Celebrity Silhouette Review
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We arrived a few days early in Rome. Although we had been there two years ago, one never has enough time to explore Rome!!! This was our six cruise with Celebrity, but the first on Silhouette and I think this one has a little piece of my heart. Although the weather wasn't entirely cooperative for the 14 nights, it didn't seem to matter, as this rated as one of the best cruises ever!!!
Embarking was a breeze, I think that it took us maybe 20 minutes maximum! We arrived at about 12:30, went up to the Oceanview Café, grabbed lunch and then went right to our rooms. One suitcase was even delivered before the drill at 4:30.
The Silhouette is simply a truly beautiful ship! The personnel from the stateroom staff up to the Captain are just courteous, polite, wonderful, and many with a great sense of humour! The ship was immaculate and clean.
Cabin Review
Deluxe Veranda 2B
Although in past cruises we've been on deck 8 or higher, this time we were in stateroom 6225, perfectly midship, in front of the elevators, over the 'Sushi on 5', so no late night or early morning noise... actually no noise whatsoever!
When they say midship, for this specific cabin, I'm sure if the ship had broken in half, our room would have been split in half, and maybe that's why I'm actually having less 'debarkation issues', as being lower and midship helped quite a bit.
We were essentially just steps (a floor or two) away from Café Bacio, the Martini Bar, MDR, the entertainment, ect. I could easily just run up and down the steps if I wanted to get or leave something in the stateroom. Our stateroom attendant, Sebastian, did a wonderful job, changing out the towels and facecloths daily, never leaving us to have to ask for anything! The quality of the soap (shhh I actually brought one home), the shampoo, conditioner, and body lotion where very nice as well. No overpowering smell at all, but the way the soap lathered... you really wanted to be washing your hands
Port Reviews
Palma de Mallorca (Majorca)
Very disappointed with this tour company, as they cancelled via email the morning of, but not having internet, I didn't know and my husband spent a lot of time wandering around looking for them. Thank god, and English chap, named Peter, of 'No Frills' Tour, saw us and told us his bus wasn't full and invited us to get on. We had a lovely day visiting Mallorca, Soller, as well as the Port of Soller, and finally Valldemossa. The views are spectacular and the drive over the mountains is not for the 'faint of heart'! This was one of my absolute favourite ports and I look forward to returning one day. I thank Peter of 'No Frills' for saving the day. As of yet, two weeks later, I still haven't received a refund from Shorebee!
Toulon
We booked a shore excursion through Celebrity and did Saint-Tropez and Port de Grimaud. It was a good hours drive away, but the scenery was beautiful with lots and lots of vineyards along the way. Even though it was October and I'm now what you would consider a shopper, I would say that at least 60 percent of the stores were closed on a Thursday which was disappointing, as I think it took a little away from the experience. Still a beautiful village that I would love to experience when it's filled with all the people'! Good thing it was a Celebrity excursion, as we were late returning due to traffic in 'Sein Sur La Mer' ... so the ship had to wait for us!