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I am a Champagne freak - sorry and I like to discover unknown houses as well Hapag Lloyd did replace Duval by Jacquart Mosaique and sometimes for the half bottles in the "basic" suites Piper Heidsieck My favourite brands are Deutz , Gosset and Ruinart and Roederer 😊 Duval Leroy is available in Belgium in the most expensive supermarket chain -

one of the 3 "better " sommeliers on board told me that when starting the cruise the stock of some better wines was very low they had 3 bottles of Tignanello left - a family from a particular Asian country did order all of those the first night at La Terrazza ... imho at an attractive price and sailing in the Medit , demand for that wine can be "serious" it is a very decent good wine and not too expensive !

I was on the Dawn last month. The cruise experience was of such a kind I decided to cancel my next cruise and not going back to SS. SS is not buying local at all , despite SALT. I was on the food markets in Sète , St Tropez and Monaco ( both open air markets ) and the giant market in Livorno with an overwhelming choice of fresh fish . I never saw somebody from the ship , nor deliveries by a local . So no speciality French or Italian cheeses or fresh fish. If something is missing - ashame they are waiting until the next container ... RCI policies !

Duval Leroy lost the deliveries of" house Champagne" to Hapag Lloyd cruises some 2 years ago - so obviously the company was searching for another cruise company. IMHO somewhat better as that Heidsieck Monopole , but I am afraid Pommery will be withdrawn on SS.

the foie gras by Rougié is removed from the menu in Atlantide !

because she is old - and she is not having all the luxury of the recent ships it seems despite there is a bathtub in the lower categories ....

I did more as 100 cruises , but only discovered Regent last year mostly caused by the single supplements - i am not paying double so searching for low single supp those days ... meanwhile I did 4 Regents cruises and I have 4 other bookings however afraid to book the Navigator I recently did close the door with SS - my review about the Dawn is published as " sinking Silversea " maybe the breads and the pastries are better on O but all the other items are better on Regent for sure.

obviously not anymore sorry - my books are old

on the vistafjord in 1990 it even was even a printed piece of paper ...

I found it appropriate to write a full review of the S Dawn. It is published in reviews - sorry for the typing mistakes - my computer suffered a keyboard problem 😆

on the Dawn in April as well

my goodness - no understanding of luxury cruising ??? i do suggest he is going on a few luxurious cruises - maybe he can go and discover on some other cruise lines in the "luxurious" segment where pax do not have to pay for a special gin , 9 € , a VSOP cognac 10€ or a malt whisky Macallan 12 :18 € that there is fresh orange juice on other cruise lines even on Mein Schiff with a small extra that there are honest wine prices on Hapag Lloyd, Silversea and Regent while his are starred and nightclub ones that the complimentary wines are one of the weakest in the segment that quantity is not going over quality that on luxury lines a double cover must be put on the table that calling a very big suite "penthouse " is false marketing that on luxury cruises canapes are served ( ok some are bad ) that serving the same cold cuts and cheeses every day is not luxurious ( go and see Hapag Lloyd ) that guests are expecting decent mineral waters on that level that a lot of - meanwhile downgraded - bubbles is not synonym for luxury that his chefs must read over a few classic recipes that serving soft ice for diner is not done in Greek ancient mythology there are the 12 works of Hercules , so I did collect some 12 mistakes by Explora if you do have a chain of steak houses , but suddenly want to start the high gastronomy without a background???

I paid far too much money in Arts ( a RC but when they opened it could not have the name Ritz c) I stayed also in The palace ( old Ritz ) , great service but too expensive , the Meridien and years ago in Avenida palace. I am not so crazy of Barcelona, one night before a cruise is enough last time I stayed at Eurostars where smaller cruise ships are docking...

and I forgot the restaurant manager ...

they do announce 2 pm but for "groups" it is earlier 😃