The ship itself is looking quite worn for it's age for example lifts are out of order and buttons in the lifts are falling off. The theme throughout the ship seems to be brown which gives many of the rooms a dark and dull feeling.

We had two cabins, one balcony and an inside opposite it. We were happy with the balcony cabin as the room feels quite cosy and pleasant. However, there were yellow stains all over the duvet and had to ask for this to be changed. In the inside cabin the bathroom had hair on the floor and a few toe nails as well! Both of the showers smelt of green mould and as the cruise continued there was a foul smell in the inside cabin bathroom. At the start of our cruise we could smell cigarette smoke on the balcony and to cut a long story short we finally caught the culprit after much stress and the deck officer caught them red handed after we had phoned the reception about the problem about four times.

We had nice first lunch on board in the buffet but after that most of the food offered looked like school dinners. However, the curries were an exception to this. At peak times it could be hard to find a table. The hygiene in the buffet was terrible with most people walking in not washing their hands in the sinks provided. After the first day or two there was nobody to police this at the entrances to the buffet and the same goes for people filling up their water bottles at the drinks machine. No wonder there was a Norovirus outbreak a month ago! Read more