Just returned yesterday from 2 weeks on the Dawn in Norway. I would strongly recommend door to door service, unless you have air miles to burn (and even then you can still book d to d without the air). First time we booked door to door and it worked great. Significant airfare savings on the Business Class upgrade. Kudos to Silversea Air. Flights were great choices, I could not have chosen better myself. Even got to waitlist on a 2 hour earlier flight from ORD home and got the seats and first class to boot. (I will give all the credit to United for the last bit). Hotel was awesome and all transfers handled with class. Voyage was flawless, Silver Dawn spectacular, food amazing, SALT bar our evening hangout. Weather perfect for 10 of the 12 days and even the other 2 were just a bit misty. Life is good, glad to be home.