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04/13/04 05:53 AM
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LChoi98
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Is anyone interested in this itinerary? Athens to Lisbon. The itinerary itself isn't great (too many sea days for Europe IMHO), BUT as per Don's latest post, rates are REALLY cheap.
30 M Join Silver Whisper Athens (Piraeus), Greece
31 T Cruising the Ionian Sea
1 W Valletta, Malta
2 Th Cruising the Mediterranean Sea
3 F Palma de Mallorca, Spain
4 S Cruising the Mediterranean Sea
5 Su Cadiz, Spain
6 M Lisbon, Portugal
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/13/04 07:25 AM
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Even if the prices are cheap, we couldn't possibly do this. We're already stretching things considering 4 cruises in 16 months!!
June 7 '04 VJ7 (Voyager Monte Carlo to Dover)
November 12 '04 MINT
May 21 '05 Paul Gaughan (either B2B or pre-cruise
Oct 15 '05 Diamond Istanbul to Rome (maybe??)
Marcie 
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/13/04 07:52 AM
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I can't either due to DABS.
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/14/04 08:13 AM
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mp8shnt
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Actually I would be interested. Price is GREAT.....it's just I do not know Jaime's schedule yet. However, that is my plan to cross reference Jaime's schedule with the RSSC and Silversea schedules first. And Greece is on our list (and we love Spain).
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/14/04 08:28 AM
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LChoi98
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/14/04 09:03 AM
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petlover
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Todd & Lawrence, if all else fails there's the Oct 15 '05 Diamond Istanbul to Rome! I'd really like to do this and it gives us lots of time to save $$ (or plan a 7-11 heist!)
Marcie
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/14/04 09:14 AM
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Marcie
Maybe your brother will be ranked #1 in the world by the time RSSC wants real money & he loves his sister enough to send her & a few of her "closest" friends to Greece?
Betty
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/14/04 09:37 AM
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Marcie,
I'm currently planning on the Oct 15 '05 Diamond Istanbul to Rome as well.
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/14/04 10:03 AM
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petlover
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I sure hope it works out for us too!!!
Marcie
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/14/04 02:26 PM
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Lawrence, If there are new ports for me, I don't care how many sea days there are! The more the better! Guess that's why Joanna is joining me for MINT, she feels the same way. Now Mom can't nag her most mornings to get off the ship! Unfortunately, we have already been to all those ports on either cruises or land trips.
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/16/04 08:26 PM
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We are back and this is the one that we booked while onboard. It was 50% discount, we got an additional 10% Venetian Club Savings, and an addtional 5% for booking onboard. On Silversea, all discounts are taken from the full brochure rate, so it is truly a 65% discount!!!
We liked the idea of three sea days spread out between each of the ports.
Our total came to $1722 with port charges.
Don
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/18/04 02:56 PM
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Well, maybe I spoke too soon about this cruise. Cannot get a flight using airmiles into Athens on 8/30 and can't fly in early, because with the Olympics having closing ceremonies on the 29th, there are no rooms.
Oh well, it was a thought. Guess I need to move my booking to a 2005 cruise.
Don
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/18/04 03:01 PM
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jhp
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Don, I saw the thread on the ss/cc board. I guess it seemed too good to be true? Was that true what the poster said about them bringing the air/cruise people into London the day before because of the lack of rooms in Athens? What a bummer!
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/18/04 05:01 PM
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Olivia, I know what you mean. We had 4 seperate options. We fly into London and take BA to Athens, fly into Brussels and fly Sabena, fly into Zurich and then fly Swiss into Athens, or fly into Madrid and then take Iberia. Either no flights into any of those 4 spots or no flights from any of those spots into Athens on the 30th. The closest was Swiss from Zurich, but would not put us into Athens until 6:30pm on the 30th. Ship sets sail at 11:00pm and that is just a little too close for comfort.
Don
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Re: Silversea August 30
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04/18/04 05:15 PM
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jhp
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I guess that goes to show that when the travel chips are "down", you will get your rewards with lower fares! Sometimes I am willing to take those risks if I can "get into town" the day before sailing (like I always try to anyway). When you can't do that, I get a little nervous booking my own air.
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