Last year we cruised on this ship and horrendous smells on our corridor create a complaint and a cruise discount and as a result another cruise of this ship - this time the Spanish Mediterranean. It's really seven days in the Med with the rest on the Atlantic - a gamble really that's paid off on both our cruises out of Southampton.

There are three of us and our young son is a FlowRider fanatic. This provides us with plenty of opportunity to sit and read and we don't really do the 'Benidorm Deck' experience. As usual mutterings from other guests were around RCI staff not enforcing the 30 minute towel rule and sun loungers were apparently hard to come by - a frustration if that is what you are in to. This was a repeat complaint as last year's cruise. It's strange really cruising on a mainly British occupied ship as when we have sailed out of Venice and Fort Lauderdale this wasn't an option - most people weren't really there to resemble the duck teriyaki served in the Windjammer restaurant.

Here are my thoughts, in not particular order: - Read more