Greenland cruise, July 5 through July 14, 2023

July

Pros: Service, cabin, food, preparation, ratio of guests to expedition team, iceberg cruise, terrific

Cons: Quality of meat, cuts, destinations, post, overland tour or did not keep track of guests left people behind in the cold rain

Recommended: Yes

Overland tour post trip needs to be better supervisor or better organized to account for all guests. The cold Greenland part locations were fantastic along with the related expeditions. Certain southern ports were excellent, but the other ports seemed all the same. Certain excursions had never been investigated before the cruise. Wouldn’t this be dangerous? Lack of wildlife, particularly walruses when it is part of the brochure.

Silver Cloud Reykjavik to Dublin

August

Pros: Unique itinerary. Great staff. Size of ship. Expedition team. Front desk also exceptional.

Cons: Poor food quality main dining room, sadly no longer an Italian flavor to the cruise line, no interaction between Capt. and operations staff and guests other than welcome toast.

Recommended: No

Silver Cloud Antarctic Expedition

January

Pros: Excellent staff and service

Cons: Too many zodiac tours. Needed more zodiac landings.

Recommended: No

Quality information prior to arrival. Excellent follow up byrepresentatives in Chile. Exceptionally friendly and service oriented staff. Quality equipment and safety measures during expedition. Kayaking was well organized. While the weather was a factor with missed landings thought it might be beneficial to offer opportunities to guests who were adventurous.

Antarctica Expedition

January

Pros: Excellent expedition team and ship's company/crew.

Cons:

Recommended: Yes

Very well organized from the flights, including the charter, through embarkation, expeditions, polar plunge (!) and return home. The expedition teams were knowledgeable, friendly and very receptive to the endless passenger questions. They never hesitated to take yet another photo. Their experience and training was invaluable, particularly those team members that had spent significant time in Antarctica or extensive background in the history and/or various forms of wildlife, biology, geology or botany. The various briefings were very informative and provided history, context and background on what we saw throughout the cruise.