Pretty Good Cruise to Antarctica

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Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Silver Cloud

10 Night Antarctica Expedition (Punta Arenas Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 05, 2022

Ship: Silver Cloud

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 505

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

excellent experience until disembarkation ; that was a nightmare

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Acceptable

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Excellent food and service

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
mostly enjoyable

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Pianist and guitarist were excellent

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
all. exceptionally friendly and professional.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
cabin changed to 543; well appointed; size very good and very clean.

Ship tip

Don’t believe the advertising about “charter flights” and “excursion choices"

Ports of call

Punta Arenas, Chile

3 out of 5
not really; forced bus tour which no one wanted to do

Cruise Drake Passage

4 out of 5
not a port, but not too bad in terms of rough seas.

SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS

4 out of 5
Very pleasant; yes. I did an excursion

Antarctic Experience

4 out of 5
could have done one-day less and substituted South Georgia

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Terrible; will send letter to Silversea setting forth general complaints by most passengers
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