Silver Wind Kangerlussuaq to Kangerlussuaq

[Lirio]

This cruise was 7 days,.

 

We book directly with Silversea as of the other times. Our reservation included airport reception in Reykjavik, hotel transfer, one night pre cruise, charter flight from Reykjavik to Kangerlussuaq, round trip, transfer to hotel and one night post cruise.

The hotel Silversea offered is the Hilton Nordica and we arrived the 2 days before and stayed at the same hotel. The room we stayed in was very good, the hotel has good facilities and a great restaurant for both breakfast, lunch and dinner. The room on the way back was ridiculous as small as it was appropriate for only one person. The reservation with Silversea included breakfast.

On the eve of boarding Silversea offered the quick test to Covid.

On the day of boarding two flights were organized, the first being very early, and passengers were ready before 6 AM at reception. We stayed in the afternoon group whose departure was scheduled for 1 PM. A lunch was offered at 11:30 and following the transfer to the airport, which delayed about 30 minutes. As the flight was delayed more than 2 hours, the bus took a tour through a lava field that lies between the city and the airport. Beautiful landscapes.

The charter flight was quiet, as was the arrival at the airport. Then 20 minutes by bus and we reached the point of boarding with zodiacs. On the ship had stations to present the covid test, the vaccine certificate and documents. Passing through the stations lasted about 30 minutes. A buffet for dinner (it was already about 9 PM) was waiting for us at La Terraza and at 22 hours the drill.

In our cabin were the parka, bag, bottle for drinks and the necessaire.

Our suite was the same as the previous ones we already knew, but the bathroom is much smaller. The shower, with half glass wall makes the floor get all wet.

A bad smell come from bathroom all the time, the smell was getting worse along the cruise, but we didn't complain. Meanwhile for the fifth day, the floor of the closet appeared wet and it was necessary to call our butler. Unfortunately, the problem was not solved and as we were already finishing the trip we stayed right there.

Our butler did an excellent job on everything we requested, and it was really a highlight.

O Silver Wind has the following restaurants: The Restaurant, La Terrazza, The Grill (by the pool) La Dame.

The buffet breakfast is served at La Terrazza and offers ample options. At The Restaurant breakfast is a la carte. We tried both options and also ordered in the suite on the days of leaving very early.

Lunch is served at La Terrazza(buffet), The Restaurant (a la carte) and The Grill. We did most of of our lunchs at The Grill to enjoy the outdoors. One day there was Bouillabaisse that was very good and one day Mexican food that I did not taste. The Grill's traditional dishes were good. One rainy day we went to La Terrazza and it was reasonable.

For dinner we went twice at La Dame as there is a star with foie gras which is spectacular. The rest was ok, without impressing. The other nights we went to the Restaurant and La Terrazza. The food was ok. We drank the house wine at all meals. Nothing spectacular, but reasonable.

The entertaining was reasonable. A show about Elton John was very good and the disco club night was also great. The expedition team's lectures were reasonable, but not as good as those in previous trips (Antarctica, Artic and Galapagos).

The disembarkation was much easier than the boarding. Again, the passengers were divided into two groups, this time we stayed in the first group and arrived in Reykjavik in the middle of the afternoon.

[jimdee3636]

@Lirio

You traveled a long way from Brazil for just a seven-day cruise!

 

What did you think of the Greenland stops? We're on a somewhat longer (12 night) sailing in September of 2023 (Reykjavik to Halifax, NS), on the Cloud, and I'm eager to know about how the Zodiac landings went, and in general what you liked (or didn't like) about Greenland.

 

Thanks!

 

Jim

[Host Jazzbeau]

Where you in the same hotel (Hilton Nordica) at the end of the cruise?  Did you get a room upgrade before the cruise because you had booked 2 nights on your own?  [We're Hilton Gold, so they often treat us very well.]  Just seems odd that Silversea would have different room categories for the pre- and post-cruise hotels.

[highplanesdrifters]

Thanks @Lirio for posting about the Wind and west Greenland.  Would also love to hear more about your excursions and how things are on the Wind. Other than the shower issues, any other problems?  Thanks again.

[Lirio]

10 hours ago, jimdee3636 said:

@Lirio

You traveled a long way from Brazil for just a seven-day cruise!

 

What did you think of the Greenland stops? We're on a somewhat longer (12 night) sailing in September of 2023 (Reykjavik to Halifax, NS), on the Cloud, and I'm eager to know about how the Zodiac landings went, and in general what you liked (or didn't like) about Greenland.

 

Thanks!

 

Jim

Yes, the seven-day cruise was the one that we could afford in terms of cost and time. After the cruise we had a 12-day land trip (self drive) in Iceland + 1,5 day in UK.

 

 

[jpalbny]

Recently, I read a very interesting post about sewer odors in the bathroom of cruise ships. There's a poster on the River Cruise boards (chengkp75) who has a lot of knowledge about the mechanical systems of cruise ships. He shared a tip in posts #8 and 10 of this thread:

 

 

I will definitely keep this in mind because it makes perfect sense to me. We have a guest bathroom in our house that doesn't get used for long periods of time and the same thing can happen when the water evaporates in the traps.

 

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Lirio - thanks for your review! If I remember correctly, you had planned a longer stay in Iceland post-cruise but your plans were derailed by Covid? I hope you have recovered and are feeling back to normal. 

 

[Lirio]

10 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

Where you in the same hotel (Hilton Nordica) at the end of the cruise?  Did you get a room upgrade before the cruise because you had booked 2 nights on your own?  [We're Hilton Gold, so they often treat us very well.]  Just seems odd that Silversea would have different room categories for the pre- and post-cruise hotels.

We stayed both times in Hilton Nordica.

Our own reservation was to a de-luxe room, not standard one. When we arrived at the hotel, we informed that we would stay for 2 nights: 1 with our own reservation and the second with Silversea reservation. We asked to be in the same room and the hotel agreed upon.

 

About Silversea reservation I must say that we informed we would need the pre cruise hotel very early in the process. But we only informed Silversea that we would need the post cruise hotel very late in the process, and maybe it was the only room left.

 

In both occasion the hotel was fully booked.

 

Appologies for any typo.....

 

 

[Lirio]

39 minutes ago, highplanesdrifters said:

Thanks @Lirio for posting about the Wind and west Greenland.  Would also love to hear more about your excursions and how things are on the Wind. Other than the shower issues, any other problems?  Thanks again.

I will write a review of ports and excursions and post pictures.

[Lirio]

6 minutes ago, jpalbny said:

Recently, I read a very interesting post about sewer odors in the bathroom of cruise ships. There's a poster on the River Cruise boards (chengkp75) who has a lot of knowledge about the mechanical systems of cruise ships. He shared a tip in posts #8 and 10 of this thread:

 

 

I will definitely keep this in mind because it makes perfect sense to me. We have a guest bathroom in our house that doesn't get used for long periods of time and the same thing can happen when the water evaporates in the traps.

 

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Lirio - thanks for your review! If I remember correctly, you had planned a longer stay in Iceland post-cruise but your plans were derailed by Covid? I hope you have recovered and are feeling back to normal. 

 

yes, my husband got covid and he stayed 6 days in isolation. we still had opportunity to enjoy the other days and we will be back next year.

[Lirio]

2 minutes ago, Lirio said:

yes, my husband got covid and he stayed 6 days in isolation. we still had opportunity to enjoy the other days and we will be back next year.

Thanks for the infformation about the smell.....

[highplanesdrifters]

23 hours ago, Lirio said:

I will write a review of ports and excursions and post pictures.

Thanks!