Once on board, we decided, as the weather was not great, to indulge in a sail away drink. My wife ordered fresh orange, I ordered Sam Adams. "Sorry sir, we will not have Sam Adams until we stock the bar, but should have it tomorrow". Not a great first impression.
Having been called to pre-sail muster station safety briefing, we were a bit surprised that we did not need to take our life jackets and that the muster station was on deck 4 - outside. It was all very relaxed until the captain came on the public address system and walked us through the actions to take in the event of an emergency. His final briefing was to remind everyone to remember their personal behaviour and that of their children, warning everyone that unruly behaviour would not be tolerated. My wife and I have been on several cruises and were surprised and rather uncomfortable about the type of people on the cruise. We discovered that during the cruise, two families were evicted in Palma, after fighting on deck. Another were set ashore after letting their fifteen year old son get steaming drunk on whiskey.
We met some lovely couples on board but there were some other people on board who, frankly, I would not like to bump into on a night out. Rough as the roads!