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In this video i share 10 things you need to know before deciding of Silversea Cruises and the Silver Muse ship specifically. I look at things like what the line is, what is (and is not included) in the fares, if it is really ultra-luxury, the facilities and suites as well as the dress code and passenger types.
Also look at my video tour of the ship at https://youtu.be/zUj3P-OM4jM
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hi I'm Gary benridge of tips for
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travelers in this video I'm going to
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tell you 10 things that you need to know
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about silver Seas silver Muse to work
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out if this is the right cruise line for
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you and the right ship for you stick
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around to the end because the last two
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things I'm going to tell you are the
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things that I was asked the most about
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silver sea and silver Muse so let's get
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into it and find out those 10 things you
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need to know well first of all silver
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Muse is part of silver sea cruises
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silver sea cruises was formed in the
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early 1990s it is the largest privately
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owned Ultra Luxury Cruise Line it's
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owned by the LEF family uh an Italian
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family and there are at the time of
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recording this as The Silver Muse came
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into service nine ships with a vision to
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ultimately grow to 12 ships the fleet is
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divided into two there is the classic
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ocean side of silver sea and there's the
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Expedition side of the silver sea silver
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Muse has gone into the classic oceans
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side which basically means as it sounds
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is that it sells around the classic
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ocean destinations all around the world
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the Expedition Fleet sails to much more
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unusual places like the Arctic the
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Antarctic the
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galapagus: out in early April the naming
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ceremony 19th of April 2017 the
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Godmother is the daughter of the owner
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of the line and her name is constanza
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it's the largest ship in the silver Seas
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Fleet with just under 600 passengers and
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has just over 400 crew silvery are
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capping the size of the ships at the
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size of the silver M so there will be no
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bigger ships than the silver Muse
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because they want to keep the ships
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relatively small and personal so the
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third thing you need to know is that the
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silver Muse operates in the Ultra Luxury
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segment 596 guests 411 crew eight decks
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it's an all Suite ship every single stat
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room is a suite they all have Butler
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Service they all have very high quality
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Linens they have Bulgari toiletries
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there's lots of Technology across the
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ship including these special interactive
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screens iPads to take orders so it's a
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very Hightech very ultr luxury ship the
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crew are trained by the leading hotels
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of the world so there's a real ethos
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around service and what silver SE claim
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is they have a very personalized service
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which tries to anticipate what you
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require as they get to know you the
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fourth thing you need to know about the
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silver Muse like with silver SE is they
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are all inclusive fairs so let me talk
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about what's included in the fair your
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accommodation obviously whatever sweet
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grade you've booked is included Your
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Foods included drinks incl included so
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uh in your Suite there will be a mini
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bar which is stocked with beers or wine
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or alcohol whatever you want all around
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the ship in all the bars and at meal
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times uh drink is included within the
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fair Wi-Fi is also included gratuities
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are included and also if needed
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transportation from the ship into the
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port if you're docking a little bit
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outside of the port is included the
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other thing you need to know is that
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right across the ship it is an all
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sweeton ship
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there are seven different grads of
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sweets on board there is the onus site
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there's a grand site there's a royal
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site there's a silver suite and there's
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three Veranda Suites a deluxe a superior
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and a classic in the ship tour video
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that I have you can also find uh all of
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those sweets in detail as I told all of
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those suets and videoed all of those
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sweets so you can take a look at those
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the sixth thing you need to know about
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silver Muse and silver Seas is it's a
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relatively traditional cruising
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experience so it's very much focused on
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you know the food there's enrichment
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lectures there's fairly traditional
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shows in the evening with the silver sea
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singers uh there are things like card
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games there's a library it's not built
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as a resort it's basically built as a
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sort of a a high quality Hotel really so
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the focus is on great food very
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comfortable luxurious accommodation good
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service and the destinations now the
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seven thing you need to know and
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probably one of the most important is
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around dining there's no large main
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dining room instead there are eight
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different venues across the ship plus
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24-hour room service of those eight
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venues six of them are included in the
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fair and two of them you pay an extra
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search charge for so each of the six can
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hold around about 150 people at a time
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and they are a wide range of restaurants
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so there's lataa which is the Italian
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restaurant which is a staple of silvery
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which is open for breakfast lunch and
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dinner it has food stations some Al a
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cart there's atan tide which is a
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Seafood and Grill Restaurant a very
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beautiful restaurant serving seafood and
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steaks there's indochin which is Asian
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food uh Thai food which is very nice an
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Innovative restaurant is a place called
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silver note and this combines music and
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food so it serves Tapas type and there
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is music there in the evening there's
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Hot Rocks which is the open air uh hot
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lava cooking which during the day serves
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more traditional Grill type food burgers
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that kind of stuff there's an incredible
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pizza restaurant which is named after a
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famous street in Naples which is called
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spopo incredible Incredible Pizzas now
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the two restaurants you pay extra for
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are ladam which is a partnership with
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Rel and Chateau which is French cuisine
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and there's a beautiful Japanese
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restaurant called kaiseki which serves
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Sushi and at night does tanaki it's open
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seated dining in all of the restaurants
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you can go whenever you want to however
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just to make sure you get into the one
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you want it's recommended that you you
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perhaps reserve a table in the evening
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for the time that you want now the eth
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thing that you need to know is
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facilities it's a relatively small ship
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you know it's just under 600 passengers
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not a massive ship but there's a huge
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range of facilities there's a wide range
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of bars including the Panorama Lounge
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there's an observation Lounge there's
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the Arts Cafe a very Innovative new
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Option there's a connoisseur Lounge for
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cigars and smoking in the atrium there's
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a huge big bar area in terms of
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entertainment there's the Venetian
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Lounge there's a casino there's a card
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room there's a library up in the
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observation Lounge there is also a an
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Activities center for kids in terms of
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Outdoors activities there's obviously a
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pool deck there's a running track and
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there's also a spa and fitness center
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tip number nine is around packing and
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dress code now silver SE and silver Muse
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has a relatively formal dress code so
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it's not massively formal it's not Black
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Tie evenings but it is smarter than many
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of the other Ultra Luxury lines so in
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the evenings there's no jeans no shorts
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to be worn but you know expected to wear
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more slacks or equivalent for ladies
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there are formal evenings where men will
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normally wear jackets not always
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necessarily with a tie but it is a much
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more formal atmosphere which I actually
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like personally and I think it does feel
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much more like an Ultra Luxury Line with
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a little bit of dressing up and in the
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evenings it's much smarter and the 10th
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point and the other thing I get asked a
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lot is what sort of passengers are on
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board now the real heart of a silver sea
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are really the baby boom so that's
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people sort of you know born postwar up
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to the 1960s so people like me sort of
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in their late 50s are you know very
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common on board silver sea so you'll
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find it's a lot of professional people
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retired people semi-retired people
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obviously on some of the longer cruises
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you will also get a slightly older uh
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group of people as well you know the
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real heart of silver SE are baby boomers
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who are interested in seeing the world
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because they travel to a lot of
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destinations silver SE argued that they
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travel to you know 34 40% more
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destinations than the competitors you
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know last year they went to over 700
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destinations where their next biggest
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competitor only went to 2 300 uh
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destinations so they do get to a lot of
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destinations and they're really try and
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cater for people that have a real Spirit
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to go out and see things but actually
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want to do it in luxury mostly Americans
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but there's a lot of British Germans
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increasingly Asian Travelers they have
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over 100 nationalities travel on Silver
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SE so it is quite diverse overall but it
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still tends to be largely American
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focused so there you have it that's 10
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things that I really think you need to
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know about silver sea and specifically
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silver Muse it's the biggest ship in the
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fleet it's a very modern
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contemporary luxurious ship it's a
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beautiful ship hope you've enjoyed that
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