This review of how bad Silversea and Silver Spirit are could go on for 100’s of pages, so here are bullet points as to why you should avoid this Royal Caribbean in disguise cruise line and like me mourn the days of great food, service, and a feeling of being wanted, valued and safe.

1. Boarding was a nightmare; they lost my booking and it turned out the had cancelled it as the ‘FCC’ dept had not sent the funds across so as far as they were concerned, I had not paid.

2. Bad start, I ended up waiting five hours on board for them to find out that I was not trying to get a free cruise, and only did it get fixed when my TA in the UK got involved Read more