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Reviews of “Baltic Queen” cruise ferry?

Hi - Has anyone taken the Tallink Silja Baltic Queen recently and have a review of it? The reviews I’ve found are often many years old and/or minimal info.

Our priorities are a good night’s sleep in a nice room with good beds, and good food. It will be 2 adults and 4 kids, ages 10 to 18, so we likely will get 2 cabins. I was planning to get one of the better cabins, within reason. We don’t care about shows or activities. In fact, the quieter the better.

Background: We’re visiting Stockholm and Helisinki (in that order) in August 2025 but would like to visit Tallinn too. I’m choosing between either going straight to Helsinki and doing a day trip to Tallinn at some point in our stay vs taking the cruise ferry to Tallinn, staying 1 night, and then taking the ferry to Helsinki. I’d prefer the 1 night option, since a day trip seems a bit hectic but reviews online have indicated that the cruise ferries from Stockholm to Helsinki are quite a bit nicer than those to Tallinn, so I just want to consider that before I decide. The pictures of the cabins and restaurants on the Tallink Silja website definitely made me more inclined towards the Stockholm-Helsinki route than Stockholm-Tallinn but maybe they just weren’t doing it justice. Also, it’s just 1 night.

Thanks!

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There are many reviews online, you can find several. But if you're looking for good beds and good food, you shouldn't be worried. There's nothing wrong with the cabins. And the food selections is a bit smaller compared to the ships from Finland to Sweden, but there are still three restaurants and a café to choose from. So you should be able to find something that suits you.

And yes, Tallinn is worth more than a day trip. I'd even say that Tallinn is worth more time than Helsinki. And both ships take the same route out of Stockholm so the archipelago views are the same.