Travelled on the Celebrity Silhouette on December 28, 2014 out of Fort Lauderdale with stops in Mexico, Grand Caymans, Jamaica and Labadee, Haiti. We were travelling in a group of 12 people, with ages ranging from 20 to 80. Arrived via plane to the Fort Lauderdale airport on Sunday morning, and we were met by the Celebrity group at the airport - transferring to the ship was easy and only a 10 minute bus ride. We got in line at the terminal to go through security and to check in/obtain our Sea Pass cards and waited over 2 hours. This was one of the worst experiences of the trip. At some points, we were standing in line waiting to go through security and the line up to get your Sea Pass card was so long that they weren't taking anyone through security. No one from Celebrity made an announcement to thank us for our patience, or tell us that something was wrong. All we wanted was a little communication, but nothing came, so our entire group was extremely frustrated. It really put a damper on the beginning of the trip.

We finally were on board with our Sea Pass card (which is like your ship credit card - you use it as your room key, way to buy things and drinks on the ship, as well as to get off/on at the ports), and ready to go. The ship is gorgeous, and we hardly ever felt the ship move, only in some of the rougher seas. On our days at sea, we spent it lounging on some lounge chairs on Deck 14 (one above the pools). We would usually get there around 9am and didn't have trouble getting 12 lounge chairs. They will move your towels if you try and get up early to reserve chairs, but we found there were lots of chairs. Only swam in the outdoor pools once - very crowded with kids during the days at sea, but perhaps that is just because of the time of the year. We usually would walk down to swim in the indoor pool which was so nice - perfect temperature, just a great spot to hang around and pretty quiet. The Mast Grill was a favourite to eat at for lunch - delicious hamburgers!! We would then usually go up to the Sunset Bar for drinks later in the evening. Ari and Dev are the bartenders there and I cannot say enough good things about them - very helpful and friendly and made us feel at home!! We ate at the Porch one day for lunch ($7 charge) and it was delicious. We did not eat at the Lawn Club Grill or use the Lawn area, but didn't feel like it was taking away space like I have read in other reviews. We used the fitness area every morning, which had lots of equipment. The walking track was on one of the main floors so unless you were walking at 7am, there was a lot of traffic from general people.

The food was delicious everywhere. We had reservations at the Tuscan Grille one evening ($45/person) and it was well worth the money – beautiful spot with nice views off the back of the ship. You can literally eat anything and everything you want on the menu. Our waiter was so nice, everyone ordered meat for the main course and he brought out a bunch of different pastas for the tables to try. We ate at the main dining hall for the other nights – the staff was extremely friendly, the service very quick and the food was delicious. We also upgraded to the premium drink package before we went which I highly recommend, as we didn’t have to worry about signing for drinks everytime we wanted something. As well, you can get basically any drink you want with this package. People have mentioned about the staff trying to upsell them into specialty restaurants, etc in other reviews and I never once felt like the staff tried to sell me anything except asking to get my picture taken. Read more