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  • Costco Cruises with Celebrity Silhouette

    Costco Cruises with Celebrity Silhouette

    The Celebrity Silhouette is popular among Costco members. It is so popular, in fact, that one of the four top-selling Costco cruises takes place on the Celebrity Silhouette. For this reason, we thought the ship deserved its own article. Below we outline the Celebrity Silhouette voyages that can be purchased through Costco, as well explain how you can book them through Costco Travel. (It is slightly less straightforward than booking cruises on some other vessels.)

    The Celebrity Silhouette only offers two itineraries, at least for the foreseeable future. Both of the cruises are seven-day trips to the Caribbean that embark and disembark at Fort Lauderdale, and the cruises alternate from week to week. The top-selling cruise works its way around the Central Caribbean counterclockwise. After a day and night at sea, it arrives in Cozumel in the morning and then departs in the evening. Over the next three days, the cruise stops by Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands), Falmouth (Bahamas), and Labadee (Haiti). At each port, the cruise arrives in the morning and departs in the evening, sailing to the next destination overnight. After the stop in Haiti, the Silhouette spends a day at sea and then returns to Fort Lauderdale the following morning. Because it is a top-selling cruise, Costco has a page dedicated to this particular cruise, and you can book directly through this page. Alternatively, you can find the cruise by searching the website, a process we will explain shortly.

    The other cruise offered by the Silhouette, as mentioned, also goes to the Caribbean. This cruise follows a counterclockwise loop as well, but it takes place in the Eastern Caribbean. After departing from Fort Lauderdale in the afternoon, the ship cruises through the night and the entire next day before arriving San Juan, Puerto Rico in the afternoon on the third day of the cruise. After about a six hour stay in Puerto Rico, the ship sails overnight to Basseterre, Saint Kitts, where the ship is docked for the day. The Silhouette departs in the evening and again sails through the night, arriving in Philipsburg, Sint Maarten the following morning, the fifth day of the cruise. After departing Philipsburg at about 5:00 PM, the ship spends two full days at sea before returning to Fort Lauderdale.

    Both of the itineraries offered by the Celebrity Silhouette can be found using the search tool on the Costco Travel website. You simply list your desired cruise line as “Celebrity” and select the month in which you want your cruise to depart, and the appropriate results are generated. After you do this, you are able filter the results by selecting additional criteria, including the exact cruise ship with which you want to sail. However, the Celebrity Silhouette isn’t listed under the “popular ships” section of the “filter your search” box on the left side of the page. (This is somewhat strange, given that one of Costco’s top-selling cruises is offered on the Silhouette, but there you have it.) Fortunately, though, there is a small search box under the “popular ships” section that allows you to search for whatever ship you want to sail on. All you have to do is type “Celebrity Silhouette” and the search results are trimmed to only Silhouette cruises.

    So, to recap, the Celebrity Silhouette offers only two cruises, and both of these are seven-day voyages to the Caribbean that begin and end in Fort Lauderdale. Either cruise is easy enough to book, but you have to know the way the search tool works in order to find the Silhouette cruises in the most efficient way possible.

  • Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Silhouette (2011)

    Celebrity Silhouette joined the Celebrity Cruises fleet in 2011. Silhouette sails to Europe and the Caribbean. According to the official Celebrity website, Celebrity Silhouette will have “all the best-loved Solstice® Class features – and some new ones.” Updates to Celebrity’s Lawn Club give passengers more opportunities to “relax, eat, drink and socialize in the fresh air.” Passengers can “celebrate the flavorful joys of outdoor grilling in the new Lawn Club Grill. Unwind in your own cabana-styled haven, The Alcoves. Inside, diners can go on a culinary adventure in QsineSM where they can order food and wine from an iPad® menu.

    “Excitement brews with up to 50 international craft beers in the enhanced Michael’s Club. And guests can enjoy sweeping veranda views in 85% of staterooms.” Staterooms include penthouse suites, royal suites, celebrity suites, sky suites, aqua suites, concierge class, family ocean view with veranda, sunset veranda, deluxe ocean view with veranda.

    Celebrity Silhouette will have its inaugural sailing cruise on July 23, 2011. The 7 night cruise will sail to Hamburg, Germany; Barcelona, Spain, and Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy. The next cruise will take place August 5, 2011. The 17-night cruise will sail to Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy; Alexandria, Egypt; Jerusalem (Ashdod), Israel; Santorini, Greece; Athens (Piraeus), Greece; Naples/capri, Italy, and Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy.

    To book a Celebrity Silhouette Cruise, visit the official Celebrity Cruises website at www.celebritycruises.com.

    About Celebrity Cruises

    www.celebritycruises.com has the youngest fleet in service today, yet Celebrity’s ships are ranked among some of the oldest and most magnificent vessels in the world. In 2003 alone, seven out of 10 Celebrity Cruises vessels were ranked among the top 10 large ships in Conde Nast Traveler’s “World’s Greatest Ships” readers’ survey.

    Celebrity Cruises fleet includes the Century Class, Millennium Class, Xpedition Class, and Journey Class. Entered into service between 1995 and 1997, the Century Class includes Century, Galaxy, and Mercury. The Celebrity Cruises Century Class is popular for contemporary design, signature Celebrity amenities, and the use of modern technology.

    Millennium Class features four vessels that were all introduced in the year 2000. Constellation, Infinity, Millennium, and Summit are considered the most technologically advanced vessels out of the entire Celebrity Cruises fleet. They are also among the most spacious and luxurious of all Celebrity ships.

    Celebrity Cruises Xpedition Class features Celebrity Xpedition. Celebrity Xpedition was designed with the adventurous traveler in mind, meaning travelers interested in wandering off the beaten path. Smaller than the rest of the Celebrity cruise ships, Xpedition offers the passenger a more intimate environment and more personalize service. Xpedition, Celebrity’s newest ship, accommodates 98 comfortably.

    Finally, Celebrity’s Journey Class features Celebrity Journey and Celebrity Quest. Celebrity Journey accommodates 700 comfortably and features a full-service spa and martini bar, while Celebrity Quest features a Martini Bar, Cova Cafe, a Casino, Michael’s Club, Boutique C, the AquaSpa by Elemis and butler service in every stateroom. Celebrity Quest accommodates 710 comfortably.

    Because of the smaller size of some Celebrity Cruises vessels, they can navigate exotic locations with ease and they also allow the passenger to get up close and personal with the natural environment. This doesn’t mean that the larger ships don’t travel to exciting places as well, fortunately there are plenty of amazing destinations around the world to accommodate big or small ships.

    Celebrity Cruises destinations include: Alaska, Australia/New Zealand, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada/New England, Caribbean, Europe, Galapagos, Hawaii, Pacific Northwest, Panama Canal, South America, and Transatlantic sailings. Celebrity Cruises offers short and extended cruises anywhere from a few days up to 19 days or more. A variety of land and shore excursions are offered depending on destination. Celebrity Cruises also offers pre and post cruise package deals.

    Interested in booking a Celebrity cruise? Contact your local travel agent or visit the Celebrity Cruises official website: To book a Celebrity Cruise, visit the official Celebrity Cruises website at www.celebritycruises.com. You can also call a Celebrity Cruises representative toll-free at 1-800-647-2251 for reservations.

    Tip: If you’re interested in shopping and comparing prices on Celebrity Cruises vacations, visit any of the websites below to check out the latest Celebrity cruise deals. In addition, visit any of the cruise review websites listed at the bottom of the page to find out what previous passengers have to say about their Celebrity cruise experience.

    Kayak.com
    Expedia.com
    Orbitz.com
    Travelocity.com
    CheapTickets.com
    VacationsToGo.com
    Cruise411.com
    Cruise.com

    Cruise Review Websites

    Cruisecritic.com,
    Cruisereviewsonline.com
    Cruisereport.com,
    Cruisedirectonline.com
    Cruisemates.com

    Cruisecritic.com offers more than just reviews, this site has several search functions to help you find everything from bargains and discounts to theme cruises, and exotic itineraries. The site also includes features, news, planning tools, and a variety of cruise message boards where fellow cruisers can exchange stories and information.

    Cruisemates.com offers short reviews and ratings. The two types of ratings include: star ratings and value ratings. Star ratings are based on one question — “how good is this ship?” One star is the worst, five stars is the best. Cruisemates.com takes everything from age and accommodations to food, service, and entertainment into account when rating the worlds cruise ships. Value ratings or ‘thumbs up’ ratings are all about the “Bang for your Buck.” Five thumbs up means the ship is an excellent value while one thumb up means you won’t find much of anything that resembles a value here.

    Reviews, ratings, rankings, and popularity contests — at Cruisereviewsonline.com find out which cruise ships are at the top and which ones are not. Get other information on cruise lines, as well as information, ratings and rankings on embarkation ports, and ports-of-call.

    Cruisereport.com offers the lowdown on cruise lines from A to Z. Unbiased reviews, cruise searches, quotes, and feature articles are just a few of the sites extras. You can also search for the perfect cruise, and browse through news pieces about cruising. After checking out their ratings and reviews, you can also search for discounts and deals. With more than 50,000 visitors per month, Cruisereport.com has information on roughly 8,500 current sailings.

    Cruisedirectonline.com relies on reader surveys to help keep reviews & ratings in check. In addition to cruise ship reviews and ratings, visitors to the site will find top ten and top thirty lists, as well as feature articles about the best of the best in the world of cruises. The site has other information about discounts, as well as information on roughly 12,000 sailings. Cruise Direct Online has been featured in Frommer’s Budget Travel Magazine, and on MSNBC, CNBC, MSN Money, and more.

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