April 2015 - 14 Night Capital Cities (Ft. Lauderdale To Amsterdam) Cruise on Celebrity Silhouette
our first Transatlantic Crossing
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Celebrity Silhouette
Sail date: April 19, 2015
our first Transatlantic Crossing
When you read of 14 days cruise you might think "how boring". Wrong. It was delightful...days at sea in the beginning to "rest up", enjoying the Celebrity Silhouette, eating good food. Then a few days of ports and visiting new countries. We met some wonderful folks from various parts of the world. The ship was very comfortable; the larger size stateroom was a pleasant surprise. Our captain gave a very entertaining daily update at 10 AM. About mid-cruise the daily "reset of time clocks" started to make up the needed 5-6 hours of time change to get us to the European time zone. We are thinking about booking an Autumn Transatlantic Crossing in the future.
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we choose not to take a tour; it happened to be a national holiday so stores closed; La Havre is an active shipping port, not a tourist spot.
The transition from ship to airport via an excursion was wonderful. We usually do this at the end of the cruise.
We bought Belgian lace, the highlight of our cruise.
good tour, lots of uphill walking over cobblestones---better to wear athletic shoes than sandels.
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
We stayed at a hotel prior to cruise; very smooth embarkation.
Celebrity Silhouette
For the first time I purchased a beverage package (for my special teas and mineral water); it was very convenient. This ship had free cookies/pastries, and sushi..perhaps more. Good laundry service.
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When you read of 14 days cruise you might think "how boring". Wrong. It was delightful...days at sea in the beginning to "rest up", enjoying the Celebrity Silhouette, eating good food. Then a few days of ports and visiting new countries. We met some wonderful folks from various parts of the world. The ship was very comfortable; the larger size stateroom was a pleasant surprise. Our captain gave a very entertaining daily update at 10 AM. About mid-cruise the daily "reset of time clocks" started to make up the needed 5-6 hours of time change to get us to the European time zone. We are thinking about booking an Autumn Transatlantic Crossing in the future.