booked a three day cruise to try it out and absolutely loved every minute. Embark meant smooth, turned up at 12 instead of 2 and were on within 30 mins. Valet parking excellent. Beautiful ship, immaculate in all areas .. Who said it was tired? No way. It's like a 6 star hotel in my opinion. Staff are friendly but remember some of them have just joined the ship and have little or no English, smile and say good morning and they respond. I think some are a little shy. Watched the take that and Freddie Mercury tributes .. Both good, tried the quiz .. Gd fun. Went into Guernsey on our own, did the Ypres trip which was brilliant. Aye in Sindhu .. Not to be missed and 17 .. Again excellent, crepe suzette cooked at the table. Loved planet bar and malabar. Bodies noisy as the stags n hens used that but that was fine, we weren't disturbed at all. Used spa for a couples massage very gd, big sell to get u to buy goods there .. We bought two items for £38 each only to see on our bill one was £112 so took that back for a refund. Black tie was on the sat and was lovely, strict dress code though, guy in jeans asked to leave bar. Most women really dressed up, few just wore summer long dresses but we're in minority. Had some gorgeous food aboard from lobster to crab to steak really well presented. Breakfasts we took in the served area, only used self serve restaurant once on arrival day for lunch. Had a balcony on b deck definitely a gd level as ur not overlooked. Can't wait to cruise again.