wyocruiser Posted January 11 #201 Share Posted January 11 Gypsyjennifer1 - I know so many of us have appreciated your updates from the Silver Moon! Have you been given any update on the ship’s plans for the rest of the month? Thank you!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkismom Posted January 12 #202 Share Posted January 12 I would bet that, if offered, some people would love to sail around Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcruiCruise1963 Posted January 12 #203 Share Posted January 12 It appears Silvermoon is going to cancel the January 26th sailing according to Travel Weekly. Attached. Verified with S S but they say it is going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketsrose Posted January 12 #204 Share Posted January 12 Just checked that website - CORRECTED: Red Sea attacks prompt Silversea to more itineraries: Travel Weekly CORRECTION: An earlier report posted to this page incorrectly stated that Silversea canceled five new voyages due to attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea. The line has canceled one voyage on the Silver Moon, its Jan. 16 cruise from Muscat, Oman, to Dubai. It has flagged four others as still scheduled, although the line is monitoring the situation and will communicate any changes to its guests. The Silver Moon's current itinerary has been altered, and it is currently doing a roundtrip cruise from Aqaba, Jordan. Its original schedule had that cruise ending in Muscat before continuing on to Dubai. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcruiCruise1963 Posted January 12 #205 Share Posted January 12 Hopefully Silver Seas will let know customers know in a timely manner this time. We were scheduled on Jan 16th not very much notice not the best with communication being a six star line. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyjennifer1 Posted January 12 Author #206 Share Posted January 12 22 hours ago, wyocruiser said: Gypsyjennifer1 - I know so many of us have appreciated your updates from the Silver Moon! Have you been given any update on the ship’s plans for the rest of the month? Thank you!! 🙏 I spoke to Captain on the dock yesterday n he said he does not know where ship will go after Aqaba. Doing long excursion to Giza today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketsrose Posted January 12 #207 Share Posted January 12 I am taking the Silver Spirit Grand Voyage on January 29 to March 29, that includes the March 13 Dubai to Athens segment. I am expecting that again Silver Seas will make the decision at the last minute if that last segment will be cancelled. Silversea stands to lose a lot of money if they cancel the cruise, and then the situation improves in the Red Sea. So that is why they wait until the last minute before cancelling. Personally, I would prefer that they cancel the segment rather than adding sea days or replacing the Middle East ports by Greek islands ports, like they did on an earlier Silver Moon cruise. The reason why I booked this Grand Voyage was because it included the Arabian peninsula and Egypt So I will be very disappointed if they cancel that segment. Financially, i will be OK, since I booked Door to Door Service, so Silversea is on the hook for getting me home from wherever I end up. While onboard the Silver Spirit, I will post on the Silver Spirit board whenever I hear any news concerning the likelihood of the March 13 cruise getting cancelled. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyocruiser Posted January 12 #208 Share Posted January 12 (edited) Gypsyjennifer1– Thank you! Travel safe!!! Edited January 12 by wyocruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyjennifer1 Posted January 12 Author #209 Share Posted January 12 38 minutes ago, LcruiCruise1963 said: Hopefully Silver Seas will let know customers know in a timely manner this time. We were scheduled on Jan 16th not very much notice not the best with communication being a six star line. That is crazy that u have not heard your 16 Jan won’t depart from muscat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyjennifer1 Posted January 12 Author #210 Share Posted January 12 2 minutes ago, wyocruiser said: Gypsyjennifer1– Thank you! Travel safe!!! Silversea is doing a great job booking passengers on flights etc. passengers are not happy about change of itinerary but staff are really being great with a lending ear for frustrated passengers and doing their best to rebook passengers on flights etc Btw did the long long Giza trip. Now need to change my Luxor excursion as 13 hours is just too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carebeau Posted January 12 #211 Share Posted January 12 Just a little update for those who WERE due to sail on 160124 - 260124 Muscat to Dubai Cruise. Having submitted proof of our visa purchases for Oman & Saudi Arabia & fees for pre-booked airline seats - SS (UK) have agreed (without issue) to reimburse me with those costs. However - people need to contact Guest Relations for this aspect of reimbursement - as opposed to the refund of the cruise cost - which is a separate matter & will be dealt with by a different department I suspect. If anyone requires contact numbers for guest relations in the UK - please let me know. I sent the initial email to guestrelationsuk@silversea.com and got a very quick response Have not received any communication from SS about time scales for the refund of the cruise package - which for us included the flights, hotel, transfers & cruise. Hope this might be useful to some.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdnycruiser Posted January 12 #212 Share Posted January 12 5 hours ago, silkismom said: I would bet that, if offered, some people would love to sail around Africa. I definitely would ! 20 sea days ? Love it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardowMD Posted January 13 #213 Share Posted January 13 They were heading south a couple of hours ago. Thought they were aiming to their “Luxor” port. Looks like another change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kauaijim Posted January 13 #214 Share Posted January 13 Glad that SS may be getting their act together and treating passengers well? We had till 12:8 to decide on the 1/6 trip on the Moon the choice was cancel with credit( not refund) for the $28k we paid or go or forfeit . No consideration for air visas etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhigh Posted January 13 #215 Share Posted January 13 Letters at the door this morning that the ship is now headed to Athens. I guess once you’ve decided that the ship can’t go through the Gulf of Aden, no need to “waste” time in the Red Sea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyocruiser Posted January 13 #216 Share Posted January 13 Thank you so much for this information!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyjennifer1 Posted January 13 Author #217 Share Posted January 13 20 minutes ago, Skyhigh said: Letters at the door this morning that the ship is now headed to Athens. I guess once you’ve decided that the ship can’t go through the Gulf of Aden, no need to “waste” time in the Red Sea. Yes crazy. Great waking up to this letter this morning. Arrive Athens on 16th 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyocruiser Posted January 13 #218 Share Posted January 13 Thank you for posting the letter! I’m so sorry your cruise has turned out this way!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare drron29 Posted January 13 #219 Share Posted January 13 Now we can all play guessing games on how many of the Moon's cruises will be cancelled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketsrose Posted January 13 #220 Share Posted January 13 13 minutes ago, drron29 said: Now we can all play guessing games on how many of the Moon's cruises will be cancelled. NOT just the Moon. I am taking the Silver Spirit Grand Voyage from Capetown to Athens on January 29, and I am guessing that that Cruise will end 14 days early in Dubai instead on continuing around the Arabian peninsula and through the Red Sea. I bet they won't make a decision until a few days before we reach Dubai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Duchess Posted January 13 #221 Share Posted January 13 4 minutes ago, bucketsrose said: NOT just the Moon. I am taking the Silver Spirit Grand Voyage from Capetown to Athens on January 29, and I am guessing that that Cruise will end 14 days early in Dubai instead on continuing around the Arabian peninsula and through the Red Sea. I bet they won't make a decision until a few days before we reach Dubai. Me too. I really would prefer it if they would give us enough time to make alternative arrangements when disembarking there. But like you said, they will probably let us guessing until the last minute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Fletcher Posted January 13 #222 Share Posted January 13 (edited) CruiseMapper shows Silver Moon waiting for Suez clearance and then six cruise ships hunkered down in Dubai, wondering what to do next . . . Now, you won't believe this, but I have a friend who is due to take a 'holiday' in Yemen from 22 January and at the moment his tour company says it's still on. They are entering Yemen overland through Oman. Edited January 13 by Fletcher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucketsrose Posted January 13 #223 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Grand Duchess said: Me too. I really would prefer it if they would give us enough time to make alternative arrangements when disembarking there. But like you said, they will probably let us guessing until the last minute. For me it is Ok, since I had booked the flight through Silversea and was not planning on staying on in Greece after the cruise. So it just means going home early. silversea would be responsible for booking new flights. But what I would really not want is for them to change the itinerary. On an earlier Silver Moon cruise, they replaced the Egypt and Aqaba ports by Greek and Turkish ports. Since I have already been to both Greece and Türkiye, that would be more disappointing to me than it would be to cancel the cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyjennifer1 Posted January 13 Author #224 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Fletcher said: CruiseMapper shows Silver Moon waiting for Suez clearance and then six cruise ships hunkered down in Dubai, wondering what to do next . . . Now, you won't believe this, but I have a friend who is due to take a 'holiday' in Yemen from 22 January and at the moment his tour company says it's still on. They are entering Yemen overland through Oman. Yes we are going to anchor now till tomorrow morning when we will transit Suez Canal n head to Athens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcruiCruise1963 Posted January 13 #225 Share Posted January 13 Thank you for posting the letter. It is very helpful as we are on the January 26th sailing and guessing now it will be canceled or have a much different itinerary. Hopefully they will let us know in a more timely manner than Jan 16th we were on. We would like to make alternate plans. Safe Travels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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