We recently sailed on Silver Muse from Rome to Venice, for 12 nights. This was our first “real” Silversea cruise (we had previously been on an expedition cruise with them to the Galapagos and loved it). Overall, we enjoyed our experience but there were high points and low points.

Let me start with the high points. The ship itself is beautiful. We had a Superior Verandah Suite on the ninth deck, and found it to be extremely spacious and well appointed. Our butler, Anand, and our Suite Attendant, Juvei, both went above and beyond to make our journey an extremely pleasant one! They anticipated our needs before we did, and quickly got used to our preferences in terms of how to make the bed, etc.

The only issue with our room was that the walls seemed to be paper-thin. We could hear our neighbors’ conversations as if they were sitting right beside us. We could also hear their TV, as if we were watching it. I’ve been on other, older ships (e.g. Wind Star) where the rooms were perfectly silent. I guess this must an engineering flaw. Read more