West Windsor girl

We think Silverseas food has taken a significant slide. We have taken many Silverseas cruises and loved them. They no longer have a main dining room and have replaced it with 4 or 5 restaurants. They never changed the menus on a 14 day cruise and quality of the food was average at best. We took our kids and grandkids o a Royal Caribbean and the food on this mid priced ship was equal to or better tha Silversea. We never had a bad meal on Silversea, but only had one outstanding meal. We loved every meal on Oceania.

Great cruise on Sirena. Haven’t been on Oceanea since before Covid. Nice to see they are better than ever. The crew was terrific and the food was outstanding. We were recently on a Silversea. Cruise and were very disappointed. Oceanes Wins hands down.

I agree that Silversea has gone downhill in food quality. We used to rate Silversea, Seabourne and Crystal as outstanding, with Oceania slightly below. We recently took cruises on Silversea, Crystal and Oceania. For food, Crystal is number one, followed closely by Oceania and Silversea has dropped way down. The staff is still great and the ships are lovely, but the food is mediocre at best.

Do RCL cruises in the Med do duck hunting?

Are drinks complementary in the suite loungers for Grean Suites before dinner?

Does chops charge the same for kids and do they have a kids menu? We have 4 Grand Suites in June and want to celebrate my 80th birthday in Choos with my 4 grandchildren.

How dressy are formal nights in the Caribbean?

How good are the kids club on Celebrity?

I am not saying the food is bad on so, only that it is not what we experienced on so before Covid. We were traveling with first time cruisers. They had a good time, but like us, thought the food was good, not excellent. We also preferred it when so did not include shore excursions. We often like to do our own private excursions or just wander into town. In Bordeaux we went on one excellent so shore excursion, one private and one just wander into this beautiful city. So is still a great line for many, but the changes are not for us. We may join Fernando on the new Crystal.

Just finished a 12 day cruise on the Dawn from Lisbon to Southampton. The ship is beautiful and the staff is lovely. We have sailed on Silversea for over 100 days and have found their food has definitely declined. Previously we found the cuisine to be outstanding, but on this cruise only one meal (at the Asian upcharge restaurant) was excellent. Most other dinners were mediocre at best. At Atlantide there were only 5 meat choices, 3 of which were steak! This menu never changed for the entire 12 days. One in our party is allergic to seafood, so this became problematic. Nowhere on the ship did any restaurant offer any chicken dish or veal scallopinni. S.A.L.T. Is a great concept, but we often struggled to find something on the menu that we wanted to order. Silversea, Seabourne, Crystal and Oceania all had great food, but I will now take Silversea off that list . We will try the new Crystal, Seabourne or Oceania. Obviously, many people like their new format of No main dining room, but it is not for us.

Does Oceania have fine bottles of wine for purchase? How are the prices?

What is Silversea’s policy on bringing wine on board? We are on the Dawn leaving Lisbon and would like to bring some nice port on board.

What type of electrical plugs are on Dawn. What is the SALT restaurant like?