We have just returned from a 7 day cruise from Marmaris to Rhodes, Israel, Cyrus, and Turkey and the usual excellent Thomson service was given by all the crew on the ship. However there were two areas which we feel need to be looked at.

The first is the continuous vibration, more a wobble than a vibration, throughout the ship even when it was stationary in a port. We have been on three other Thomson ships and some with Cunard and Costa and did not have this problem. You do get used to it but it is quite noticable when you first arrive on the ship.

The other problem was the air conditioning which was very cold especially in the theatre area especially near the windows. One night it was so cold that we were physically shivering and then two days later we both got chest infections which I believe could be due to the coldness on the ship and we are both now on antibiotics as we both have a virus chest infection. Read more