We're just back from our twelve night 2/22/12 Silhouette sailing and I thought I'd pass some of our experiences along . My husband and I are in our mid fifties and this was our seventh cruise (second with Celebrity). It's a marvelous ship, a great itinerary, and overall it was an excellent cruise with a few little snags.

Arrival/Departure:

Sailing from Bayonne was the good, the bad and the ugly and the good, all in one shot. The Good: A one hour drive up the NJ Turnpike and there you are! Once inside the "terminal" (intentional use of air-quotes here), embarkation was a breeze. The Bad: We arrived around 10:45 AM and there was such a long line of traffic to get to the "terminal" that it almost negated getting there early to explore the ship before the throng. The Ugly: Disembarkation.... not so good. We were delayed on the ship about 45 minutes after our scheduled departure time (9:45 AM) before we could head down the busses. We were herded like cattle into the SRO bus for the 50 second drive to "the terminal". We were stuck sitting on the bus for a while because "the terminal" was too crowded. Once there, we were able to secure a Porter very quickly and going through customs was a breeze. That's the end of the niceties. Trying to load our luggage into the limo was like taking your life into your hands. Cars, busses, people, suitcases flying in every direction. With all of the people arriving and the people departing, the poor driver had to wait five minutes to back out into the traffic that once again was like taking your life in your hands. Back to The Good: We were home in an hour. Yey!! Read more