We have never been on a cruise before but this itinerary seemed interesting with lots of exciting destinations. In addition we expected Silversea to deliver a high quality on board experience.
Silver Dawn is a beautiful ship. The accommodation was spacious and comfortable, the food was mostly very good, (with one massive exception), the service and housekeeping were excellent. Unfortunately the ...
Ohh my word. We are loyal Crystal Cruiser and we booked Silver Seas while Crystal was in Bankruptcy hoping to find a replacement. What a mistake. This is a glorified Royal Caribbean Cruise. Terrible service, subpar food. The same menu every night in the main dining room with minor changes. Wine of the night that is the same every night. Buffet that is small and the exact same every night. ...
Friends whom we met last year on a long Viking cruise urged us to join them on a Copenhagen-Copenhagen r/t and said that 'SilverSea (SS)was like Viking, only better".
We disagree.
It's 'like' Viking--NOT identical. We read many reviews before (and after) our cruise.
What's better on SS? Embarkation and disembarkation were better handled than on Viking. For some reason, those pose as ...
Overall we enjoyed this line but likely not enough to be repeat guests. Food was not 6 star quality, not enough variety. At the buffets, often it was overcooked. Wine was very good though.
Entertainment ok. Not great. Didn't like the fact that in all but two of the dining venues you needed a reservation. This allows for no spontaneous food decisions. Also would prefer that the restaurants ...
First time sailing with SS (and Silver Moon) but have sailed on about a dozen other cruises including Seabourne and Oceania many times. Silversea, at least in our experience with this particular cruise was by far the best. 10/10. We were highly impressed.
Beautiful new ship, elegant but also contemporary in design, blended the two perfectly. Suite was on par with Seabourne but with much better ...
We just got off our first SS cruise, the 10-day Copenhagen-to-Copenhagen Norwegian Fjords itinerary. It was an absolutely wonderful vacation and exceeded our expectations in every way. I loved combing through reviews in the months leading up to our trip so wanted to post here with our overwhelmingly positive experience.
My husband and I (mid-30s) traveled with my in-laws. This was a very ...
We had not travelled on Silversea since before Covid. Our last sailing was on Silver Muse in 2018. In between times we have taken several cruises on Seabourn, including the Ovation in 2022. Overall both companies have changed since Covid, cutting out small things, presumably as a cost cutting exercise. It is hard to say that one company is definitely better than the other as both have ...
This was our second cruise on Silversea. We initially chose Silversea primarily due to ship size. Our last cruise was on the Silver Shadow with approx 370 passengers. The Silver Dawn is slightly larger at approx 580 passengers. We had no interest in the 2000 to 4000 passenger floating cities.
Embarkation was easy and took about 30 minutes. All rooms were ready and upon entering we ...
I've always heard how amazing Silversea Cruises are, but I was completely underwhelmed for many reasons. First I believe the crew hates Iceland since they're mostly from Philippines and Nigeria. I think they are doing their best but nothing like I read about prior to my cruise. The food was mediocre at best, especially in the main dining room, Atlantide. Pool grill was the best but in spite of ...
I don’t understand the negative reviews. We are a couple in our 60s, very active and we chose the ship for the ports of call on the coast of Norway and the fact that it was a relatively new ship, in service for about a year. The staff was well trained, always greeting everyone with a smile and they seemed to know us early on, knowing our drink selections and eager to please. Our room steward was ...