1. The Trip: The trip to be described in this review was one that started on Feb 3, 2007 from Jacksonville, Fl and ended at the same location on Feb 18. The trip was advertised by Discovery World Cruises as a trip to Antarctica with 2 days at the start of the trip in Buenos Aires, the cruise portion from Ushuaia, Argentina, on MV Discovery, with one night in Buenos Aires. Reservations were originally made in April 2006.

2. Flight and Land Arrangements: The flights were booked through Discovery. Going to Buenos Aires the flights were on American Airlines; returning from BA they were on LAN Argentina and American Airlines. Although slightly better connections were possible, the flights chosen by Discovery were reasonable and cost effective with the add on airfare cost of $695/person. At the airport in BA we were met by a representative of Discovery (through Furlong Incoming Cruise Division) and brought directly to the Sofitel BA hotel. Although we arrived around 1030am our room was available at 11am which was much appreciated because of the overnight flight. In the afternoon we took the provided BA city tour. For the following day we signed up for two tours,a sightseeing tour outside of BA and dinner and tango show in the evening. The tour was good and the tango show was excellent. The cost for each tour had to be paid in US$ which was not told to us in advance. The charges could not be paid by credit card or on to our ship charge account. We felt that this information should have been made known to us in advance. On the third day in BA we were taken to the international airport for a charter flight (747/400) to Ushuaia. Our seats were in the upper deck of the plane with wide business class seats and a fine lunch. A similar seating arrangement took place on the return to BA from Ushuaia. After talking to some passengers in a similar situation we speculated that the seat assignments in the first/business sections of the plane could be related to the cabin class on the ship. After arrival in Ushuaia we were transferred by bus to the ship where registration took place and luggage delivered to the cabin. All of this process was handled efficiently. On our return to BA at the end of the cruise a similar process had us in the hotel for one night and then a transfer to the airport for the overnight flight back to the US. All arrangements for this were handled quite satisfactorily.

3. The Cabin: Our cabin was a category D cabin on the Promenade deck. This was a convenient location towards the front of the ship. The size of the cabin was 223 sq ft. The cabin had 2 single beds, a very nice bath area, TV, chairs, etc. The room was not spartan in any way and we felt it was nice. The shape of the room was slightly different from the original deck plan when we booked; however the discrepancy was corrected in later deck plans. Cabin service was very good with helpful attendants Read more