Joined the ship in the morning, check in was fairly quick considering the number of people to process through. Went straight to our room on Deck 10 and our luggage was already outside in the passageway. We had an inside double but the beds were separate. We unpacked immediately - plenty of space for all our clothes with room to spare, don't think we could have carried much more on board anyway! Once unpacked we decided to go and explore and we then met our allocated cabin steward Shirley who was absolutely brilliant and once we mentioned our bed we went to 'reconnoiter' the ship. We returned about 45 mins later and the room had been transformed with the double bed joined etc..

Our room, although a basic inside had tea/coffee making facilities, a fridge and electronic safe. There were two small 500ml bottles of water in our fridge which cost to replace £2 each!! So we did not open them and they remained unopened for the whole trip!! More later on water........

Very easy to find your way around the ship if you have cruised before which we had, this made getting anywhere a whole lot easier and quicker, still a few lost souls wandering around though! Everyone is provided with a ship map and there are maps displayed near the lifts on each deck. Read more