Sailed on the beautiful Celebrity Silhouette (again)! We loved the ship and even more, the friendly, courteous staff. The meals were wonderful as was the Captain's Club amenities. We were apprehensive about going to Israel with all the turmoil but managed a wonderful three days. We heard some people did not get to Jerusalem or Bethlehem but we were fortunate and spent two and half wonderful days there exploring places where Jesus actually walked over 2000 years ago.
Our only complaint was that after final payment, Celebrity Cruises dropped the prices drastically on this particular cruise, October 18th sailing, and did NOT contact the already booked, loyal clients, that booked long before this time to see if any wished upgrades for the reduced price. We for one, we never book a year in advance again. We must commend Celebrity though, for giving us a nice upgrade in 'guarantee'.
We also stayed on the ship for November 1st sailing to Fort Lauderdale and enjoyed the same wonderful treatment.
The cabin was great!!! We were situated towards the back of the ship and it was nice and quiet.The stewards as always were wonderful!!!