Silversea Water Cooler: Welcome! Part Five

[mysty]

Greetings Coolers!

 

Today's funny.....

 

 

Have a great safe fun day all!

[mysty]

We're off to Black Tartan Kitchen tonight for the October tasting menu.  We're trying to cram as many visits as possible before the many months of being at sea.

 

 

The final answer is....Like the Grim Reaper, every day I'm HARVESTING.

[Reef Knot]

8 hours ago, Grand Duchess said:

 

 

 

Gosh, I'd forgotten her, I have a few of her CD's at the bottom of one of our many CD boxes. I might fish them out tonight, I think the first one I bought was sax a go go many years ago. Always enjoyed listening to her. Thanks for the clips.

[Grand Duchess]

14 minutes ago, Reef Knot said:

Gosh, I'd forgotten her, I have a few of her CD's at the bottom of one of our many CD boxes. I might fish them out tonight, I think the first one I bought was sax a go go many years ago. Always enjoyed listening to her. Thanks for the clips.

My first Candy CD was Saxuality. As Prince used to say: When I want Sax, I call Candy. Got all but the last of her albums and have seen her playing live many times, she usually comes to the Kaufleuten in Switzerland once a year. We love her to bits here. Best enjoyed live and yesterday you could feel a bit of the Prince spirit (who did play a legendary after hours concert in the same venue). Brilliant musician, still looking fabulous and a lovely personality.

[mysty]

Greetings Coolers!

 

Today's funny.....

 

 

Have a great safe fun day all!

 

[mysty]

Last night's dinner at Black Tartan Kitchen was spectacular!  Here are the crossword answers and a brief description.....

1. Cauldron - Apple and Parsnip Soup

 

2. Beet

 

3. Potato

 

4. Pasta Shell - this was escargot in pasta - it was divine!

 

5. Venison

 

6. Nightmare (the little cauldrons were steaming with dry ice)

 

7. Carrot

[lincslady]

What were you drinking with carrot, Mysty?  Looks a bit sauternesy.

[mysty]

18 minutes ago, lincslady said:

What were you drinking with carrot, Mysty?  Looks a bit sauternesy.

 

I'd like to tell you Lola!  If I could actually remember! 😅  I’ll ask Myster when he rolls out of bed. 😁

[zqtchas]

[zqtchas]

[mysty]

1 hour ago, lincslady said:

What were you drinking with carrot, Mysty?  Looks a bit sauternesy.

 

Myster says that the drink was maple flavoured whiskey. 😁

[Host Jazzbeau]

2 hours ago, mysty said:

I'd like to tell you Lola!  If I could actually remember! 😅  I’ll ask Myster when he rolls out of bed. 😁

I resemble that comment!

[drron29]

 

 

 

[mysty]

Greetings Coolers!

 

Today's funny.....

 

 

Have a great safe fun day all!

[drron29]

[drron29]

On our current cruise on the Muse for the first time ever on a mid cruise questionnaire I made 4 complaints plus a couple of compliments. 3 were things I just don't like and one serious.

1. really don't like the TV in the mirror. I find it very slow to respond to the remote.

2. when the adjoining suite has there TV on we can hear it. Told our butler who did intervene and not as loud now but you still can hear it. Need better insulation.

3. No list of cheeses in Atlantide. Told that officially not on the menu but they make it up with what they have. hence waiters have no idea which cheeses are available on the night. I like to pick my cheeses.

 

But really worried by number 4. As usual we made a donation to the crew fund. As usual I just handed an envelope containing cash to the reception staff. This has not been a problem on the last 10 cruises. This time no recognition letter so asked why on the questionnaire. 1030 pm on the day I put in the questionnaire got a ring from the finance office as there was no record of the donation. It woke Rojaan up, I was not yet asleep. I was able to give the time i handed it in but I would be the worst person for a police sketch artist to draw a face but I said a line up I would have no trouble identifying the person. was just wanting to make sure the crew were recognised. So today a letter of appreciation from the Captain. No advice on what happened and I don't expect to find out.

But next cruise I will take a photo of the staff on Reception and ask for a receipt.

[lincslady]

That is a shame; slightly spoils things for you.  I imagine they may  have found out who the culprit was from the time you gave them, but leaves a bit of a sad feeling.

[Emtbsam]

2 hours ago, drron29 said:

 

 

But really worried by number 4. As usual we made a donation to the crew fund. As usual I just handed an envelope containing cash to the reception staff. This has not been a problem on the last 10 cruises. This time no recognition letter so asked why on the questionnaire. 1030 pm on the day I put in the questionnaire got a ring from the finance office as there was no record of the donation. It woke Rojaan up, I was not yet asleep. I was able to give the time i handed it in but I would be the worst person for a police sketch artist to draw a face but I said a line up I would have no trouble identifying the person. was just wanting to make sure the crew were recognised. So today a letter of appreciation from the Captain. No advice on what happened and I don't expect to find out.

But next cruise I will take a photo of the staff on Reception and ask for a receipt.

When we were on the Origin, we had the same thing happen.  We asked the HD several times, but NEVER got an acknowledgement.

[mysty]

Greetings Coolers!

 

Today's funny.....

 

 

Have a great safe fun day all!

[Tothesunset]

4 hours ago, drron29 said:

 

 

But really worried by number 4. As usual we made a donation to the crew fund. As usual I just handed an envelope containing cash to the reception staff. This has not been a problem on the last 10 cruises. This time no recognition letter so asked why on the questionnaire. 1030 pm on the day I put in the questionnaire got a ring from the finance office as there was no record of the donation. It woke Rojaan up, I was not yet asleep. I was able to give the time i handed it in but I would be the worst person for a police sketch artist to draw a face but I said a line up I would have no trouble identifying the person. was just wanting to make sure the crew were recognised. So today a letter of appreciation from the Captain. No advice on what happened and I don't expect to find out.

But next cruise I will take a photo of the staff on Reception and ask for a receipt.

We make the donation by getting them to debit our onboard account. No temptation for sticky fingers. 

[Lirio]

We are considering for our next cruise to go to Kimberley. We have opportunity to go on May or on August. ANy recommendation? If I remember well, some Coolers are going next year as well.

 

Question:

1 - is it worth to consider a couple of days in Broome and/or Darwin on our own, pre and post cruise?

 

Should we go, we will combine this cruise with a visit to our daughter in NZ.

[Dolcevita Diva]

7 hours ago, drron29 said:

But really worried by number 4. As usual we made a donation to the crew fund. As usual I just handed an envelope containing cash to the reception staff. This has not been a problem on the last 10 cruises. This time no recognition letter so asked why on the questionnaire. 1030 pm on the day I put in the questionnaire got a ring from the finance office as there was no record of the donation. It woke Rojaan up, I was not yet asleep. I was able to give the time i handed it in but I would be the worst person for a police sketch artist to draw a face but I said a line up I would have no trouble identifying the person. was just wanting to make sure the crew were recognised. So today a letter of appreciation from the Captain. No advice on what happened and I don't expect to find out.

 

Interesting and concerning.  I did not receive a letter of acknowledgment on the Nova last week, but was provided a receipt; albeit hand-written. 

[highplanesdrifters]

47 minutes ago, Lirio said:

We are considering for our next cruise to go to Kimberley. We have opportunity to go on May or on August. ANy recommendation? If I remember well, some Coolers are going next year as well.

 

Question:

1 - is it worth to consider a couple of days in Broome and/or Darwin on our own, pre and post cruise?

 

Should we go, we will combine this cruise with a visit to our daughter in NZ.

Try to coordinate your trip with a full moon for better experience on some of the excursions. Check out the reviews below to see the difference.

 

Personally I would skip Broome. More interesting places to go. Also, they are experiencing problems. You might explore reviews for The Pearle hotel to understand. 

 

@AussieBoyTX was there for extreme tides.

 

We missed a lot due to neap tides.

 

 

[Emtbsam]

3 hours ago, Tothesunset said:

We make the donation by getting them to debit our onboard account. No temptation for sticky fingers. 

They would not permit this on the Origin!  We tried.

[Tothesunset]

25 minutes ago, Emtbsam said:

They would not permit this on the Origin!  We tried.

Oooh. Not good.