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The food might not be great but you wouldn't know it looking at your pics. They at least seem to do a good job with the presentation.

I'm sure there is a team of sales professionals whose job it is to grow the business. I'm not an expert on cruise marketing but if you want to grow sales you have to go to the larger markets with people interested in your product. Without doing market research, the US seems like the obvious market to go after. Given that only 6% of Americans have Italian heritage, that's not something I would play up to a US audience. It's a shame that the things we like often change in the name of chasing a buck, but in business the old adage is true, if you're not growing, your dying.

I'm no expert on wine or Silversea, but I have a similar question and have been trying to piece together what they offer from various posts. Seems like they have a good selection of wines in the $15-$20 range retail, so I assume these would be your $40-60 dollar wines in a similar land based restaurant. This is fine for me as I'm always buying the $20 and under bottles at home, but if you prefer wines that are a bit more upscale you'll probably have to pay extra or bring your own. My understanding of the liquor policy on Silversea is that you can bring whatever you'd like onboard at any port and there are no corkage fees.

I'll play Devil's Advocate and point out that Silversea claims they send their "butlers" to butler training a The School for Butlers and Hospitality. So it seems not only are we getting duped into thinking they are butlers but the "glorified cabin stewards" must be getting duped, too, if they think they are going for butler training, when in fact it is steward training. Or perhaps they are all in on the marketing plan. https://schoolforbutlers.com/the-school/ https://schoolforbutlers.com/blog/teaming-up-with-the-number-one-cruise-line/

My only concern about luggage lockers is you can't reserve ahead of time. I have fears of showing up with 6 people's luggage and not having enough locker space. If anyone has some experience actually using the lockers during peak season that would be appreciated.

We thought about taking a tour but the last thing I want to do is rush off the ship to make a tour deadline after spending ten days touring the country. I think I will have had my fill of tours by then. I just want to enjoy a nice lunch and a stroll around the city, if possible, rather than sitting in the airport for 4 or 5 hours.

I will be on a RT cruise out of Reykjavik, July 14 - July 24. Unfortunately, there are limited flights from KEF to JFK and our flight leaves at 5 PM, while we have to disembark around 9 AM. I'd like to spend a leisurely few hours in Reykjavik before having to check in at the airport but don't want to drag my bags around. I found this company called Luggage Lockers but it doesn't appear that you can reserve the lockers and I'm afraid of relying on this service and there not being any lockers available. https://www.luggagelockers.is/sizes-and-prices.html Does anyone have any experience with this company or have any other suggestions for storing luggage?

What if it's payday? Then he would get paid handsomely.