{"id":11748,"date":"2023-10-22T05:19:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T05:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comfort-hotel-paris-roissy.com\/?p=11748"},"modified":"2023-10-22T05:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T05:19:06","slug":"im-a-cruise-superfan-and-ive-been-on-one-ship-21-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comfort-hotel-paris-roissy.com\/cruises\/im-a-cruise-superfan-and-ive-been-on-one-ship-21-times\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m a cruise superfan and I\u2019ve been on one ship 21 times\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s time for Southampton to bid farewell to Celebrity Silhouette, the Celebrity Cruises ship set to make its last journey from the British port on October 22. Over the years, Silhouette has charted a staggering 230,000 nautical miles, equivalent to circumventing the globe nearly nine times over.<\/p>\n

The ship\u2019s been a part of several special occasions including the 105 weddings celebrated on board since 2018. But from the more than 199,000 guests who\u2019ve sailed on Silhouette over the years, there\u2019s one superfan who will find the goodbye particularly poignant.<\/p>\n

Matthew Forrest has travelled on Celebrity Silhouette an incredible 21 times and even worked from the ship during the pandemic.\u00a0Express.co.uk\u00a0caught up with the cruise superfan to find out how it feels to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

Despite having many memorable experiences on Silhouette, for Matthew, the happiest moment is always stepping onboard on the first day of a cruise. He said: \u201cIt\u2019s that moment where you\u2019re walking up the gangway at Southampton and you see Celebrity\u2019s name through the glass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps his most unusual onboard experience, Matthew even spent some time working onboard the ship during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Celebrity Cruises has an array of seasonal deals on offer – but deals run for a limited time only so be quick!<\/p>\n

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After working almost entirely from his garden shed throughout lockdowns, Matthew saw an opportunity to enjoy a much more interesting view as soon as Silhouette was back on the water.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI did a couple of weeks where I was just going around the UK and I ended up sort of sitting outside Liverpool. I got a day\u2019s work tidied up and then there\u2019s nothing nicer than being on a multi million pound cruise ship with someone to cook for me and everything onboard to do. The ship felt like such a safe environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it probably brightened a few colleagues\u2019 days seeing a slightly different backdrop from me every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nowadays Matthew is pretty much always on holiday when he cruises but some of the crew would still say he answers his work phone too much.<\/p>\n

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