As a couple our reason for booking on the Thomson Majesty was the appealing itinerary which took in some places we hadn't been to before.

An 'unannounced' note under the door posted during the day 1 departure evening from Tenerife informed us the first half of the week's itinerary had been changed by the Captain. Apparently there was a possibility of a weather front in the area which made it unsafe for the Majesty to put out to sea. This meant the cruise destinations of La Palma and Madeira were binned in favour of a 3 day berth in Gran Canaria (instead of the intended 1 days original stay) and a desperate return to Tenerife was pencilled in for day 5 (oh dear). This left us with a couple of trips at the end of the week to Fuerteventura and La Gomera, both of which proved really nice days after the boredom of extended stays on islands we have already toured many times in the past.

As regards the Majesty as a cruise ship I'll cut to the chase.... Read more