ABOUT US: My wife and I (in our 50s) wanted to find a cruise on a smaller ship without the masses of people since this was our first cruise. We have heard nightmares from the larger cruise ships and wanted to avoid the "hairy chest contest" cruise lines. In all candor, I was not looking forward to the cruise since i am not accustom to being in a confined or crowded location. We have high quality ...
This was my 5th cruise on the Whisper, one of my favorite ships. It is so welcoming
Intimate , and fun. The staff is beyond 5 star. One this particular sailing i ffound the food to be greatly improved in the quality and preparation. The wine selection is very good, and if for some reason you dont care for what they are serving,they will try their very best to get you your preference. Having a ...
I selected this cruise due to itinerary and the flight purchase inclusion. I had never experienced 'all inclusive cruising' and was not disappointed. There was an issue that I've taken to corporate; feel it was an anomaly and am disappointed it hasn't been fully addressed to date. Barring that and ship repairs that interrupted the entire cruise on the pool deck, I would love to have an ...
Wanted a relaxing, quiet cruise to Caribbean but instead experienced a nightmare. Silversea had preplanned a renovation of the pool deck prior to the cruise commencing without any prewarning so we could choose an alternative. The work involved installed two large tents over parts of the deck where Contractors flown in from Italy ripped up the deck, put down new teak and then large sanders . The ...
The Silversea cruise had some positives, namely very nice staff and excellent food choices.The exercise classes offered were good.The cabin was nice.
I had high hopes as this company is more reputable than the cruise I had been on before.This was family get together, and special trip for 86 year old mother in law. She was disappointed, got sick and will not go on another cruise.
Embarkation ...
This cruise was chosen because it was convenient with bridge and hosts.
Bridge was fair to poor and not enough players. The teacher was uninteresting.
Food was best of over 50 cruises. La Terazza, the Italian restarant could hold its own in N.Y. or Italy with great food and super service, as well as a wide variety of wines.
Crew was excellent, accomodating and very pleasant except for ...
We hate to fly, so this cruise attracted us because we could drive to NY and avoid one flight. Sailing out of NY Harbor at sunset is an incomparable experience. Destinations were well chosen and sailing was quite smooth - little motion. Food quality was excellent and service above average. Selection of house wines and premium wines was very good. Bar service excellent. We spent 3-4 days at sea, ...
Loved my last and first Silversea cruise 5 years ago and was hoping my second one would be as wonderful----it was not. For some stupid reason the company and captain decided to replace some of the pool deck while at sea on the cruise (there was no immediate need to fix or replace and after they almost finished---it didn't look much different than before). It was EXTREMELY disrupted with 1/4 of ...
The ships size is very nice and getting on and off the ship went very smoothly. Embarkation from NYC was lovely seeing the city light up as we cruised out of the harbor past the Statue of Liberty. We’ve been on 8 cruises and we were disappointed there was no food/buffet on the pool level as we cruised out of the harbor as there was on all past cruises. We found the ship to be very, very tired. ...
To go to Newfoundland. Weather made it difficult but I don't think that they made any real effort to make us feel better or did anything to compensate for the problems we were having. No extras - like maybe free wifi or nicer wine or just words from the captain and staff to make you feel like you were really safe etc. the staff was probably rattled by the storm but they were really hit and miss. ...