What makes us love a ship is not the opposite of what makes us hate it. What I loved about the Voyager was its layout, its deck space and the first few days in the dining room. But overall it was the little things that let the ship down - those things that individually make us sound like whingers if we complain about them, but cumulatively help us make the decision to choose a different line next time. As a summary I would say that this ship would be excellent for short (less than 7 days) warm weather trips. It would be great for the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and the islands of the Pacific as the ship has been laid out for outside living with lots of space on the decks and lots and lots of deck chairs, though with perhaps insufficient cover to prevent sunburn.

But it was the little things that irritated. I am used to being able to do my own washing and I found that mattered to me that I had to pay $15 for a small plastic bag of undies and t shirts to be washed. I also hated eating off plastic and drinking out of plastic mugs and plastic glasses. As someone else said, "I wouldn't do it at home, so why would it be OK on the ship?" It also wasn't OK to be provided some days with paper cups in the cabins (and sometimes not depending on whether the cabin boy replaced them after taking them away when he cleaned up).

My husband's major complaint was that the coffee was undrinkable, leading to coffee withdrawal symptoms of bad headaches. He found the use of HT milk made "an abomination". The ship calls at enough ports to have fresh milk. But even the Starbucks coffee you had to pay extra for that they are so proud of was undrinkable for him. Read more