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and the story continues.||||Apparently my 2023 review never made it out of draft... so there's a chapter missing. The Queen's first visit! It was that visit that had my elderly mum demanding that we stay there again and this was a big attraction to going on the particular cruise||||FF to Dec 25, Silver Moon glides into town right behind the Story Bar....||||Day 1 is onboard, but I had to pick up the hire car.... Kudos to front of house for a seamless collection||||Day 2 we are told to be off the ship before 8:45am.. to early to check in, but there was no point packing the car as it was parked almost at the ramp to the hotel.||||Check in: was easy, but my room had been forgotten... I had a confirmation email so it was quickly sorted with a lovely upgrade for me and mum's suite was beeeee u tifull. ||||Rooms: Yes, mum had Taffy, the hotel image. Her room was exactly where I had requested and the bathroom flooring non slip (Waterfront tiling can be a little slippery). There was a great view from the balcony area and two comfy seating options. ||||Dining/Drinking: ||Story Bar: Absolutely adored the Colourful and Quirky cocktail so I had to have another. Not quite as good on day 2...no pretty purple flower.||Dinner both nights was off site.||Breakfast, OMG, I really love a la carte and the menu choice was great, good variety and way too much food.||Evolve: Website said it was open, but it wasn't. Easily sorted as one of the yung gentleman offered us the menu and went inside to fetch our tipple of choice.||||Storytelling tour: Karissa did an excellent job and we were well entertained.||||Service Culture: This was the best experience I have had a Macq01. Everything worked. Rooms serviced promptly so afternoons could be spent relaxing, turn down done and most used items replaced. ||||Huge shout out to leader Lauren, whom i saw helping out behind the bar. The true essence of leadership.||||The story will continue