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You might want to see the thread on this same forum "Not Happy with the Way Pricing Works" for issues regarding this

Anxious to hear how Juneau copes with all the visitors.  Keep it coming TLCOhio, actually got my wife looking over my shoulder tonight at your pictures!

Fantastic pictures TLCOhio!  We will be following your voyage by computer, & then following in your footsteps on the Muse early September, for our first cruise.  Hope your cruise continues to go well!

On 7/19/2019 at 1:57 PM, philw1776 said:

I'm just a simple colonial. On my 2nd Silversea cruise I was thinking of trying baked beans (I'm from former colonial Boston) for breakfast.  Will this become some huge international gaffe?  

Ah, your Boston background may explain your weakness.  I don't know if baked beans served on board ship will stand up to genuine Boston Baked Beans.  SteveH2508 reminds me of Virginia-cured bacon being called streaky bacon at some event in the past - we weren't sure how to take it at the time...  

Wow, this is a troubling issue.  Maybe I worry too much, but I hope we will hear from a few more on this topic.

All comments are so interesting.  A point not yet mentioned, I believe, are the many reasons to select Silversea that are less or unrelated to the dress code.  As we shopped for our 1st cruise, we chose SS because they include many things in the fare other lines do not, offer more roomy cabins vs other lines, the balcony was also more spacious, and their ships are (we think) more right sized for us.  Less quantifiably, they just seem less goofy, a bit more sophisticated, perhaps partially due to the (flexible) dress code, than their competitors. 

Do the British really eat baked beans for breakfast?  I mean, I love the people and treasure our shared history (post 1812 or thereabouts) so this can easily be overlooked, but still, do they?

Thank you trevandange and alithecat!  Room service breakfasts delivered with care by someone who gets to know your preferences sound heavenly, alithecat, and I'm getting confident that the wines offered will be fine or better trevandange, thanks again your comments. 

Never before having cruised on any line, but now booked and paid on not one, but two, Silversea cruises, this thread holds my interest.  Following many others too... I believe I see two Silversea issues of note.  First, the butler.  Maybe there should be a thread on that alone.  Can anyone offer some suggestions on how to ensure the butler as implemented by SS enhances our first cruise?  We're pretty nice, easy going folks I think, but would truly appreciate some stories or guidance.  Second, the included wine list is apparently very hard to come by.  Why?  We enjoy sauvignon blanc, the Gavi wines from Italy's piedmont are also usually very enjoyable for us.  If anyone knows about our faves, or what I should do to obtain them, thanks in advance!

Thank you all for your advice.  I'm already feeling "welcome aboard" thanks to you!

My wife and I have made it to retirement.  We are going on our first cruise ever on Silversea to Alaska in September on the Silver Muse.  Silversea stood out to us by their inclusive fare, reviews, and the comments we read here (as well as the people at SS Ft. Lauderdale we talked with).  I have read and appreciate the many informative posts you all have made here, but we are honestly a bit nervous about the commitment we have made.  Our questions are:  (1) If we fail to pack something, are there options to buy on ship or in ports?  What must be packed?  (2) Can we pack in a manner that relies on using shipboard or port laundry?  (3)  If we elect to have dinner in our suite one or two nights, exactly how does that work?  Have your experiences been favorable? (4)  OK, we are total newbies at this whole cruise thing, so probably don't even know what to ask.  Your advice to first time cruisers would truly be appreciated!  Thanks in advance...