Live on board Silhouette for a quick cruise to the Norwegian Fjords

[jagoffee]

10 hours ago, Mcrlyons said:

I too will be waiting to see if they serve Boddingtons on board as we are taking my dad on his first cruise and that's his drink. I enquired with Celebrity and they said I will have to wait until European sailings to start as they don't require it for any other part of the world. 

 

7 hours ago, JeanieC,Aston said:

Hi Mcrlyons

In that case they shouldn’t include the drinks on the Classic list if they have no intention of stocking them.

Where they listed on cruises from the US during the last 6 months?
I haven’t seen the list change for USA or Europe in years.

 

Hope your dad gets his drink,,it makes the cruise much more enjoyable.

I know things change.  Before the shutdown, I was able to enjoy Boddingtons on our annual January Caribbean cruises.  (Not every bar location).  So there is hope, just make sure to check different locations.  

[Mcrlyons]

1 hour ago, jagoffee said:

 

I know things change.  Before the shutdown, I was able to enjoy Boddingtons on our annual January Caribbean cruises.  (Not every bar location).  So there is hope, just make sure to check different locations.  

 I will keep my fingers crossed for this and check each bar for my dad 😁

[Redking]

6 hours ago, groryjm said:

Lovely meal at Murano Last night and we were greeted like a long lost friend by Petar the Maître d’hotel in charge of all the specialities. The food as always was excellent even if the table side flambé reminds me of going to restaurants with my parents in the 70s. I never seem to be surprised by the miniature Salt and pepper.

 

The only slight miss was the desert. I had ordered the chocolate soufflé and my Gastrognome the Grand Marnier soufflé, but to our surprise two Grand Marnier ones arrived. Unfortunately the waiter insisted in correcting the mistake by taking away my one and not returning with the chocolate one for over ten minutes. This left us with the quandary of either my Gastrognome letting hers go cold or eating our deserts in shifts. Not ideal and in hindsight I should have not said anything and we could have eaten our deserts together. The cheese was as always the best on the ship.

 

 

Amuse bouche

 

Goats cheese soufflé

 

Smoked Salmon Parfait

 

Lobster in mid flambé

 

Venison Loin

 

That 70s feeling. Exactly what we thought when we first dined in Murano. Have grown to love it, especially the cheese. You should have eaten the first Souffle whilst you waited for them to make the chocolate one 🤣

[garyl62]

On 5/1/2022 at 9:09 AM, groryjm said:

....... We accompanied this with coffee from the excellent Lavazza coffee machine that Nelson had brought for us yesterday. I don’t know whether these are actually standard issue in a Royal suite but last year we had one in a Penthouse in August and in a Royal suite in October but not in the royal suite we had in July so I think there aren’t that many on board and Nelson was being very good to us. .....

 

 

We had one in our penthouse this past March and loved it so much we ordered one upon returning home!  Now we enjoy both an espresso and a cruise memory almost every day!!!

[groryjm]

Just a quick time lapse video of our dawn sailin to Loen. Sorry about the lack of quality and music but I.ll fix latter when we're back home

 

 

Edited May 3, 2022 by groryjm

[groryjm]

A quick ride up the Loen Skylift

 

 

[groryjm]

....and down the Skylift

 

https://youtu.be/W2pnds395LA

Edited May 3, 2022 by groryjm

[groryjm]

Yesterday evening before dinner I made myself an Alabazam ( cognac, Cointreau, angostura and  lemon ) and my Gastrognome a brandy and soda to accompany the again huge shrimp and cheese plates that Nelson brings. I will try to remember to ask him for something smaller today.

 

 

 

We then went down the Retreat Lounge where Ananas had managed to procure a bottle of Amaro Nonino Quesenta, the missing ingredient for a paper plane and made a perfect one for me. In a Riedel martini glass . Near perfection.

 

 

 

For Dinner last night we chose the Lawn Club Grill and while a little chill the food was excellent

 

 

 

 

 

 

On returning to The Retreat Ananas made me an Umit’s More Amaro (Amaro Nonin, Cynar, Campari and a little lemon juice…. Perfection. We spent a very pleasant time chatting to Paul and Julian Burton and my glass magically kept refilling itself …. Managed to achieve an earlyish night in anticipation of a 4.45 sunrise and sail in

 

 

 

 

Edited May 3, 2022 by groryjm

[groryjm]

To say the sunrise and sail in were spectacular is an under statement. I posted a time lapse video on Youtube earlier in is linked in post 105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[groryjm]

After a hot chocolate on the Retrea sundeck we headed for the loung and were escorted onto the first tender . Five minutes after arriving on the dock we had bought our tickets adnwere in the fisrt run of the Skylift. The timelapse videos of thos rides are also on youtube and linked to post 106 and 107. It was amazing .....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We could even see the Iona in Olden

 

[kwokpot]

Wonderful photos! What has been the temperature range?

 

[groryjm]

Once back down after a very good high altitude coffee we wandered into Leon and took a few picks. Oh and the enevitable ones of the ship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When we got back from our wander to head back to the ship for lunch the queue for the Skylift was literally around the block

 

 

[groryjm]

5 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

Wonderful photos! What has been the temperature range?

 

 about -4C on the snow🥶

[groryjm]

I promised I would post some menus...

 

Murano

 

 

Porch

 

 

Tuscan

 

 

 

Lawn Club Grill

 

 

Taj X

 

 

Le petit chef.  Each show is different and these are the three we have at various time this cruise

 

 

 

 

[whoshwhosh]

4 hours ago, groryjm said:

I promised I would post some menus...

 

Murano

 

 

Porch

 

 

Tuscan

 

 

 

Lawn Club Grill

 

 

Taj X

 

 

Le petit chef.  Each show is different and these are the three we have at various time this cruise

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for your follow through with the menus. I made reservations for next week at three of them and my mouth is watering. Hope you continue of enjoy the cruise

[Moochi]

On 5/1/2022 at 10:06 AM, groryjm said:

@Redking The Lillet Rose and Blanc I brought on as my 2 bottles of wine, I also brought a bottle of Angostura bitters and a small bottle of sugar syrup. I requested a bottle of cognac and a bottle of Cointreau. I also asked for Oranges and lemons along with a suitable knife to cut them with. We also have Champagne, Coke Zero, Club soda and Red stripe in the fridge 

 

The Boston shaker, Hawthorn strainer, sieve, jigger, citrus press, peeler and NaCl I keep in my travel bar roll. bringing ones own bar tools might seem a bit odd but I enjoy making a quick drink in the room to have while we dress for the evening. Technically the Lillet is an aromatised wine but I reckon it counts as the two bottles of wine we are allowed in the room.

 

With everything I have I can  make a Brandy and soda, Lillet and soda, s side car ( cognac, Cointreau and lemon juice), an Alabazam (similar to a side car but with less Cointreau and lemon but the addition of 10ml of angostura and 5ml of sugar), brandy and coke, a mimosa, a champagne cocktail (champagne, cognac, bitters and sugar) or just a Cointreau over ice. So my in suite bar menu is quite extensive. 😎

This is so brilliant! Next cruise I’m going to bring my own vermouths and bar tools! 
 

enjoyed reading your review very much! Thank you for posting!

[the penguins]

7 hours ago, groryjm said:

I promised I would post some menus...

 

Murano

 

 

Porch

 

 

Tuscan

 

 

 

Lawn Club Grill

 

 

Taj X

 

 

Le petit chef.  Each show is different and these are the three we have at various time this cruise

 

 

 

 

 

A quick question. We are on the next cruise and on both the App and the website our first stop Bergen has disappeared and now shows as a sea day making 2 in total. Would you please check if this is a blip or is true. Many thanks.

[Lastdance]

I have SAD, so I need to see Norway later in the year...lovely photos and videos!

 

[Claysales]

16 hours ago, the penguins said:

A quick question. We are on the next cruise and on both the App and the website our first stop Bergen has disappeared and now shows as a sea day making 2 in total. Would you please check if this is a blip or is true. Many thanks.

I'm assuming from this that you're on Silhouette from 7th to 14th May? If so, so are we!! I'm looking at the App now and Bergen is still listed as day 3. We're booked in Murano on 10th May as it's my birthday, so it's very useful seeing the menu.

[the penguins]

45 minutes ago, Claysales said:

I'm assuming from this that you're on Silhouette from 7th to 14th May? If so, so are we!! I'm looking at the App now and Bergen is still listed as day 3. We're booked in Murano on 10th May as it's my birthday, so it's very useful seeing the menu.

Happy Birthday for the 10th.

Yes we are sharing your cruise. For the last couple of days a number of passengers have been reporting that the app and website shows Bergen as being changed to a  sea day. I was hoping that someone on the current cruise would check and confirm that this is an error.

Best of luck with your Covid test tomorrow. Geoff and the boss (Anita).

 

 

 

 

 

[groryjm]

I'm affraid I'm running a bit behind but will catch up to night but in the meantime here is the time lapse of our sail out from Loen.

 

 

[Claysales]

3 minutes ago, the penguins said:

Happy Birthday for the 10th.

Yes we are sharing your cruise. For the last couple of days a number of passengers have been reporting that the app and website shows Bergen as being changed to a  sea day. I was hoping that someone on the current cruise would check and confirm that this is an error.

Best of luck with your Covid test tomorrow. Geoff and the boss (Anita).

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks. We.re getting our Antigen tests done on Friday at a cheaper rate than Celebrity are charging at the port. We've both recovered from Covid and have recovery certificates, but Celebrity say we still need to be tested, this despite Royal Caribbean saying it can be used in lieu of testing because you can test positive up to 90 days afterwards. I've checked the cruise schedule for the port of Bergenand it shows Silhouette in port on that day.

[the penguins]

39 minutes ago, Claysales said:

Thanks. We.re getting our Antigen tests done on Friday at a cheaper rate than Celebrity are charging at the port. We've both recovered from Covid and have recovery certificates, but Celebrity say we still need to be tested, this despite Royal Caribbean saying it can be used in lieu of testing because you can test positive up to 90 days afterwards. I've checked the cruise schedule for the port of Bergenand it shows Silhouette in port on that day.

I did the same, I'm sure it's a glitch on the App which was poor on both our cruises last year. Didn't know X was doing testing at Southampton but we won't leave home without a negative test result in our hands.

[Purplsmurf]

50 minutes ago, Claysales said:

Thanks. We.re getting our Antigen tests done on Friday at a cheaper rate than Celebrity are charging at the port. We've both recovered from Covid and have recovery certificates, but Celebrity say we still need to be tested, this despite Royal Caribbean saying it can be used in lieu of testing because you can test positive up to 90 days afterwards. I've checked the cruise schedule for the port of Bergenand it shows Silhouette in port on that day.

As long as you have a copy of your PCR positive test and letter of recovery you don’t need to test to board 

[groryjm]

Yesterday we decided, having seen the crowds in the buffet, to have lunch on the retreat sundeck. A perfect place for a late lunch while watching scenery. I followed this with an afternoon lounging on our balcony in the hot tub watching the skylift go up and down.

 

 

 

 

The sail out was amazing ( time-lapse posted in #121) though delayed by a tender  problem.

 

 

 

We ended up dining in the Lawn Club again last night and it was perfect. The food as always was good but the view as we sailed out was amazing. The sail out of the fjords from Loen is about 5 hours. We headed to bed quite early and watched the sun set at around 10pm

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting invite for tonight too… Not sure but will look in after Taj X