Live from the Silhouette Mini Cruise to Amsterdam

[kikki21]

Yay it’s almost Cruise time - this time I’ll be boarding the beautiful Silhouette tomorrow morning well more like midday ish with my fiancé who hasn’t been on a Celebrity Cruise ship with me so it will be interesting to see what he thinks - we have been on MSC & P&O ships together. 

It’s a much needed mini break & we are staying overnight tonight on a really good dinner, bed & breakfast deal in a hotel close to Southampton. I got the deal on Secret Escapes in a lovely deluxe double room after a 3 hr journey from the Midlands. 

I’ll try & pop in some pictures if I can too & tell you about our mini break experience to Amsterdam. 

 

We are staying in a Concierge Class stateroom, a Sunset View one. I’ve stayed at the front of the ship previously on MSC & now I’m right at the back. I’ve not experienced it before so I thought I would give it a go & booked it for this cruise. 

[kikki21]

We ummed & ahhed where to stay. It’s certainly not cheap in Southampton. Last time we did the Britannia mini cruise to Bruges, we stayed at the Grand Harbour Hotel & really enjoyed it. We got a really great room overlooking the port & main road & could see the ships. 

So I shopped around & got this deal at the Best Western Chilworth Manor Hotel. Set in beautiful & extensive grounds. We have just had a lovely meal & we’re ready for the morning!

[groryjm]

Looking forward to hearing all about the cruise🥂

[kikki21]

Just before I went to sleep last night, I went onto Marine Tracker to see where she was & she was in the Channel. 

This morning she is docked in Southampton along with the Azura & Britannia & Sapphire Princess. 

We have breakfast at the hotel included in our package & then we have a few last minute things to buy before heading to the port - we are only 4 miles away but with 4 cruise ships in then traffic is bound to be on the heavy side. We are parking at the terminal for the duration of the cruise. 

 

I took advantage of the first night discount for the speciality restaurants & we are booked in for the Lawn Club Grill. I thought about Murano as I really enjoyed it there last time ( but it was with my ex!) so I wanted to try a different experience!

[rachiem]

Have fun...We had to cancel this one and also had a SV booked.

Will look forward to hearing all about it 😎

[bernipops]

Hi hope you enjoy your cruise.  If you get time could you post whether there is a kettle in the stateroom and what type of power outlets there are.  Thanks in anticipation.  Hope LCG tonight is great.

[jdacombe]

Hope that you both really enjoy the trip, looking forward to your review and any pictures as we are on the Silhouette in August and really looking forward to it.

 

[kikki21]

Hi everyone!

We are on board & I am in my lovely SV stateroom & it is lovely & quiet out back here!

Yes there is a kettle in this room - it is a Concierge Class stateroom though. 

The power outlets are American & guess who forgot to bring their adapters - yes but we should be able to get hold of one somewhere! 

 

The queues to get on board seemed quite long but we were on board within 30 minutes which I thought was quite good. As we are CC we had a lunch in the MDR which was actually really good. 

I had the Caesar salad, the Morrocan ribs & the choc cake. 

This worked perfectly with the rooms being ready at 1pm.

[kikki21]

This was the menu choice - proper MDR type food!

Then I did a tour top to bottom of the ship for my fiancé. Finding it familiar after being on the Reflection. We will try to take in a show tonight & I should really unpack. The Internet was a bit hiccupy at the beginning but seems ok now. I have free internet with the cruise package I purchased at the time. 

[kikki21]

Glorious wake views - loving this sunset view balcony but to be honest i’ve Liked all the locations i’ve Been on a shop - front, middle or back! 

[bernipops]

Thanks for the update.  Only 6 weeks to our cruise so am avidly reading your review.

 

 

[kikki21]

Ooh just thought about the TV having a USB port & it does so now happily charging my iPhone through that - phew!!! 

[kikki21]

14 minutes ago, bernipops said:

Thanks for the update.  Only 6 weeks to our cruise so am avidly reading your review.

 

 

 

I’m looking forward to LCG as you mentioned earlier! We have done plenty of walking already. Over 6000 steps & I walked up the stairs from deck 5 to deck 11! Got to build up that appetite! 

[kikki21]

We went to see the show Life in the theatre before dinner - I was never one for ship theatre shows before I met my fiancé but seeing as he is in the theatre business, now I have to! 😂

anyway the show was very good & well worth seeing.

so we went off early to the Lawn Club Grill - the food was VERY worth it but dining in the English Channel with a 25mph wind in very unseasonable May weather was totally freezing. There are blankets & heaters but they are both pretty inadequate to be honest but we toughen it out! 

[groryjm]

If you get a chance could you photo some of the bar menus 🍸

[hcat]

Have a great cruise...thanks for the  photos and menus

[kikki21]

Morning all - we have breakfast arriving at the latest time slot for in room service soon! 

The ship is giving us a good ride but is quite rocky out back. We don’t get to Amsterdam till 2pm so we might have a bit more kip afterwards or we might go to the gym although we will be doing plenty of walking in Amsterdam! I think chilling might be better here! 

 

I’ll attempt to photograph some bar menus! 

Although at the Sky Lounge one bartender did not know how to mix a Bushwhacker but fortunately did know how to mix a Lava Flow - he may have been new though! 

 

Our current position rocking in the North Sea! 

[bernipops]

LCG food looks good. I did think you were a bit brave eating outside.  Hope the sea calms soon.  Have a great time in Amsterdam.

[dollydosh]

On 5/4/2019 at 10:58 AM, bernipops said:

Hi hope you enjoy your cruise.  If you get time could you post whether there is a kettle in the stateroom and what type of power outlets there are.  Thanks in anticipation.  Hope LCG tonight is great.

Hi.

There is one European 220-volt outlet and two American 120 volt outlets. On  Celebrity sailings from the UK all staterooms have a kettle.

 

[bernipops]

23 minutes ago, dollydosh said:

Hi.

There is one European 220-volt outlet and two American 120 volt outlets. On  Celebrity sailings from the UK all staterooms have a kettle.

 

Thanks for the info will check our adapters.

[kikki21]

Just having a lovely dinner in the MDR! So hungry after walking over 15,500 steps today!

it’s been a lovely day & I’ll write more with pics later! 

[kikki21]

[kikki21]

[kikki21]

Photos from the World Class bar cocktail menu! 

 

[kikki21]

I’m having the Sailor’s Crush which is pretty good actually. I’m going to sleep well tonight that is for sure! Over 16,000 steps & still counting! 

We had room service breakfast this morning & generally chilled out before getting off the ship just after 2pm. We walked about 15 mins to the side of the main train station as we got the 1 hr canal tour & decided to do that first before walking miles & miles!