tuckerdc

We made the 12 day crossing from Southampton to Boston (with day stops at Falmouth, Waterford, Cork, St. John NF, and Halifax). It was our first experience afloat and we loved every moment.

After watching a rerun of Auntie Mame the other nite, I had to paraphrase her famous line: Life is a banquet...and most poor suckers don't have the brains to get on Silversea!

After several days of outstanding, amiable service, one just starts to feel like part of a family - and totally cosseted. Our verandah suite was outstanding - and with temps never any lower than about 64, the verandah saw a bit of use. I'd thought our weather would be a good deal chillier/grayer.

Food was excellent quality - not fall-down/gourmet wonderful. But very good. The galley brunch is a special highlight. Small entertainment troupe does a bang-up job with gorgeous costumes and high-energy talent.

Be happy to answer any questions.

traveller333

Always happy to hear about another great cruise. Silversea is a fantastic product. My two favorite lines are Silversea and Radisson. They do it right. Looking forward to our next Silversea experience even more after reading your post.

losarbolitos

Help Please!
Trans Atlantic folks--we have done it a few times --but Lisbon to St Thomas on Nov 14-27 2005 on Windsurf is upcoming.
I am thinking cotton and warm days. The folks at the company ( in Seattle) are reading off their "charts" of temps from 42 to 62 degrees. This sounds out of wack to us.....at these latitudes. Anyone else done a Trans-Atlantic in November in the general area?
Love the fact that you folks were smart enough to book a good line, and spend many sea days. Never disappoint yourselves with 7 days and 6 ports!
Susan

tuckerdc

Oh, interesting point, Susan! Actually, I've never been much interested in a 'cruise,' per se, hopping from port to port and hopping off and on the ship. But a trans-Atlantic with four full days at sea, some of it a bit 'lumpy,' to quote one Oz passenger - oh my! Like being on the set of a grand MGM movie!

Sorry I haven't any input for your weather questions. Have you looked at cruisecritic.com? Forums there for every ship line and tons and tons of help and info.

Califcruiser

We did a Transatlantic last October from Venice to FLL and the weather, except for one day between Lisbon and the Azores, was fantastic. Lots of balcony time.
We are leaving in 5 weeks on the Radisson Voyager for a repeat, this time from Monte Carlo to FLL with 7 days of touring and 8 glorious days at sea.

Leona

tuckerdc,

Do you know if it if you feel the movement on a small ship like the Whisper more than you would on a larger ship? We were on the Zuiderdam in July, and it was very stable. (I'm afraid of the water & had a very positive experience, which I'd like to duplicate on the Whisper next year.)

Thank you.

tuckerdc

We had a couple of rough days during the crossing - with waves of about 12 feet. (Just today, I read of an Antarctic sailing with 30 foot waves - YIKES!). Anyway, that was enough to put down about a third of the ship for the night, including my spouse (as well as some folks, prior SSer's, who'd never had problems before). It didn't bother me a whit, I was so happy to learn. But, once folks started popping the seasick meds, things seemed to get better pretty fast.

So the answer is, I guess...that yes, you may feel it some if you get into high seas. (And, as you probably know, the higher you are on the ship or the more forward you are, the more motion you will feel.) But the meds seemed to work well for most everyone and the sooner you take them, the better - you don't want to wait to start feeling bad, in other words.

Also, on SS, I'm not certain that the extra $$ for "mid-ships" is necessarily worth it, if you can manage to snag a cabin that is fairly near that block, as was our case.