Istanbul Silversea Expeditions Silver Wind Cruise Reviews

I appreciate that some people like the massive cruise ships that are on offer, especially as all seem to be vying for your trade with on board credit, free drinks (very limited), massive facilities, lots of entertainment; the truth is I'm done with them. Having sailed Holland America in Sept 2014 for two weeks (too long), I found it too much of a hassle each time you had to disembark and the ...

Everything about this cruise is mediocre. This is our 6th cruise and it just didnt do it for us. If not for our room butler Rey, this cruise was a let-down. To make matters worse, we ordered steaks three times and requested medium rare, and all three times medium to medium well arrived. (I thought maybe it will improve!) On our last evening at Le Champagne, my friend's spouse and my wife ordered ...

We knew in advance that the main attraction of this cruise ,ie Yalta, was off the port list due to the troubles as was Sevastopol but the info came through to late to cancel without penalty so we decided to make the best of it. Istanbul airport is a very,very busy place and without fast track entry immigration would have taken over half an hour and coming home even worse. Anyway our private ...

After being totally spoiled on a luxury Paul Gauguin cruise in the South Pacific I started researching other luxury cruise lines to fulfill my second cruise of a life time to the Mediterranean. The Silversea line matched the ship size, number of passengers and itinerary I was looking for. We sailed from Istanbul to Athens in April 2013. A lot of my review is a comparison to the Paul Gauguin ...

Embarkation. I was told very clearly that I could embark on the Silver Wind, in Istanbul, at 3PM, but that I could drop off luggage at 11AM. I asked about this very particularly, and that was the answer. When I arrived at the ship at noon to drop off luggage, I was ushered into the ship and told that "of course" I could embark. That was disconcerting but ok, although I might have changed my plans ...

This review is directed to people like myself - taking a very special vacation of a lifetime and wanting to know as much about it in advance as possible to reassure myself that I made a good choice - not directed at the "pros" who are constantly on the board and/or on the ship. Let me begin by saying we were pleased beyond our expectations and would not have traded a thing about the cruise. ...