This cruise was our third in three years on Celebrity Silhouette.

We were amazed at how the standards had fallen in only 8 months since our previous cruise.

The food in the Oceanview Cafe was very ordinary, and this was probably deliberate, in an attempt to push people to the specialty restaurants. Cleanliness was a major concern, with dirty plates and mugs, as well as dirty cutlery. Everyone was talking about it. There was a large lump of (I think) butter on the wall next to the doorway to the galley at Oceanview, and that stayed there for at least 6 days, slowly drying on the wall. No-one noticed it, and no-one obviously was cleaning properly. (I took photos of it.) Read more