Fantastic cruise, amazing ship, superb staff, fabulous food.

Celebrity Silhouette Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Celebrity Silhouette

14 Night Western Mediterranean (Southampton Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 08, 2019

Ship: Celebrity Silhouette

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Would very much recommend the Celebrity Silhouette for it’s fantastic food, staff and facilities. Amazing experience.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Amazing! From pulling up in a taxi to getting on the ship was about 20 minutes.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Fantastic service in main dining room, excellent quality of food. Ocean View cafe just as good as dining room if not better!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Fitness centre absolutely amazing, used that and the spa every day.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Excellent variety of entertainment around the ship.

Children's Programs

No children accompanying.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All staff very polite, pleasant and professional. Room steward excellent.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Open plan layout of ship meant very accessible for all especially for those with a disability. Spotlessly clean throughout.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Very well designed, great use of space with built in cupboards, plenty of room. Spotless.

Ship tip

Make sure you get a port hole, window or balcony. Room can be dark without and no sense of time in the morning.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5
No excursion but super quick embarkation.

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5
Great trip.

Marseille (Provence), France

3 out of 5
Wasn’t keen on local town to the port.

La Spezia, Italy

5 out of 5
Lovely port.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5
Visited the leaning tower but was disappointed with short time to do so. Great river trip and trolley to get there but only 49 mins to explore. No time to go up the tower.

Ajaccio, Corsica

5 out of 5
Beautiful place to see. Did an hours open top bus tour, great way to see the island.

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5
Loved the main town and all it’s culture and architecture. Was easy to walk from bus terminal to town.

Lisbon, Portugal

2 out of 5
Did not like the city centre, too much hustle and bustle and looked run down.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Fantastic, quick and pain free. Bags at point 27 where expected. Staff at Southampton very helpful.
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6 Comments

freespirit50    5 years ago

Hi there, we did the western med, so went to Gibraltar, Marseille, Italy, Corsica, Barcelona and Portugal. Great itinerary, plenty to see and do with time to relax on sea days. Question of taste in relation to the ports but overall had a fantastic experience. The ship is amazing! I was truly overwhelmed by the size of her! I enjoyed every minute of this cruise and I’m sure you will too 😃

freespirit50    5 years ago

Hi there, we did the western med, so went to Gibraltar, Marseille, Italy, Corsica, Barcelona and Portugal. Great itinerary, plenty to see and do with time to relax on sea days. Question of taste in relation to the ports but overall had a fantastic experience. The ship is amazing! I was truly overwhelmed by the size of her! I enjoyed every minute of this cruise and I’m sure you will too 😃

freespirit50    5 years ago

Hi there, we did the western med, so went to Gibraltar, Marseille, Italy, Corsica, Barcelona and Portugal. Great itinerary, plenty to see and do with time to relax on sea days. Question of taste in relation to the ports but overall had a fantastic experience. The ship is amazing! I was truly overwhelmed by the size of her! I enjoyed every minute of this cruise and I’m sure you will too 😃

freespirit50    5 years ago

Hi there, we did the western med, so went to Gibraltar, Marseille, Italy, Corsica, Barcelona and Portugal. Great itinerary, plenty to see and do with time to relax on sea days. Question of taste in relation to the ports but overall had a fantastic experience. The ship is amazing! I was truly overwhelmed by the size of her! I enjoyed every minute of this cruise and I’m sure you will too 😃

freespirit50    5 years ago

Hi there, we did the western med, so went to Gibraltar, Marseille, Italy, Corsica, Barcelona and Portugal. Great itinerary, plenty to see and do with time to relax on sea days. Question of taste in relation to the ports but overall had a fantastic experience. The ship is amazing! I was truly overwhelmed by the size of her! I enjoyed every minute of this cruise and I’m sure you will too 😃

MixterOB    5 years ago

Happy to hear your positive comments. We will be boarding the silhouette in 6 weeks for a Thanksgiving Cruise. It will be my fifth Celebrity Cruise all on solstice class ships but my first on silhouette. Which itinerary did you do and how did you like those ports?

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