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Here is an interesting video, produced for Silversea by Avid Cruiser, of its six restaurants. While it gives a flavor (pun intended) of the various dining venues it is curious to me that the actual video of the venues is so limited and the amount of time spent looking at desserts and sashimi preparation (with a
I am conflicted. I want Seabourn to have stiff competition, not just for marketshare, but for what a luxury product is supposed to be. “Increases the Stakes”, “Keeping Them Honest”, “Refining the Luxury Cruise Experience” or whatever you want to call it. However, calling it as I see it, Silversea is failing miserably with the
After writing this post I feel it needs a preface. There is so much misinformation being provided by supposed “experts” that people that just want honest and valid information scour the internet…and then are horribly misled. It is an illness in the travel industry that cannot be healed without some serious surgery. The spread of knowingly dishonest and
What has caused me to write this entry is a very rude slap one Cruise Critic poster made toward a guest that was not given the royal treatment by Silversea, but was – instead – treated as a “normal” passenger. This is, nonetheless, sort of a tough post because its intent is not to rain on
Silversea’s Silver Spirit is in the last days of its Maiden Transatlantic Cruise which was right on the heels of its Maiden Voyage. To say the reviews have been mixed would be an understatement. There is no question that a few people are being treated like royalty with special ceremonies, dining with the Captain, private
You have got to be kidding me! What I am reading makes the Silversea Silver Spirit a virtual joke if you are talking “luxury” and just OK if you are talking premium. Let me explain: One thing I hate is “dumbing down” people so they eventually believe that marginal is acceptable. Silversea seems focused on abandoning
I have not commented on Silversea’s newest ship, the Silversea Silver Spirit, for a few days. The reason: I am tired of being told or perceived as being a Silversea basher. So I let the initial couple of days of nirvana go by and have been reading as much as possible from those who were
Well, I guess this is an unfortunate, “I told you so” about Silversea Cruise’s financial turmoil. I have, as previously noted, kept very quiet not only in the hope that something positive might happen, but because I didn’t want to be seen as “piling on” or trying to spoil the anticipated coming out of the
The past days have been very busy for me, personally, but also very interesting for me professionally. It appears that some of my readers, I guess, read this blog because they perceive me as the Andy Rooney (curmudgeon) of the cruise blogosphere. While I may have earned that reputation through speaking my mind, I want
One nice things about having a ship built at Fincantieri is that you have great confidence it will be delivered on time. Regardless of any other issues, Silversea is blessed with having the Silversea Silver Spirit being delivered as it should be…and, it would seem, in a properly cleaned condition. This stands in stark contrast
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