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Reviews of “Baltic Queen” cruise ferry?

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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.

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If this post is still open, I'd like to ask another question about the Baltic Queen. We are 2 seniors looking to travel with our adult daughter from Stockholm to Tallinn. We would like to book one of the suite rooms so we could all be together, however, the website indicates the room accommodates only 2 adults and 2 children up to the age of 17.

Does anyone know if there are issues booking 3 adults into the same room? Our daughter certainly isn't taking up more space than two 17 year youths might be. And the suite charge is advantageous to the ferry line as the suite is significantly more expensive than a family suite, designed for children.

Appreciate any input. Thank you.

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@diney - This might be too late for your purposes but I would recommend just going ahead and trying it. If it is not allowed, the online system will probably reject it. I would also note that I had to correspond with customer service due to some glitches in my booking experience and they were very responsive and helpful. So you could also just contact them. Having just stayed in a suite I feel like it should be fine space-wise but not sure if there is a policy that prevents it.

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Btw for anyone looking for reviews, here are my two cents.

We took the Baltic Queen overnight from Stockholm to Tallinn as well as the 2 hour MyStar from Tallinn to Helsinki.

Baltic Queen
The bathrooms in our cabins smelled a bit of sewage as did some parts of the hallways. We ate at the Grill House for dinner and breakfast and it was pretty mediocre. The "disco" was near our room and was very loud but luckily seemed to go quiet by 11p, or 10p. Felt a bit US Highway 90 circa 1980s/1990s. We did get a pretty good sleep though, which is important. And although I initially was not very keen on taking a shower in the bathroom, I did and it wasn't too bad.

MyStar
We did not have cabins on this ferry, so cannot compare there. But had a great lunch at Fast Lane. Generally, the ferry felt more modern, fresh, and clean. We really enjoyed it.

Overall, no regrets, the Baltic Queen is a perfectly functional way to get from Stockholm to Tallinn. But based on ferry quality alone, if the Stockholm to Helsinki ferries are more like MyStar, and my itinerary was flexible, I would take one of them instead.

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