I've read the prior Silhouette reviews and while I agree with all of the positive comments, I can report that most of the negative comments were very minimal on the Sept. 15th sailing. The ship is beautiful and exceeds expectations. The Holy Land destinations were wonderful, since I had only been to Mykonos before. Due to the numerous destinations and excursions, my wife and I really didn't get a chance to take advantage of all that the Silhouette had to offer. I would note that we did purchase the package of 5 specialty restaurant dinners, going twice to the Tuscan Grille. The food and atmosphere in these restaurants exceeds that of the main dinning room, though that is not to say that the MDR's food is not acceptable. It is very acceptable. The Tuscan Grille was our favorite, though all the other specialty resturants have their own uniqueness and charm. You should do Quise and the Lawn Grill at least once...just for the experience.

To comment on the prior negative comments. First the ship's entertainment was a mixed bag. I agree that the Cruise Director needs to dial himself back a bit. However, the ship's singers/dancers I found to be very professional and entertaining, especially for the best of Broadway production. No, these are not the stars of the original Broadway shows, but they are very good and very entertaining. The poolside entertainers were by far some of the best that I have ever seen on any cruise ship. My wife loved Johnny Mantra...actually so did I. The Aquaudio was a great harmonizing group of four Michigan guys (our home state). And the other band (forgot name) did a wonderful job, especially the lead female singer. One of the ship's officers even played lead guitar on a couple of songs one day...rock on George! My wife and I didn't attend performances by any of the other entertainment acts in the main theater, so can't rate them.

Relative to staff friendliness, I did not encounter one staff person that did not acknowledge me, say a greeting, and/or be other than completely customer oriented. Since we had many early morning excursions, we ordered room service breakfast on six mornings. Dany, our room stewart, delivered those trays on time and totally complete. Great job! Jesus was our MDR head waiter. He was new and it showed...he had a little trouble on who got what at our 8-person table, but Adelina,the asst. waiter, was there to help him out, and it was never a major problem. We did have the 8:45pm late seating in the MDR, which is a bit late. 8:15 or 8:30pm would be better. Read more