Celebrity Silhouette Review
My First Cruise, Celebrity Silhouette Transatlantic
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This was my first cruise ever, taking the Celebrity Silhouette on its first Transatlantic cruise. So I am going to start from the beginning and work my way through my first experience in cruising and my after thoughts.
We arrived at the port in Rome. I was a bit shocked by the embarkation venue, considering Celebrity is suppose to be a luxury or high end cruise line. The embarkation area was a giant tent in the parking lot of the port. It reminded me of my work in Africa at a refugee camp. Everyone pushing to get in the proer line to await their turn at receiving their benefit of arriving on the ship. We were lucky, since I have a severe handicap and problems walking we got to checkin with the handicapped area which that line was very very short. So we did not take hours. The people we were traveling with took over an hour to get though the process. I would have thought the embarkation and boarding process would have been a bit more casual and comfortable for a high end luxury cruise line.
Well once on board we were forced to deck 14 to the Ocean View Cafe (Buffet) for lunch and await for our cabins to be prepared for our arrival. After a couple hours we were allowed to head to our cabins. We had an Aqua Class Cabin on deck 11 (cabin 1544), near the forward elevators. I have to say the cabin was nice, actually nicer than I was expecting, and larger than I expected, which was a nice surprise. There was ample storage for my travel companion. As I use suitcases that split and half and just shove under the bed and use as a drawer. Works well for me.
Cabin Review
AquaClass 2
We had cabin 1544 a standard Aqua Class Cabin. The cabin was located next to the forward elevator bank, which for me was excellent since I am handicapped. The forward elevator bank is less used then the central bank were all the actives and venues are located except for the main theatre. I found the cabin to be spacious and comfortable. The shower is a big blus there was ample storage for us.
The balcony was nice and we were lucky all the ports and such were on our side of the ship. Our cabin layout was the the bed was closest to the balcony. Personally I would have liked the cabin next door were the sofa was next to the balcony, so you could sat and look out. But we had the ability to lay in bed and see the sea and land sail by.