{"id":123,"date":"2020-08-28T21:42:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T21:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/?p=123"},"modified":"2020-08-28T21:42:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T21:42:28","slug":"silversea-confirms-silver-moon-delivery-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/2020\/08\/28\/silversea-confirms-silver-moon-delivery-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Silversea Confirms Silver Moon Delivery in October"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silversea\u00a0confirmed the delivery of the\u00a0Silver Moon<\/a>\u00a0on Oct. 30, the second ship to join the luxury fleet in 2020 amid the pandemic, and is tentatively scheduled to enter service on Nov. 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Silver Origin was delivered\u00a0on June 3 and, at this time, is scheduled to depart on its first revenue cruise in the Galapagos Islands Nov. 7.<\/p>\n

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The 596-guest, 40,700-gross-ton Silver Moon \u2013 the sister to Silver Muse \u2013 underwent sea trials Aug. 8-20 with a reduced crew of approximately 320 due to precautionary health protocols, the ship journeyed between Fincantieri\u2019s shipyards in Ancona and Trieste, Italy, undergoing a week-long dry-dock period in the latter.<\/p>\n

Silversea\u2019s senior officers, external engineers, and representatives from both Fincantieri and\u00a0parent company Royal Caribbean Group<\/a>\u00a0put Silver Moon through a series of preliminary tests in the Adriatic Sea \u2013 including noise and vibration tests \u2013 for three days.<\/p>\n

Once Silver Moon was out of the water in Trieste, stability tests were performed, public spaces were inspected, and engineers applied the finishing touches to the ship\u2019s exterior, including the cleaning and painting of the hull, and the polishing of the brass propellers.<\/p>\n

Secondary tests, including speed tests, were then carried out on the return sailing from Trieste to Ancona. Work has now restarted on the ship\u2019s interior.<\/p>\n

Silver Moon\u2019s master is Capt. Alessandro Zanello, who has over 20 years of experience at Silversea alone. He was at the helm for the launch of Silver Moon\u2019s sister ship, Silver Muse, back in 2017, and was also present for the sea trials of Silver Spirit in 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs my third with Silversea, I must say that Silver Moon\u2019s sea trials felt a little surreal after everything that happened in the months prior,\u201d Zanello said. \u201cI was originally scheduled to travel to the shipyard in Ancona in April. I was with family in Canada at the time. Unfortunately, there were no flights from Canada to Ancona, so I was unable to reach the ship until July. The sea trials themselves felt special, indeed, and were held in unique circumstances.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnhanced health and safety protocols were in place, including temperature screenings, physical distancing, and the wearing of face coverings both on the ship and in the shipyard,\u201d Zanello continued. \u201cMeal hours were extended and we ate with fewer people in the restaurant. During the sea trials themselves, we had far fewer people on board than for those of Silver Muse. Safety was the primary concern. Nevertheless, we managed to carry out all test successfully. \u2026 At the end of the sea trials, we shared a celebratory glass of prosecco with the team from Fincantieri. The ship is coming on nicely and she really is looking spectacular. This is a momentous occasion for all of us; we have worked very hard to reach this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Roberto Martinoli, Silversea\u2019s president and CEO, said Silver Moon will be \u201can innovative addition\u201d to the fleet.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding on the success of our beloved flagship Silver Muse, Silver Moon will push boundaries in travel to unlock meaningful experiences for our guests around the world. Our pioneering new\u00a0S.A.L.T. program<\/a>\u00a0is just one way in which travelers will delve deep into destinations, and I look forward to personally welcoming our guests aboard Silver Moon in the near future,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fact that our beautiful Silver Moon nears completion, despite such challenging circumstances, is a testament to the exceptional resilience and expertise of all involved in her build. For this I am very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, renowned for its innovative approach to shipbuilding, will remember Silver Moon as its first ship delivered after the lockdown, as sign of Italian resilience and capacity to overcome difficulties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silversea\u00a0confirmed the delivery of the\u00a0Silver Moon\u00a0on Oct. 30, the second ship to join the luxury fleet in 2020 amid the pandemic, and is tentatively scheduled to enter service on Nov. 8, 2020. The\u00a0Silver Origin was delivered\u00a0on June 3 and, at this time, is scheduled to depart on its first revenue cruise in the Galapagos Islands […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deluxecruises.com\/deals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}