Background & pre cruise:

We're 60 year old Australians with 11 previous cruises on different ships (and many different cruise lines) with which to compare.

This cruise was actually three by seven days cruises that started in Barcelona and finally finished in Venice. Some passengers did a combination of part of the 3 cruises. Although our on-board credit account was carried over to the end of the 21 days, we were given new ship passes for each sector. Read more