Rare Chrissi3010 Posted April 18 #1 Share Posted April 18 This post was recognized by LauraS! "Congrats on your first "Live from..." Thanks for generously sharing your time at sea with everyone at Cruise Critic! See your post featured on our: Click: Cruise Reports page. When you return, please consider submitting it to the site for publication as well: Click: Write a Review" Chrissi3010 was awarded the badge '"Live from...."' Hi everyone, inspired from so many great live reports here on CC I would like to try one, too, but without claiming perfection 😉. This will be our first transatlantic cruise and our 8th cruise with Celebrity. We started cruising in 2016 on the Infinity to Alaska. We are Goetz and Chrissi from a little village near Wiesbaden (Germany) which many of you might know because the American Forces have their headquarters there. We are 59 and 56 years old and both still working. This cruise will be kind of Goetz' birthday cruise as he turns 60 on May 15th. Unfortunately we couldn't persuade Celebrity to shift this cruise by 2 weeks . 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Chrissi3010 Posted April 18 Author #2 Share Posted April 18 Our travel plan will be as follows: Flight to from Frankfurt to Miami on Saturday April 20th, transfer from the airport to our hotel Lago Mar beach Resort in FLL, embarkation on Monday, April 22nd at around 11 am. We were able to book a Sunset Sky Suite about 18 months ago. We already had one on the Equinox a few years ago and loved it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted April 18 #3 Share Posted April 18 Such a shame that Silhouette won’t be based in Southampton. Do you finish in Amsterdam or Rotterdam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Chrissi3010 Posted April 18 Author #4 Share Posted April 18 4 minutes ago, upwarduk said: Such a shame that Silhouette won’t be based in Southampton. Do you finish in Amsterdam or Rotterdam? In Amsterdam which is perfect for us. We will go home by train (the central train station is only 2 km away from the cruise port); the ride is only 3.5 h to Frankfurt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Chrissi3010 Posted April 18 Author #5 Share Posted April 18 (edited) This is the cruise plan: All new places for us and as we had a stressful time in the last few months we will surely enjoy all the sea days. I just turned down my office laptop leaving an absence note until May 7th 😉. Packing already started yesterday and to be finished tomorrow. Also planned for tomorrow are hairdresser and cosmetics. Winter came back here, so it's really cold here with only 0-4°C (32-40°F). Temperatures in Florida will be a little shock for us. Edited April 18 by Chrissi3010 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamar Posted April 18 #6 Share Posted April 18 Safe travels, looking forward to reading your posts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upwarduk Posted April 18 #7 Share Posted April 18 Hope you have fine weather, especially in Ponta Delgada, so you can see the blue & green lakes. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaranaman Posted April 18 #8 Share Posted April 18 Following along and wishing you both safe travels on Saturday 😊. I'm not sure I could do that many sea days without going squirrelly but your ports do look really nice - especially Ponta Delgada. ~Bernadette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mac_tlc Posted April 18 #9 Share Posted April 18 Looking forward to following along. We visited Ponta Delgada a few years ago and still talk about it. Beautiful place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachlover1989 Posted April 18 #10 Share Posted April 18 So excited to follow along! Silhouette is our favorite ship and I would love to do a transatlantic one day! Although I think I would prefer to sail West and gain hours as the cruise progresses. Sea days are heavenly and it's great that the ports are spread out! 🚢🍾 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Chrissi3010 Posted April 18 Author #11 Share Posted April 18 17 minutes ago, mac_tlc said: Looking forward to following along. We visited Ponta Delgada a few years ago and still talk about it. Beautiful place. I am also very excited to visit the Azores (where our weather in Europe comes from). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Chrissi3010 Posted April 18 Author #12 Share Posted April 18 13 minutes ago, Beachlover1989 said: So excited to follow along! Silhouette is our favorite ship and I would love to do a transatlantic one day! Although I think I would prefer to sail West and gain hours as the cruise progresses. Sea days are heavenly and it's great that the ports are spread out! 🚢🍾 For us it is probably more convenient to sail east, so no jet lag at the end of our vacation and only a quick train ride home ;-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Chrissi3010 Posted April 18 Author #13 Share Posted April 18 What to pack when you travel from winter into the tropics and then step by step back to the cold? Probably everything. In any case I will never understand how anybody could just travel with a carry-on for two weeks. I am more relaxed with a big suitcase... By the way, we originally booked premium economy with Lufthansa, but then got a great offer to upgrade to Business. Not too bad for a 10 hour flight... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gold1953 Posted April 18 #14 Share Posted April 18 10 minutes ago, Chrissi3010 said: What to pack when you travel from winter into the tropics and then step by step back to the cold? Probably everything. In any case I will never understand how anybody could just travel with a carry-on for two weeks. I am more relaxed with a big suitcase... By the way, we originally booked premium economy with Lufthansa, but then got a great offer to upgrade to Business. Not too bad for a 10 hour flight... fellow traveler here flying carry on only. We tried for the fall TA and were quite happy so doing it again this trip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barwick Cruiser Posted April 18 #15 Share Posted April 18 Thank you for bringing the ship to the Netherlands where we will board for our Baltics cruise next month! I love the Silhouette and I hope you have calm seas and wonderful weather for your holiday. Thanks so much for doing this report, I’ll be happily following along! Cathy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted April 18 #16 Share Posted April 18 Have a great cruise..enjoy all those sea days..hope for calm waters. We are booked on Silhouette for Dec..short Carib cruise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieq Posted April 18 #17 Share Posted April 18 @Chrissi3010 wishing you a terrific cruise. Will be following along for sure. We board the silhouette on 9/9 this year so looking forward to reading feedback of opinion on the ship itself as well. 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola2013 Posted April 18 #18 Share Posted April 18 We left (sadly) Silhouette this morning after a B2B. Another great Celebrity experience. Be sure to catch Captain Kirk’s rock concert. He is an amazing musician 🎸🥁 Bon Voyage Susan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggieq Posted April 18 #19 Share Posted April 18 4 minutes ago, lola2013 said: We left (sadly) Silhouette this morning after a B2B. Another great Celebrity experience. Be sure to catch Captain Kirk’s rock concert. He is an amazing musician 🎸🥁 Bon Voyage Susan @lola2013 would you care to share any feedback on the ship? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikerunner Posted April 19 #20 Share Posted April 19 Looking forward to this cruise also, First TA and just plan on relaxing and enjoying the ship. Have 10 days in Italy planned afterward disembarking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lola2013 Posted April 19 #21 Share Posted April 19 2 hours ago, maggieq said: @lola2013 would you care to share any feedback on the ship? Thanks! The entire trip was great. It was our first cruise on Silhouette (having sailed on other S class in addition to E class)…the first four nights with friends we met on our very first cruise on the Cunard Countess. A few in the group hadn’t sailed since then and were thrilled with the Celebrity experience. The second ten nights was family and friends…a girls cruise that didn’t disappoint. Food was great; everyone in both groups raved about the food. We did both main dining room and ocean view for dinner, OVC for breakfast…only specialty was Lawn Club Grill which was delicious. Service throughout the ship was exceptional…smiling, happy faces throughout. The ship was spotless; I switched cabins after the four night. Same deck 8, but first a balcony cabin mid ship and then a SV. Both cabin attendants did a great job. Entertainment was great… especially Charity Lockhart, a great singer, and Ralph Harris, a comedian. Only disappointment was there was no Liars Club. I’m not a drinker so can’t comment on beverages. Check in was a breeze as was the turnaround day. Can’t wait to return! Susan 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare bjahil47 Posted April 19 #22 Share Posted April 19 Following along! Safe travels to Florida! ✈️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancycat Posted April 19 #23 Share Posted April 19 We are boarding the Silhouette on May 24 in Amsterdam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josie201 Posted April 19 #24 Share Posted April 19 Following along. Enjoy! We love Silhouette and will bring her back to Fll in the fall on our first TA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weboos2 Posted April 19 #25 Share Posted April 19 Looking forward to hearing about your experince. We board Silhouette in Amsterdam on the 5th May 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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