Greetings, All and Happy Christmas!

I’m sorry it has taken me so long to get back to my reporting, but I must admit that I’ve tried several times and lost the message each time. Very frustrating. The system times-out after no activity & my messages are long enough to count as no activity LOL. So, now I am going to write in a Word doc and cut/paste to LCT. I hope this works!!

Where to begin? Well, I did have another opportunity to speak with Ken Watson and he also addressed the group at the SSS cocktail party, so I grabbed a napkin and took notes about the tier program in order to report back accurately. Here goes:

Around the 1st week of Jan ’06, SSS members will receive a snail-mailing which completely details the loyalty program. Additionally, the mailing will contain a certificate for a 1 category upgrade on over 40 selected sailings fleetwide. Anyone accompanying the certificate holder also qualifies for the upgrade.

Although the mailing should have complete details, Ken did mention some of the benefits and I wrote them down because we all like previews, yes?

4 Tier Program:
1-20 nights – no details
21-74 nights – Silver Tier = comp spa certificate(s), comp internet, comp 1 hour phone charges, comp pressing on formal and informal nights (again, there is more, but these are the specifics Ken mentioned)
75-199 nights – Gold Tier – no details
200+ nights – Platinum Tier = comp liquor, canapés daily, comp 4 hours phone charges, exclusive invite to the bridge, exclusive on-board or on-shore event, comp pressing and laundry, membership on the Platinum customer advisory board (again with the “more” comment)

Ken informed us that 54% of this cruise is SSS members with a combined total nights sailed of a little over 13,000. Wow! This knowledge leads me to believe that our tier level has already been set based on nights previously sailed.

That’s all I know from Ken and my notes.

With regard to the question about drink prices, I can only tell you what they are right now. I sail so infrequently that I am unqualified to make comparisons. Currently the minimum price is $6 (single malt scotch, vodka, etc.) up to $11 (20 yr-old tawny port) and of course well up there for your REALLY premium drinks. Hope this helps.

I have actually been keeping up with the journal and will be posting a lengthy review next week, but I wanted to just let you know briefly that the San Juan horseback riding adventure was a fiasco! In true Radisson fashion, however, there was a letter of apology on our door before we even returned to the ship and Keith and I were credited $200 to make up for the misadventure. Radisson is a class act, ladies and gentlemen, no doubt about it.

That’s all for now. I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday. Although we are disembarking on Tuesday, I will check back with the board to see if anyone has questions that I can answer from the Voyager. We have a sea day today and tomorrow, so I’m quite willing to track down any information you might require or just want to know for fun!

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Ash