Celebrity Cruises vs Silver Seas

[SYD]

I wasn’t going to come on as I haven’t done both lines for comparison. But I did love SilverSea, and would travel with them in preference to Ponant if they could give me no single supplement like Ponant does.

Looks like SS will soon give DSCs on a single occupancy stateroom under the "Enhancements" - FWIW...

I haven’t looked at the size of ships that Celebrity run but I’m thinking they are much larger than the SS ones. You pay more per head for a smaller passenger load but the experience is commensally better as well.

They have Medium (Millenium class), Large (Solstice class) and Big (Edge class) but none have anything like waterslides, waveriders and other kid and kid at heart stuff. They tend to target the 30 to 40/50 somethings. They're generally nicely fitted out without that gawdy without being tasteful stuff you might see on Carnival (so I've heard), RCCL (very family friendly), NCL and Holland.

They tend to retrofit older ships with newer touches from the new ships. I was on the Solstice last year before it's refit - it was looking a bit tired compared to when it was new and I first went on it. But it's just had a multi-million-dollar refit and now has some Edge class features - including a whole new "Retreat" section for Suites.

 

[Pushka]

Looks like SS will soon give DSCs on a single occupancy stateroom under the "Enhancements" - FWIW...

They have Medium (Millenium class), Large (Solstice class) and Big (Edge class) but none have anything like waterslides, waveriders and other kid and kid at heart stuff. They tend to target the 30 to 40/50 somethings. They're generally nicely fitted out without that gawdy without being tasteful stuff you might see on Carnival (so I've heard), RCCL (very family friendly), NCL and Holland.

The tend to retrofit older ships with newer touches from the new ships. I was on the Solstice last year before it's refit - it was looking a bit tired compared to when it was new and I first went on it. But it's just had a multi-million-dollar refit and now has some Edge class features - including a whole new "Retreat" section for Suites.

The Millenium scrubbed up really well. We are booked next year and there's a gap between the last and ours. In Singapore. Maybe a charter or possibly a small make over. I think there was just one child on our last cruise.