First impressions were that the vessel was a bit tired and definitely not luxurious, but that wasn't a problem, we knew it was at the budget end of the market. We sailed late on the evening of embarkation and it was then when we realised we had made a horrible mistake.
The sea was not rough - maybe a maximum 1.5m swell with the occasional top coming off, on any other ship you would never have noticed it. The motion on this thing was ridiculous, the forward end of the ship being subjected to a deafening crash every time it hit a swell, reverberating round the cabin making sleep impossible. Customer relations just shrugged and said there were no spare cabins - which was a lie, as a visit to the bridge revealed that the ship was only 75% capacity. Several of us spent nights trying to sleep in one of the deserted lounges, or sat on the seats on deck 5 outside the Oasis resturant, just to escape the nerve jangling crashing and banging.
However, the staff were great, waiters excellent, food was fine and the Oasis restaurant in particular first class. Entertainment wasn't as good as other Thomson ships, but for all that it was OK. Only complaint, and its a big one, was the total unsuitability of the forward cabins in the slight seas we encountered. It would have been nice to find a quiet lounge where you could have a conversation, but thats a rather subjective and minor niggle.
cabin 8004. Clean, comfortable, but sleep impossible when in anything but a flat calm sea, due to horrendous crashing, juddering and banging every time the bows hit a swell. Dreadful.