By Eric Goldring
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.
It is now October 29, 2009, less than 90 days from the Grand Inaugural Sailing – a 91 day cruise commencing on January 21, 2010. Today I read a news release on Reuters which reads, in part: “30% of the Silver Spirit`s 91-day Grand Inaugural Voyage, starting at $42,000per person,
Ralph Grizzle has obviously made quite a play, with his “review” of the Silversea Spirit sea trial being repackaged and represented on a number of different websites. Bless him for the marketing, but seriously, it is enough with pushing out blatant marketing material, week after week, month after month, as allegedly
Ralph Grizzle, the Avid Cruiser, has created a short video of the new Silver Spirit as she is on her sea trials. I thought it might be of interest to you: http://blip.tv/play/gq0xgaC2PgI For those of you panicked that the ship will not be finished in time, know that the shipyard
On The Gold Standard Forum there is a bit of discussion about the conclusion by one member of the “press” (Anita Durham-Potter – expertcruiser.com) “From what I’ve seen — when finished — Spirit is a lot prettier and better planned than Seabourn Odyssey.” I have taken issue with that opinion
As the Silver Spirit engages in its sea trials, the time has come to explore this ship. First, Silversea has started a blog on its newest ship, which is scheduled to debut on December 23, 2009, the Silver Spirit. You can find the blog here: http://www.silverspiritblog.com/ . The place to
As you know I have been concerned for the past year as to whether Silversea would financially be strong enough to accept delivery of the new Silver Spirit in December. Well…a little birdie has told me that it probably cannot. So what does this mean? One thing it doesn’t mean
I was trying to stay away from another concerning post, but the news about Silversea Cruises needs to be discussed. I have said for a number of months that I have concerns over Silversea’s future. In November 2008 I wrote Silversea – Lost at Sea? which was followed by a telephone call
Late today I received a call from Marilyn Conroy, Silversea’s senior vice president of sales and marketing concerning my most recent post. We had a wonderful chat about Silversea, her perspective on a number of my comments, concerns and theories. And, of course, I listened carefully to both the information
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