Ya know Richard I've read about your desire for all inclusive and your comments about all things being equal. As far as I could see, now they are.

Here is one more example from Ngaire's postings and from the Silversea website. As much as possible I tried for an apples to apples comparison. I got close, but nothing is exactly the same.

comparing a 7 day Stolkholm-Copenhagen (Radisson) and a Copenhagen-Stolkholm (Silversea).

7/14/07 Voyager Category F: $5,996
7/02/07 Silver Shadow midship Verandah: $6,396

I'm sure in some cases with all things being equal Silversea will come out to be a few dollars cheaper, and in others it will be Radisson.

But maybe I'm misunderstanding you, confused and what you wanted was for Radisson to be all-inclusive, to keep the level of service you've become accustomed to, and to keep their prices the same as before...never mind the added cost of the booze or even the ever rising fuel costs.

Frankly that wouldn't make good business sense at all!