"Our overall thoughts on this cruise and Silver Muse as a cruise ship are very positive.The room service was the best we had ever had on a cruise ship...."Read More
I sailed on the silver spirit a few years ago when butlers wore white gloves, the food was excellent in all areas of the ship. A key ring light was beside your bed if you needed it in the dark. Nuts and smarties were replenished in the room as well if you wanted to nibble with a wine. What a disappointment this one was. The small things that made it 5 star were gone.. the food in the buffet was ...
My wife and I chose this cruise as we had always wanted to try a luxury cruise line, and when we saw a package that would book-end the cruise with a preceding tour of China and a post-cruise tour of India it would cross three things off our bucket list.
So let's start with the positives. Our overall thoughts on this cruise and Silver Muse as a cruise ship are very positive. It is a ship of ...
Background: We've sailed on RCCL 7 times, Celebrity 8 times, Princess once and Seabourn (our most recent) twice. We've also done river cruises with Scenic.
Our last cruise was with Seabourn; a 24-day Antarctica cruise from Santiago, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina. We booked Seabourn as on our previous (and only), pre-CoVid cruise we had an exceptional time. Sadly we felt that Seabourn ...
We had a wonderful experience with Silversea cruising the Baltic before they were recently bought by Royal Carribean, but our recent experience was absolutely the WORST ever even on lines with fewer stars. Note that the Royal Carib is now the most profitable of the big cruise lines, and it appears this profit is being extracted by cost cutting and penurry.
We had looked forward to the "cruise ...
We boarded in HK and we were two couples, staying in the Silver Suites. The flights out were with Emirates in Business class and all went super smoothly with the pickup, checkin and transfers in HK. The hotel that was provided in HK was also very good and we then set off on the cruise. Boarding was no problem at all, not waiting time and the cabins were perfectly cleaned and so nice. The lovely ...
Review of Silversea Silver Muse and trip to Japan September/October 2023
We booked a Silver Suite, D2D, with a refund for the air.
We used points, and booked Delta One, with lay flat beds.
We planned to arrive a couple of days before sailing to account for any travel difficulties.
We prearranged the transfer from the Haneda Tokyo airport to the Westin Yokohama,
The company was ...
We are disappointed in almost every respect. The food is probably the worst. Dining hours often do not correspond in any useful way with the excursion hours. The menu is beautifully written up, but the food poorly prepared. For example, we have twice been served fish so over cooked we have just about needed a knife to saw through it. Pastries meet a typical supermarket standard. Breakfast sausages ...
Having gone off SS some years ago after 2 weeks on Silver Wind and 6 rich French Cigar Smokers spoiling enjoyment it was with some trepidation we booked Silver Muse Japan Itinery because it did ports other lines did not and especially chance to see KenroykanGarden .
The ship is stunning as is our standard suite , staff are lovely , food is great cannot fault any of it so far beautiful granite ...
We chose this itinerary because it was (primarily) around Japan during the Cherry Blossom season, and we travelled with a lovely British couple we have known for years. This past summer we cruised for the sixth time with Seabourn and, despite post pandemic, Seabourn (the newer ship) was as good as it ever has been. Not so Silversea.
To be sure, the Muse is still a luxury product but a step or, ...
Doubtless, this is a comfortable and clean ship with excellent cabins ( apart from a hard mattress ) and has some very obliging crew, especially the butler and cleaner assigned to our suite.
Beyond that though: The number 1 complaint is the food, which is substandard at best. In 2 weeks we never once had a complete meal where we were satisfied. The meat was completely tasteless on every ...