ladylemondrop

Great review and photos thank you! We are on Silhouette next year and looking forward to it!

Hoping you have an amazing time! We were the same, our sons girlfriend who we took, had never cruised or been to any of the countries we went to. She admitted mostly loved being on the ship! Think this video shows that! 🤣 have fun!

We did not tram ride as they were jam packed with people, but most places will take euros, or cards, the ship can provide lira or any currency though if you wish to use their exchange services.

Oh of course M class FV, different altogether, I meant the S class far forward rooms - I totally get why they would rebrand the FV to a suite on M class, that works! I just don’t see how they can sell the concept of suite in the S class FV as it just doesnt have any desirable features of a suite other than size.

Having stayed in these a few times as FV, (Family Verandah) I really can’t get my head around the whole ‘Suite’ rebranding, and pricing! As a family room great, spacious, separate bedroom for parents, tiny bunk room for kids, one tiny bathroom, teeny balcony, far forward. Early wake up call due to loud anchor drop each day…. There is no way they can make this viable as a luxury suite.

Lemon Drop! So much so I changed my name to it!

If you have your express pass, and flight details, nothing else is needed, they don’t usually post luggage tags these days, you need to print your own from your booking in My Cruises. Have a lovely cruise!

Cruise black hole! Ha ha! I think you will love it. There is something wonderful and magical about waking up to the sea glistening, and being in a new place without packing, walking from dinner to show to bar to bed, and being rocked gently to sleep with a really full belly. Its bliss.

We are already looking at silhouette next September 9th, med cruise, looks like a lot of lovely sea days to relax on!

Totally agree about Silhouette, beautiful ship, and no flying is such a plus!

Hi 👋🏻 we sailed Reflection in May, Greece Italy & Turkey cruise, 11 nights, we are old ish (50/60) and took our son and his girlfriend (23/20) and safe to say they LOVED it! Our sons girlfriend had never cruised before, and she fell in love with the ship, cocktails by the pool, silent disco, martini bar, food, seeing dolphins, all of it! Here is our short video review if it helps persuade you…warning, cruising is addictive! I can’t help you there… 🤣

Hi Mark, we have sailed Royal (Anthem) and Celebrity (Silhouette/Reflection) as someone else mentioned they are comparable, there is more ‘fun’ on Anthem (Seaplex, sky diving, wall climbing, etc) but otherwise they feel very very similar. We too find food a notch up on celebrity, whereas entertainment is a notch down compared to the amazing shows on Anthem. You will probably enjoy the Martini bar on Celebrity, its a buzz in the evenings. We also enjoyed silent disco on our recent cruise. The all inclusive is so worth it, you can enjoy all the coffees, drinks, cocktails without worrying about cost. My choice of cruise is akways the longest I can take, as its just never long enough! Welcome to the boards! adding - here is our video review from Celebrity Reflection this May, we had fun!

11am is a very risky flight from FCO. Get picked up as early as possible, as I said before, the airports are crazy busy at the moment, understaffed, and slow to process anything. You may be lucky and have plenty of time, but please dont be complacent, get there as early as you can, even things like walking to your boarding gate are long at FCO. Sometimes a bus is needed to the plane. We have cruised out of Civitavecchia many times, and dont schedule anything before 1pm anymore. 11am is possible, if you are lucky with traffic, and queues, but dont coast any stage.

We used Romecabs for the transfers and it was 150 euros each way. It is a lot and a long way!

Ask about extend your stay, we have done this before and it worked well for us with a late flight, you pay a little extra and can stay onboard the ship longer. At the moment I would not consider anything before 1pm, as so many airlines and airports are experiencing huge issues with lack of staff which backs everything up.

Lovely photos of your ports of call, but can we please see the lemon tarts too? 😊

We had an amazing time on Celebrity Reflection, 11 night med cruise to Italy, Greece and Turkey. We are calling this ‘3 minutes of happiness’ We hope you enjoy it as much as we did!