting daily specials in addition to the signature dishes. Even the spelling has improved...somewhat. solis_menu_day_2.pdf

Looks great, I can't wait to try the many interesting dishes and concoctions. But my offer to Seabourn is still open, I'll be glad to proof read their menus and other publications pro bono (of the spelling mistakes, "Snack River Farm" and "RIP EYE STEAK" are especially egregious).

It also shows up on your Seabourn Source app under the "Account" tab, so you can save yourself a trip to the Square

They only allow pre-booking for a relatively small percentage of the available spaces (well less than 50%). You can book your reservations once onboard (you should do so on the day of embarkation). Most likely, you will be able to make several reservations for your cruise.

According to my Seabourn Source app, it’s “Hickory Smoked BBQ Baby Back Ribs” night in Colonnade on the Quest. If that’s true, then that should be the last go around for that Keller favorite on Quest.

Who cares...high-end hotels do this routinely. You get your money back, so no big deal.

The Quest's TKG menu still shows up on my app today. Is your next SB cruise on Quest? I believe that's the only way to view Quest's menus on the app.

I can't believe that a cabin attendant would be allowed to return to work within two days of being diagnosed with Covid. That would violate every standard of care (on ship and on land) that I've ever seen. Additionally, Seabourn certainly wouldn't want her to be spreading Covid to all of the other passengers if for no other reason than it's not in their best interest. Her being out two days sounds as though she was suspected of having Covid, had a negative initial test, was retested 24-48 hours later, and that test was also negative. However, what you describe sure sounds like a strong circumstantial case for her having Covid. Perhaps she was tested and had a false negative result.

Let me split the baby in half: there will be new ships, but they will be expedition ships. I believe this decision will be short-sighted, but these ships are smaller and command a higher premium, so for a small company it might make sense in the short run. Hope I'm wrong!

This sample menu shows some of the standard dishes and some of the rotating dishes.

I would take a screenshot of this just in case it "disappears" from your itinerary.

That is covered in the cruise contract (Booking Terms and Conditions) that we all sign (but don't necessarily read): "Crystal may in its sole discretion and without prior notice change, substitute, postpone, cancel or deviate from any scheduled sailing, itinerary or call at any port, and may substitute another vessel for the ship, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by a Guest as a result of any such change, substitution, postponement, cancellation or deviation."

This is the piano from last year's NYE dinner on Sojourn.

I can't comment on the quality of the food since I'm not currently onboard the Quest (that will have to wait until next year), but the New Year's Eve menu for tonight looks darn good to me. Hope it's the same for next year.

Same experience for us here (USA). On the booking platform it was listed as Keller Grill, but the receipt email and the entry in My Itinerary listed it as Solis. And, as Nancy already mentioned, booking for Solis has been available for several weeks.

There's no need to print the reservation. After booking online, you will receive an email confirming your reservation. Just save it.

When you say "earlier" you really mean it.

I'm not saying it's a better cabin. It's a more expensive one.

You were upgraded

Upon your recommendation I did the math and it turns out that 63% of passengers on Serenity and 68% of passengers on Symphony used the promenade during calendar years 2016 - 2019

We have our first NC cruise coming up in several months and can't wait for our favorite Jade Martini. We have asked for it on another luxe line on several separate cruises but they didn't know what it was...except on one of the cruises when the bartender was ex-Crystal!

You can always get smoothies in the Colonnade (at least at breakfast) and also in the Square. They rotate the flavors daily among banana, strawberry, mango, etc, as well as "green" smoothies. I asked and was told they had no added sugar. I don't recall having seen ginger shots, but I can recommend Jägermeister shots if you can't find ginger.

...which describes 90% of the emails in my inbox. No big deal

100%. But since all the ships will soon have sushi, perhaps SB feels they have already checked that box.