Celebrity Silhouette Review
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This was our second cruise, both on Celebrity, the first being an Alaska Inside Passage cruise. Although we've been intending to take a special vacation to celebrate my recovery from cancer, we booked spur of the moment after some extra funds showed up unexpectedly, and we were limited to Christmas week because of the school schedule. We were afraid it wouldn't "feel like Christmas." We were wrong. :-)
Our only basis for comparison was the Galaxy in 1999. We loved that cruise, and we loved this one just as much, if not more. We like fine dining, even our 10-year-old, and the food on the Galaxy was a high point. Happy to say that the main dining room here was just about comparable to our other experience. Other aspects of the experience were better, so our overall impression was just as good. First, the ship is lovely. As with the Galaxy, there was wonderful art everywhere and the public rooms were elegant and modern. Our stateroom was nicer, as we were in Verandah class. Although we were on the 6th deck and partially obstructed, with a prime view of lifeboats, our room was relatively large and bright. We enjoyed our verandah -- husband spent hours out there reading on sea days. As in 1999, we had an efficient "cabin genie" who kept our room neat and clean.
We ate most meals in the main dining room. Almost everything was very good. We ate a couple of meals upstairs in Oceanview and they were pretty good, too. We had tea there a few days as well and hubby and daughter had sushi and ice cream (not together!) snacks. I would say the one dish we really didn't like (both adults had it) was more because it was geared towards a European palate.
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Deluxe Veranda 2C
Relatively quiet, aft starboard. Not a huge amount of foot traffic. There were families with young kids all around us, but we didn't particularly notice it when our doors were shut.
Partially obstructed view, which you know about when you book, but the outward view was fine. When you looked down, you saw lifeboats and window-washing equipment on Deck 5.
This cabin would sleep four -- there was a trundle under the sofa and a bunk that folded down from the ceiling. Our daughter said the bunk was comfortable enough. The bed was very comfortable -- nice linens! The closet was big enough for a week's worth of hanging clothes. There was one drawer for each of us in the dresser/TV stand, but some other ingenious storage spaces including shelves over the bed. Full-sized sofa. We liked the design of the bathroom -- plenty of space for toiletries in a nice glass-front cabint.