Celebrity Silhouette Review
Another wonderful Celebrity Experience
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We have sailed over twenty times on various cruise lines. Our favorites are Celebrity and Royal Caribbean. We decided on the Silhouette as we have sailed on many other Celebrity ships, but this was our first time on the Silhouette.
Check in and boarding the ship was easy- very efficient. We arrived at the terminal around 11AM registered and were handed our room key card and took our boarding picture. We were onboard about noon. Our first action item was making dinner reservations. We booked the all inclusive unlimited specialty dining package . Having previously sailed on celebrity in both Aqua Class, suites and C Class, we opted for CC class which was much cheaper then a suite or Aqua Class and decided that the food in all of the speciality dining rooms was significantly better then the main or AQ dining rooms. We then had lunch in Bistro on Five as we always do on boarding day. Since we also had the unlimited drinking package, and upgraded it- we were able to enjoy wine and specialty coffee with our meals. Our cabin was on deck 10. Near the elevator with an extended balcony. We had another cruise after the silhouette so we had 4 pieces of luggage and lots of clothes. No problem with storage, as we had a very large storage cabinet above our bed. The clothes closet was also a good size and we were able to hang our shoe storage holder. After we unpacked we were able to store our suitcases under the bed. The room, albeit not large was adequate. The bathroom had ample storage. The furnishings were the same as the reflection and other solstice class ships we had previously sailed on.
Our cabin steward , Belinda did a very good job keeping our cabin neat and clean. We truly enjoyed the adult pool area . We rented an alcove for the week and it was wonderful. No worrying about chair hogs or having our towels removed if we were gone from our seat for more then 1/2 hour. We had very comfortable seating and butler service at the Alcove. The butler brought us drinks, lunch and if we desired, fruit and cheese platters. Since we had been to the islands many times before, we loved enjoying the peace and quiet on the ship during port days. While we did spend money to rent the Alcoves, the cost of typical shore excursions was more then the Alcove rentals.