Anyone sailed the Amazon please?

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We have until 23rd February to make our mind up whether to book a sailing on the Whisper, a 17 day cruise out of Barbados including a 3 day trip down the Amazon.

 

There have been so many negative posts recently regarding SS we are not sure?

 

This will be our 5th cruise however with SS, the last just returned from the Antarctic on the Explorer which was fantastic.

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Do you mean the cruise on 25 November 2014? That is 11 days in the Amazon and is a similar itinerary to the one we travelled on the Cloud last November. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Not your usual cruise obviously (if there is such a thing) because you are in a river but absolutely fascinating. We had no issues with Siversea service, food, excursions, entertainment or anything else.

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That's the one, thanks for sharing your experience.

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There are several comments on last year's Amazon trip aboard the Cloud.The majority of passengers we spoke to really enjoyed it.Here are the threads-

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1740174&highlight=amazon

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1371230&highlight=amazon

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1755630&highlight=amazon

 

However we have also been aboard the Explorer and the wildlife experience aboard that ship can not be matched by these cruises.We had however spent a week in an Amazon lodge previously so this wasn't a problem.

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drron29

 

Thank you very much, this forum really is a wealth of information. :D

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We were just there with all of the above posters. We would do it again in a heartbeat! GO!