Where to start.. We booked this ship with our friends for a 50th birthday celebration, and as we'd never been on cruise before we didn't really know what to expect.

A painfully slow check in, people barging, elbowing and queue jumping, being herded against a photo display and forced to have your picture taken, should have told us about what we were about to let ourselves in for..

First, the good points. The ship itself, which was actually pretty good. Clean cabin (we had a balcony room with a pull out bed for our young daughter) and well maintained communal areas, good bars and a good casino. Read more