Hosted sailing--Silver Ray--September 2024

September

Pros: Appearance, food, cabins, crew, open space, entertainment

Cons: Lack of reservations for speacialty dining areas. No evening casual dining, such as buffet. The Deck Plan should be more easily accessible on the app. Better signage throughout the ship and in each suite of the Deck Plan would also be helpful. There are too many tables in buffet restaurant, making it very difficult to walk between them when the restaurant is full.

Recommended: No

The new Silver Ray is beautiful beyond words. Food great. Cabins wonderful. Some negatives below.

World Class in Every Way

September

Pros: Beautiful and well designed ship with outstanding service, food, lounges and musicians. Wide variety of restaurants and foods with S.A.L.T. serving foods and wines from the very regions you are visiting. Menu changes nearly every day so you could go just to that one restaurant and have multiple new options on a daily basis. The Silver Note is a very small ( capacity 45) venue that has small plates, great cocktails and a nightly jazz combo or cabaret singer. The cabins are well appointed each with a butler that will set up reservations for dining, take care of your laundry and set up meals in your suite. The art, interior decorating and layout is the best of any ship we have ever been on. The crew is also the best in the world.

Cons: Only issue is reservations in the Silver Note can be very difficult due to the small and intimate nature of the room. So book early.

Recommended: Yes

I would travel on this ship every single time we cruise if possible.

The Brand-new Silver Ray is as Radiant as her name!

August

Pros: The staff, service and design of the ship. The food is very good with many different restaurants to choose from.

Cons: The Marquee restaurant is an open-air venue that was very hot during August in the Adriatic

Recommended: No

Mediterranean Marvel July 8-19

July

Pros: Staff, shore excursions, food, cabin quality

Cons: Some newer crew that need more experience, late 10pm entertainment start times

Recommended: No

A beautiful ship with an amazing staff

August

Pros: Beautiful suites and public spaces with an amazing staff!

Cons: Extra charge for specialty restaurants may not be well valued for the price

Recommended: Yes

For me, 99% of a good cruise is the staff, and the Siver Ray gets 5 stars! Ship is beautiful everywhere, so 5 stars! Food was excellent most of the time, and when they missed the mark for my personal taste, they changed it! So back to 5 stars! We loved Ester, the singer in Silver Note, so we were there every night, so can't comment on the other entertainment. I peeked at the pool a few times and it was not my scene, but this is a very personal opinion. I have a pool at home and I like a neat and tidy pool area, which is probably not possible on most cruises! This is more of a passenger issue but if Silversea is listening...extra attendants at the pool that act like waiters that straighten up after each napkin (or towel by the pool) is used at every lounge chair would be nice...but that might be asking too much!

wonderful experience

July

Pros: every feature was first-rate

Cons: none

Recommended: Yes

Santorini has become too crowded to be a worthwhile stop. Felt like I was on a sidewalk in Manhattan at rush hour - all day