Yes sports fans, it is true ...the more you pay, the better the experience....this is a 6 star ship and the crew and line appears to be looking to create a 7th star...this is our 10th cruise and the fifth line we tried, not because we were unhappy or picky but we very destination focused...the destination in this case was magnificent in every respect, the surprising jewel of the cruise was our stop in the Falklands, certainly not antartica but one of the best excursions that I can recall. As for antartica, seabourn does this very very right IMHO, with everything planned and executed flawlessly. The rest of the ports were pretty much as expected and as usual the ship's excursion at the end left everyone with a bad taste in their mouth (lazy minimal attention and once the ship was out of sight so was their interest in customer service), we were dumped at the airport 90 minutes early cause there was nothing else to see in the entire huge city of Santiago, chile...

The is the second time that we booked a ship which has no tipping and in both cases service was great to almost perfect, maybe the extra cost is worth it??? Our suite was on 4 and had no balcony which we preferred as the cabin was lower on the ship and handled Drake Shake better than a balcony would have. If it was the Mediterranean I definitely would pay to upgrade. Even if you're a perfectionist this ship and crew is likely to perform for you.