The Greek islands and Eastern Mediterranean cruise we took in August 2013 was our 11th cruise and one of the best. We had previously cruised on Celebrity Equinox to Central America and knew what great ships the Solstice Class vessels are. Silhouette is 3 years newer and slightly better than its older sister but we believe they are the best ships we have cruised on. I had been competing at the World Masters Games in Torino and there were a lot of others on board who had WMG Torino2013 clothes

The crew were up to the usual high standard and hard to fault. The meals were definitely better than Carnival, Princess, Royal Caribbean and even Holland America. We didn't bother with specialty restaurants apart from the $5 crepe restaurant on Deck 5 because the Grand Cuvee MDR and Sea View Caf' were good enough to meet all our needs.

The stateroom was particularly above average. Our last cruise was on the Dawn Princess and I had to sit sideways on the toilet whereas the bathroom on Silhouette was almost up to hotel standard. The music was much better on the Dawn Princess, though. That was our only negative with Silhouette. A water slide would be fun but most of the guests were not really the water slide type. It was very hot for the entire 12 days and a water slide would have been great. Read more