After a pretty miserable year we decided to treat our grown up children and their partners to a break to bring in the New Year. We wanted something to include good food, entertainment, and the opportunity to have all inclusive drinks and be able to absorb some sunshine. We thought a cruise would be perfect. Our only mistake was to put our faith in Thomson.

All three cabins requested to be double beds turned out to be singles and could only be described as a notch above camp beds. Under no circumstances should cabins 604, 608 or 620 be allocated to fare paying passengers. They are NOISY and UNCOMFORTABLE and you can hear every action of the engine room and every wave that hits the ship. Many other passengers experienced the same problem.

The ship was advertised as being refuArbed to platinum standard. It was blatantly obvious that no improvements had taken place in these cabins for many a year with formica walls and very tatty fixtures. It became obvious to us on the morning that we disembarked that when passing all the open doors of vacated cabins that in fact many had been refurbished and that such a programme had not reached our corner of the ship. No way should Thomson have expected any passenger to endure such second rate accommodation. Any first time cruiser would have been put off cruising for life. After accepting our fate with the accommodation we decided to make the best of it............................we wish Read more