Chose this cruise as travelling with parents who are nearly 80 (unsure whether a cruise would suit them and mum unsteady on feet), partner and son age 6. Thought it would be a good tester cruise for the wider family. Booked a balcony room so son could have a "proper" bed rather than a pull down one. Also thought we would be able to sit on balcony while son slept. Unfortunately when the sofa bed is made into a bed it blocks the balcony and the only way to get to balcony is to climb on bed; which would wake son and is not practical with arthritic joints - disappointing and left feeling the extra paid for balcony room was a waste of money. Tender was further to shore than anticipated. Timed crossings from our cabin and they ranged from 5-15 minutes. Typically ours took 15 minutes as we had to bob around on the sea for 10 minutes while a cat was allowed into harbour first - not good for poor/nervous travellers.

There seems to be contradictory information provided regarding luggage allowance - literature ranged from 20kg, 22kg and 25kg so we were unsure what the actual limit was. Also found contradictory times for restaurant opening hours and as a result missed breakfast at the Medina Restaurant and had to go to Horizon - where we noted pork sausages were labelled as beef sausages.

Ate in the informal restaurant (Horizon) on the formal night and was disappointed with the choice of food available - roast pork (which the server offered as beef) or chinese food. On the first night we ate in the Medina Restaurant which was lovely; great service and a good choice of food. We also tried breakfast here which was very tasty but if you ask for sausage, bacon and egg thats exactly what you get - 1 sausage, 1 rasher of bacon and an egg which looks rather lost on the huge serving plate. Read more