Having previously sailed a similar itinerary with Princess, we thought that our previous experience couldn't be bettered. How wrong we were. Celebrity Silhouette, being less than 12 months old, is simply superb. The layout leaves lots of widely varying types of venue, but still allows easy access from one end of the ship to the other. Lots of glamour and amazing decor, but yet the atmosphere is low-key, and the service friendly and 'easy'.

The food is much better than on any previous ship we have sailed on. We particularly enjoyed the wide variety of cousine on offer in the Ocean View Cafe - unusually for an 'American' ship, they had good Indian curry dishes, as well as English bacon and sausages for breakfast!

The entertainment was good, but not exceptional: for example,this is the first ship we have been on where there wasn't a singly open deck event, such as a party night or something similar. Read more