Having cruised on Marco Polo 3 times over the past 18 months and experienced nothing less than complete satisfaction I amazed at some of the comments published on this site. My latest cruise to the Baltic and St Petersburg was the best of the 3.

With the usual Cruise and Maritime boarding procedure which sticks to the stated check in times we were on board within 10 minutes of arriving at Tilbury and our luggage almost beat us to the cabin which was a grade 12 premium outside on deck 7. We booked during our last C&M cruise in August 2012 and it was not until just 6 weeks before sailing that the last few cabins were selling for less than what we paid all that time ago.

Marco Polo’s cabins are probably the weakest part of their product but the room was very acceptable with sufficient storage space, a flat screen TV and 2 picture windows. It was kept clean and tidy by a hard working steward who apparently had 28 cabins to service each day Read more