The whole experience of this cruise was dismal from boarding to find our luggage soaking wet in the stateroom to having the amateur crew 'entertain' us on the last night - chefs singing and IT experts doing keepy-uppy with a football. Well meaning and nice people but not the professional entertainment we thought we had bought as part of the package!

We were held on this prison ship for over 24 hours at the beginning with very little information barring an occasional announcement from the Bridge saying that there was a technical fault. Amazingly, instead of making our way to Eire to catch-up with our itinerary, we then endured a rough passage to Guernsey where the tender was slow due to the weather it created long delays in both directions and afforded us just a couple of hours ashore. We then sailed off to Cobh a day late and were informed that our much longed for trip to Liverpool was deleted from the itinerary.No chance to let friends and families know our whereabouts or plans as they unfolded and much frustration and annoyance.

We later fell foul of bad weather as we waited to be tendered into Edinburgh -once again with scant information from the Bridge, and set sail we knew not where. We should have known that there would be no creative solution to this event eg visit a different port. Instead we wandered aimlessly around the North Sea taking 2 days to reach Le Havre! Very lucrative for the on-board shops, casino etc... Read more