Discovery Review

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emmy
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Mar 2012

We booked this holiday late - 3 weeks before sailing - as we hadn't been to the ports before and we needed a relaxing break after a hard year. This cruise had a lot of days at sea, which we needed to unwind.

We joined at Singapore to find that everybody had been evacuated from the ship and was waiting in the cruise terminal. No one knew why, not even the crew. It was noisy & chaotic, not what anyone wanted after a 12 hour (delayed) flight from the UK. Water & burgers were handed round and after a few hours we were finally allowed onto the ship, with much long queuing. Once on the ship there was a buffet meal, and all staff were very at tentative and cases delivered to our cabin swiftly.It was gone 2am before we got to bed. The following day we were informed by a letter to our cabins that there had been a report of a bomb on one of the fleet and the ship had to be thoroughly checked. We can't fault the service under the circumstances, bu there could have been a little more information provided.

Apart from the delayed start and a few minor incidents the cruse progressed fine. However, the ship is rather old and dated. We were travelling in Asia and India and the air conditioning was totally inadequate. Either not working at all of blowing out too much, usually the former. The cabin was clean and basic - not a problem for us as we don't pay for the best cabin. Our cabin steward was efficient and kept it clean. We had a slight problem with the toilet blocking twice - once late at night, but a call to the reception brought someone within 10 minutes to clear it.

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Samll but adequate. Had a 3rd berth which was closed up, but the cabin would have been too small for 3 people.

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