We did explore Lisbon for one day before the cruise. We did a "hop on/hop off" tour and it was wonderful. We stayed at the Lisbon Intercontinental Hotel, booking that through Silversea. We opted to get a cab to the ship which was much less than using Silversea transfer. The staff at the Intercontinental were great. The Silversea rep told me that since I had booked the room through Silversea I ...
I had never been to Lisbon nor the other ports on the cruise. I also wanted to experience the new ship Muse and that was a mistake. Many of the crew members were not professional and the dining arrangements were horrible. The food in many instances was sub-par and with no flexibility of changing venues. Not having an open dining facility was a huge mistake which prevented guests to join one ...
The ship was laid out fine. But it was larger than my preference.
Should have been 1 more night in Honfleur and 1 night less in one of the other 2 night ports, so people could see Honfleur as well as Normandy beaches
Some of the excursions were mediocre - Gijon/Aviles and La Coruna/Betanzos
arranging dining was a chore. it interfered with our pleasure. There should be more indoor dining ...
We love Silverseas cruises, this is our 5th with the company, our 4th ship and the first on the newest addition to the fleet, Silver Muse.
Our cabin (Deluxe Balcony) was just as good as we've had on Whisper and Shadow, and our cabin attendants were fabulous. We can't rate the butler and his associate highly enough, especially during the few days I was ill. That's a consistent feature of ...
For us, this was cruise #10 on Silversea. We have sailed on all their "big" ships and the "Expedition" to Antarctica. We have also sailed on at least four other lines.
The "Muse" is a sparkling, open, inviting ship. The cabins are large and well laid out. The bathrooms have large sinks, counter tops and shelf areas. The ship was completely full but never felt crowded.
The staff, as ...
As longtime cruisers, we were excited to check out the Silver Muse. What could be better than a brand new ship? We were not disappointed. The ship itself is stellar--beautiful public space, smartly designed outdoor space, perfectly appointed cabins, great decor, etc.
Because we were proactive in planning our dining way in advance, the "no main dining room" and "reservations required" policy ...
Chose cruise for the Itinerary. Lisbon wonderful city spent two days prior to embarkation for private tours. Embarkation was smooth. Within two days our cabin started to squeak so loudly we could not sleep for over four days.
It had to do with the construction of the molding around the ceiling. You could see that they had this problem previously because it looked "Gerry-rigged. After ...
Disappointed primarily with restaurant scheduling. Even though we picked restaurants months before cruise we were still unable to dine where we wanted-when we wanted. Met some new friends but were unable to get a table for 4 or 6 on every occasion. The menus never changed in Atlantide. Return to a main dining room with a Maitre d is a necessity.
No computer room for reviewing newspapers such ...
First of all, Muse is a beautiful ship and of course because she is new, everything is sparkly and bright. This was our first time on Silversea so I can only compare to other cruise lines. Service was wonderful and always delivered with a smile. Our suite was very nice with lots of storage and nice touches, e.g. a jewelry case that fit inside the safe. The main negative has been discussed over ...
We were very disappointed in our Silver Sea experience as were a lot to the people on board the new Silver Muse. The food was OK is you could get into a one of the dining areas. There is no main dining area so each meal you must make a reservation for the dining experience... this is an extremely tough experience if you are a first time guest on the Muse because all of the good reservations and ...