Silver Spirit
The greatest journeys often begin as a quest. To expand our horizons, to grow, to delve into new worlds. To find the missing or hidden even when beyond the reach of most.
The Silver Spirit cruise ship - with more verandas, more dining choices, more onboard amenities, more of the excellence you've come to expect of Silversea. An answer to your quest.
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Excellent all-inclusive ship, staff superb, food exceptional, December 16, 2012
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Reviewer: cindyblogger
Pros:
Staff knows your name within days, great itineraries
Cons:
Need more shade in the deck areas
Date of cruise: November 16, 2012
Departure port: Grand Canaria
Region visited: Transoceanic
Cabin category: Suite
Cabin number: 1004
Found through: AllThingCruise.com,CruiseCompete.com,Cruise line website
Good for children: No
Good for teenagers: No
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This is the newest Silversea ship and I believe is the current flagship. She is a lovely vessel, five years old, and is about to go into drydock for a refurbishment...so she will be even lovelier.Silversea has a devoted following and for good reasons: Great accommodations, superb staff, great itineraries, excellent food. What else could you want?This was a transatlantic cruise and there were only 160 of us on a ship that carries 540. So we were certainly never crowded.In fact, there are more crew members on board than there are passengers. Thus, Silversea’s usual outstanding service is even more exemplary. There are always one or two waiters hovering…to carry your plate, remove your dirty dishes or bring you a cup of cappuccino or expresso.In fact, the only problem I have encountered on board is the quality of the regular coffee they serve. It has an “off” flavor that I think comes from the water they use. But today we discovered that we can have Americano coffee brewed for us on their Illy machines and it is quite excellent.Silversea is super-luxury line that caters to very high end cruisers. Perhaps only Seabourn is in the same class, although Regent Seven Seas is close. There is much discussion about these three lines among the passengers, with some feeling the food is better on one and the entertainment better on another. The fact that Regent now includes shore excursions (which Silversea and Seabourn do not) is noted.Silversea does include alcoholic beverages, both in your statement and elsewhere on ship. There are no charges anywhere except in the shops and casino, for shore excursions and in two of the specialty restaurants. This is very easy to get used to. It is lovely to have wine poured for your meals (several choices available), appetizers served in the bars and any kind of coffee you might want.For such a small ship, the Spirit offers a wide range of dining options which we will be exploring throughout the cruise. Two of these have upcharges. Le Champagne is the Relais & Chateux offering ($30 per person) and Seishin is the Asian restaurant ($20 for the four-course menu or $30 for the nine-course “degustation.” (We will be dining there tonight so I will fill you in on that later.) There is also an Italian restaurant, a supper club serving tapas and an outdoor grill restaurant featuring “hot rocks” cooking. What fun! It appears that most people onboard are choosing the small dining rooms. Last night we ate in the main dining room and it seems that there was only table at each station. Kind of weird.Because of the relatively small number of passengers aboard, we are meeting people at perhaps a slower rate than usual but each day we know a few more.There are no children aboard, except for one toddler and the captain's three young children. There are no programs for children or teens. The age group on board is 60+.
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