Well today is the last full day on the ship and so it was an easy time but frustrating when Noel was watching Chelsea playing so badly against Everton, hopeless absolutely hopeless but maybe I have got used to that.
We had our usual breakfast and then sat on the Arts Café terrae for a while and then headed back to the room to find that the Butler had pulled our suitcase so that we could pack them ready for collection later in the day, always a good reminder that your trip is coming to an end.
For lunch we went to the arts café for a sandwich and sitting on the balcony at the back we espied three very large cruise ships sailing in the opposite direction to us no doubt having left Fort Lauderdale on Saturday evening.
Jennifer did some reading and then in the afternoon we started to pack our suitcases whilst ensuring we had left out night ware and washing gear for our last overnight stay. For dinner we had planned a visit to the Italian La Terraza and had a really enjoyable meal sitting in the open air on the back deck. What was slightly amusing that when we arrived at the restaurant we were asked had we made a booking and without thinking said no, but would it be ok?, after a few minutes of pressing buttons and pulling faces he said could we be happy on the outside which is exactly what we wanted and so we were conducted to our table.
A short while later our waiter arrived and asked our suite number which we provided and on the system that they have my special meal was shown in detail so why they did not have the booking the butler made I am not sure.
At this point and in view we are leaving the ship tomorrow I thought I would review our cruise and the details are as follows.
1- The ship is nicely decorated
2- Most of the staff from many countries in the world are fine
3- The suite was up to the usual good standard
4- And a nice selection of TV entertainment.
5- we cannot comment too much about shows ,talks and many bars as we tend to only visit a couple.
6- Food, In the Italian for breakfast and dinner were very good and the main Atlantide restaurant had many faults from slow to poor service, inaccurate presentation o food, cold or cool food instead of being piping hot and the pain was that the Maitre D was bloody hopeless. One of my first meals was a screw up and in the and there were the Maitre D, and another senior guy and a waitress having a heavy discussion on who’s fault it was, right by our table. Although I had visited the Head Chef as requested before the ship port to discuss my requirements and he new all about FODMAP, well it didn't work and it took several days of contacting various people to ensure that my issues are fully documented.
This was our Fourth Silversea cruise and the previous three were excellent but this was their newest ship, still nearly two years old and in my view it was not working
7- Slow service at breakfast, the buffet was fine but we like tea not coffee and it seems to be an issue as sometimes it took nearly 15 minute, why I don't know.
8- There were several other items that Jennifer's starting comparing against our last cruise on Seabourn and Silver sea are second best. In fact I looked up some recent reviews on this ship and there were many that were not complimentary.
So should we go on a cruise again it will be Seabourn.
