We prefer smaller ships. We prefer upscale ships and are willing to pay the premium to avoid the hassles of budget ships. Silversea does a good job of advertising such a cruise.
Execution is something else.
Understand that Silver Cloud is an old ship, very old and is in need of either replacement or taking it down to the keel and starting over. There is a major overhaul scheduled for August 2017. This is about five years late. Unfortunately, we were scheduled on a cruise three months ahead of the overhaul.