A decline is underway...how sad

Celebrity Silhouette Cruise Review to Transatlantic

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Contributor Level: Third Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 113

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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14 Night Capital Cities Transatlantic (Ft. Lauderdale To Amsterdam)

Sail date: April 23, 2017

Ship: Celebrity Silhouette

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 1512

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This is our 27th crossing and the 4th on Celebrity. This is the first Celebrity cruise that has been disappointing. Staffing has been reduced which was felt in the dining -- not the service in the restaurant as much as longer time requirements for the food to be prepared/delivered and a number of meals had to be returned as they were cold by the time they were served.

More importantly, and sadly, the quality of food served both in Blu and Oceanview (food court) has noticeably declined. One veal meal in Blu was flat uneatable. Selections this time were boring. Just sad. Haven't been on a cruise (non-crossing) recently so maybe the cut back and decline is just a cost savings undertaking on the repositioning cruises.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Nice cabin --- too much noise from upstairs in the spa until 1130 at night and as early as 430 in the morning.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

2 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

3 out of 5

Le Havre (Paris), France

1 out of 5

Zeebrugge (Bruges), Belgium

3 out of 5

Amsterdam, Netherlands

3 out of 5

5 Comments

cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thanks for the review.

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cburton 6 years ago

We were on deck 8 on the Silhouette. No problems. Fantastic cruise. b2b 19 days

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cruiser262 6 years ago

I was recently on deck 7 and it was awful ! Very loud and noisy

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OBXQUEEN49 7 years ago

Did you have a cabin on the 11th deck? I have read from other reviewers to always get a cabin with ONLY cabins above and below them. I was just wondering what deck you had? The Celebrity agent tried to "upgrade" me to the Resort Deck (12) and I had already read reviews of ruined vacations because of noise from being on that deck so I declined and told him Deck 10 is just fine with me!

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cburton 7 years ago

i hope it was just on your cruise on the Silhouette being we are doing a b2b in Jan. We eat mainly buffet, first time on celebrity. we do not care for a 2 hr plus dining experience on any ship.

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