Silversea’s Curious Press Release: Silversea Spirit Sales Figures

Goldring Travel October 29, 2009

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, is sold out. An additional

I Hate Stupid Comparisons – Seabourn Odyssey vs. Silversea Spirit

Goldring Travel October 20, 2009

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 objective cruise reviews. It is,

Silversea Silver Spirit – A Short Video, Some Details and Some Thoughts

Goldring Travel September 16, 2009

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 has a history of completing

Silversea Silver Spirit – Some Discussion of Design

Goldring Travel September 8, 2009

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 because it is simply a

Silversea Silver Spirit- Some Details About Dining and Design

Goldring Travel September 7, 2009

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 start, I guess, is the

Silversea Hitting Very Rough Waters?

Goldring Travel June 27, 2009

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 is that the ship will

Some Thoughts About Silversea Cruises

Goldring Travel March 10, 2009

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 from Marilyn Conroy, resulting in

Silversea – A Call from the Captain!

Goldring Travel December 1, 2008

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 she had to share as

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