JeanieC,Aston

I can’t understand why Guinness is on the Premium package but not on Classic when on the price list it is $8? Mind you it never mattered on the first two sailings on Silhouette out of Southampton this year. They had no stock of Guinness or Boddingtons bitter. Dont know if that changed on later cruises.

Hi Out of interest on your sail to Istanbul did you manage to pass Gallipoli in daylight? Most cruise ships don’t manage it but on one sailing the Captain managed to sail past just before dusk,,,,sailing close enough to take photos of the WW1 monuments. Btw,,on the April Silhouette sailing from Southampton a temp table bar was set up at the back of the theatre. Enjoying your blog of a great itinerary.

Hi Was in Belfast a couple of weeks ago on FO,the shuttle bus was £10 and dropped you off in the city centre outside the Tourist Office. There we’re HoHo buses on the quay,,,,,book on this and get off at Titanic museum. Before COVID we did a great Belfast tour in a Black Cab,,,the drivers commentary was hilarious and irreverent taking you to places you wouldn’t go on your own. It is about £40 per cab for a 2.5 hr tour of the Troubles murals and all. Google Black Cab tours. They pick you up on the quay and drop you off wherever you want.

Hi den No need to Bury them,you could cremate them and put them on the plate alongside American bacon,or what we in the UK call ‘port scratchings’.

Hi The coffee sachets are behind the tea bags,,,,Nescafé original and decaf. Sometimes maybe Kenco. As I drink Lactose free milk and my wife drinks Soya we get a glass of each from the Oceanview and keep it in the frig. ps I believe Celebrity put kettles in cabins on sailings from the UK because Brits love their morning cuppa tea, To be honest this Brit hates tea.

I agree,,,but it has to be Bury Black Pudding.

Hi There was on Silhouette out of Southampton in April. Photographic evidence……

Every cabin on Silhouette from Southampton has a kettle and tea and coffee in it. Apart from Oceanview and Cafe el Bacio there is also the secret coffee station on Silhoutte midship,handy for those on the deck 6/7/8 hump.

Hi Darren You wouldn’t have drank a lot of Guinness on my April Silhouette cruise……they had none!!!

Hi And how many Dos Equis drinkers are there on a cruise from the UK but Celebrity stocked plenty on my cruise in April. My mother used to drink milk stout 70 years ago,,Cream Label My local supermarket sells dark beer but it’s not Guinness.Plenty of them,often called Porter,but I wouldn’t expect Celebrity to stock those. There is no substitute for Guinness,,,a drink drank worldwide in 130 countries,the USA market being in the top three. There is a huge Guinness bottling/canning plant in my town,there is no shortage of Guinness in the UK. ps Guinness has just brought out cans of Coffee Beer.maybe Cafe el Bacio can get a stock. No thanks.

OK,my drink of choice is Guinness (or Jameson) on my Silhouette cruise from Southampton in April they had no Guinness (or John Smiths) on board. What would they substitute for Guinness? According to the Bar Manager Newcastle Brown is the same as Guinness. I told him if he doesn’t know the difference between a stout and brown ale he shouldn’t be a Bar Manager. Thats the reason my next cruises are with Fred Olsen then P&O,,,no more of that Bud,Coors,Red Stipe stuff if Celebrity don’t stock decent beers.

What happens if you test positive? Stay on the ship in quarantine for the next cruise?

Hi You know the old and still relevant saying…….. ’Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit’😉

Hi I would be careful what you send to the laundry they are not very good. Our last two cruises we have sent pressed items back,,,,more creases than when we we sent them.

Hi Wot no kettles!!😉

Hi And believe me the performance in the MDR on the 21st April Silhouette cruise was crazy.

The one person was a scout,,the lady on the desk could give a rough time. Ifbit was later others didn’t come down for dinner till later. We were told there was only 2 tables for 8. Although downstairs there were many more,,,but no staff to man them. And believe me for some of us waiting in the Matini Bar with a bleeper for 2 hours isomer couldn’t remember what they had to eat anyway.😁

Hi I went into my local Asda supermarket today,the wine isle was bursting,the spirit shelves were full. And the beer & Lager aisle the boxes were piled high. And yet on my April Silhouette cruise never had one can of Brits/Irish staples of Guinness or John Smiths bitter,,they never had any on the cruise after either. But someone fancied a tot of bourbon,,,,,

Hi There were 8 of us on our Silhouette cruise in April,(4 cabins),we did link the bookings on line before the cruise,,,,,dont expect to turn up and be seated straight away you will maybe get a bleeper to tell you when a tables ready. We sent one person early (18:15) to give them notice we wanted a table for 8,,,,sometimes they made a table up for 19:00 a couple of times it was nearer 21:00.

Hi What club is that? .most bars on S class are deserted by 11:30. You get a few in the Sky Lounge until 12:30. I left the Ensemble Lounge on Silhouette last month at 12:30 (the last ones in there) went up through the Sky Lounge and on to the Ocean View for a snack and I saw maybe a dozen people. Celebrity is definitely not a cruise line for night owls. The OP will feel comfortable being on his own of an evening.

Hi On the 21st April Silhouette from Southampton sailing the usual temporary bar was set up at the back of the theatre.Both sides.

Ignore it and they will have to go through the same arguments when they get to the quay,,not a good way to start a holiday.

Hi Is this for the required Antigen test we all have to do or the test req at the terminal for unvaccinated passengers? We were on Silhouette 21st April sailing….. This happened to me and my wife but a few days after boarding,,,,even after like you adding my proof on the app and passing through 3 checks during check in,,,,and having our names checked off. We got a letter in our cabin addressed to ‘Dear Unvaccinated guests’ and told to report for testing at 07:00 next morning for a $42 fee. I had to go to receptio at 01:00 with the proof of vaccination on my phone to prove I was vaxxed and boosted. Btw,,reception was very rude during this time unable to admit any wrong. Even when shown proof she continued to argue,,in the end I had to tell her to photo the certificate of my vaccinations (I also had a paper copy) and send it to who sent the letter.

Hi The comments re Suites at 100% occupancy and the rest of the ship at 40% presents a problem for me (I book a hump veranda), I have noticed over the last few years that Suite guests stay in their suite or populate the Retreat. That leaves the rest of the ship of an evening akin to the Marie Celeste. On my recent cruise on Silhouette,I don’t know if it was the poor quality of the wandering minstrels but the bars where deserts after 23:00. If that is what people like fair enough,I just like it a little bit more lively. For the ludicrous increase in prices in Europe there is better than X out there. I have only done 9 X cruises,just into Elite but it seems to be losing its Whumf!! Every day every cruise it’s the same shows,the same menus,the same jugglers in the Martini Bar,it’s the same old same old nothing changes. I hope they freshen things up because I like Celebrity,,,but at Celebrity prices I can get better entertainment with professional acts around the ship not buskers.

Hi Yes,I use them for my nightly double Jameson’s,,,thins the blood you know. The Tuath glass is hard to get hold of,,I had to fly to Dublin for a weekend on the black stuff to get one…no great hardship.