Thank you! Hope you found something useful or entertaining :-) I know you will enjoy the Nova. Beautiful ship with a wonderful crew! Write to us and let us know how the trip went! Stay tuned for new content. I am currently editing our recent holiday cruise around South America aboard the Regent Splendor, I should start posting in about three weeks. Happy and Safe Travels! Tom
Excellent review. Agree with you, the La Dame up charge is a huge negative. Also dress code with minimum of a jacket in all public areas after 6 PM every night is popular only with a few passengers. The modern resort elegant dress code of Regent, Ritz-Carlton and Explora avoids packing an extra suitcase for dress clothing but preserves a chic evening look. We have taken a number of Silversea cruises in the past but no more. Their ship might be new but their policies are firmly in the past. Thanks again for a superb review.
Thank you! There was a somewhat more relaxed dress code on the Silver Nova with Formal Night now being called “Formal Optional.” The requirement for a jacket remains. So, they may be edging toward the dress codes of the other luxury cruise brands, but as you rightly said they are not there yet! We were just on a Regent cruise and they had two “Formal Optional” nights during the cruise, all other nights were “country club chic.” The up-charge for La Dame aboard the other Silversea ships remains a much more reasonable (if not still contentious) $60 bucks per head. Thank you again for the kind words, and thank you for subscribing! Happy Travels, Tom
Very much enjoyed your videos. My wife and I are booked on the Nova in May for a 7day Alaskan cruise.
Thank you! Hope you found something useful or entertaining :-) I know you will enjoy the Nova. Beautiful ship with a wonderful crew! Write to us and let us know how the trip went! Stay tuned for new content. I am currently editing our recent holiday cruise around South America aboard the Regent Splendor, I should start posting in about three weeks. Happy and Safe Travels! Tom
Excellent review. Agree with you, the La Dame up charge is a huge negative. Also dress code with minimum of a jacket in all public areas after 6 PM every night is popular only with a few passengers. The modern resort elegant dress code of Regent, Ritz-Carlton and Explora avoids packing an extra suitcase for dress clothing but preserves a chic evening look. We have taken a number of Silversea cruises in the past but no more. Their ship might be new but their policies are firmly in the past. Thanks again for a superb review.
Thank you! There was a somewhat more relaxed dress code on the Silver Nova with Formal Night now being called “Formal Optional.” The requirement for a jacket remains. So, they may be edging toward the dress codes of the other luxury cruise brands, but as you rightly said they are not there yet! We were just on a Regent cruise and they had two “Formal Optional” nights during the cruise, all other nights were “country club chic.” The up-charge for La Dame aboard the other Silversea ships remains a much more reasonable (if not still contentious) $60 bucks per head.
Thank you again for the kind words, and thank you for subscribing!
Happy Travels,
Tom