Why not -- Irish Whisky on Silversea?

[canderson]

Also a 1st timer.  Wondering about Irish Whiskey.

Any of the older Bushmills available?  Redbreast?  Knappogue?  Teeling?

[carefreecruise]

If you have a favorite

 Under special request, you can ask ant they will provide a bottle or two in your suite and bill you or maybe not. You have to ask first...

[Rothko1]

Last time I was on I saw just basic stuff:  Jamesons and Bushmills.  No high end Irish.

[canderson]

10 hours ago, carefreecruise said:

If you have a favorite

 Under special request, you can ask ant they will provide a bottle or two in your suite and bill you or maybe not. You have to ask first...

How/when is it appropriate to make the request?  I know that on Celebrity, we've had contact from a shoreside concierge a few weeks before the cruise to manage things like this.  How is it done on Silversea?

[Stumblefoot]

5 hours ago, canderson said:

How/when is it appropriate to make the request?  
 

How is it done on Silversea?

It used to be a minimum 90-days, pre-Covid to guarantee they could acquire the goods and have them loaded in a container on time.

[canderson]

Just now, Stumblefoot said:

It used to be a minimum 90-days, pre-Covid to guarantee they could acquire the goods and have them loaded in a container on time.

OK - we have the "when", now about the "how"?

 

Does Silversea contact guests prior to the cruise, or is there somewhere we should send such a request?  As noted, we would receive either (or both) an email / phone call from the Celebrity shoreside concierge ahead of the cruise asking about our preferences for a number of different things, including booze/wine setups in our suite.

[Dolcevita Diva]

12 minutes ago, canderson said:

OK - we have the "when", now about the "how"?

 

Does Silversea contact guests prior to the cruise, or is there somewhere we should send such a request?  As noted, we would receive either (or both) an email / phone call from the Celebrity shoreside concierge ahead of the cruise asking about our preferences for a number of different things, including booze/wine setups in our suite.

 

 Have your TA submit this request or email your request to specialservices@silversea.com.

 

[canderson]

2 hours ago, Dolcevita Diva said:

 

 Have your TA submit this request or email your request to specialservices@silversea.com.

 

Thanks for that.  Will send them a couple of preferred bottles and they can pick from those if possible.  Surprised that none of the bars carries a higher end Irish.  We're accustomed to having a bar aboard (e.g., 'World Class Bar' on Celebrity) that usually includes brands/ages a step or so above the normal stuff.  Was lucky there back on a November WB TA where you never know what they'll have left for the crossing.

 

Apart from things that might not be readily available once at sea, is there any reason to contact them in advance about anything else, or are those things handled once aboard? 

[Stumblefoot]

20 minutes ago, canderson said:

Surprised that none of the bars carries a higher end Irish.

I imagine they’ll have a few high end bottles, but I thought you were looking for something that would be complimentary.