Silver Nova Cruise Reviews - Reviews

It was relaxing cruise. Co-passengers were friendly. Perhaps food choices could be improved as menu is changed once in three days.

We paid $3,600/pp for a land pre-cruise option which was largely just being on a bus/train because the state is so vast. We didn't appreciate that when we booked the trip. The activities were not interactive and strung out to pass the time to get back on the bus. The reindeer farm was mostly a 2 hour lecture about how the farm came to be vs interacting with the reindeer. The same holds true for the Husky Homestead. It was mostly a hour long lecture on how to prepare for and successfully complete an Iditarod race which most of us don't plan to do. We were exhausted by the early departure times and long travel days before we even got on the cruise! We hardly saw any wildlife at Denali or on the bus/train. All the animals were too far away. We didn't have any opportunity to schedule a flight seeing excursion at Denali. The available shore excursions did not allow for an immersive experience. We thought Silverseas would have their own separate excursions and that we would have been able to sign up for more immersive, active experiences. They can't have 90% of the better activities sold out when the site opens up. Not all of us want to stay on a bus/train for our excursions.

Boat and most of crew — great. Terrible on services for old people. No options on getting up and down the long and steep ramps for the excursions. No shuttle bus to get you to your tour options.

Silver Nova is different than any other ship we’ve ever been on. Over 700 passengers and we never felt crowded. The ship is light and airy, the entertainment was first-rate, service was excellent and the food very good. I would recommend taking a few days to see the interior, especially Denali.

The trip was in generally relax and comfortable. The foods were excellence excepted that they were generally very salty. The free excursions were o.k. The weather were hot and humid that make it harder to walk around. There are not too much activities on the ship. Not sure what made some people getting stomach problem. Initially, I have some stomach problem for 5 days drinking the ship water but after the Beverage Manager decided to delivery to us the local bottle water, my stomach did do well. This is my first trip on the Silversea and I didn't know that you need to ask the Agent before embark on the ship if you want to have water bottle delivery to your suite. In general, if you want a quite and relax cruise then the Silversea Cruise ship is for you. I have to say the services are 6 stars.

This was our 2nd Silver Seas cruise in six months, and I give them high marks in most all categories. This ship was spectacular overall - with the staff taking top honors, followed by the food & drinks, ship design, and number of restaurants choices.

Panama Canal was fabulous. Our cabin was disappointing.