This was a deal offered by bookonline.com. Two back to back cruises over 14 days covering Mumbai, Mangalore, Cochin, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Goa & back to Mumbai.
On entering our cabin, it was obviously tired and in need of refurbishment, there was only one socket for all our uses, which in these modern times is crazy. As always after a long flight etc. We made use of the coffee machine and water bottle. Our disgust to find, next day, they we added to the mini bar bill. Everything purchased has a 15% service charge added. EVERTHING. The clientele were 90% Italian. The entertainment was excellent, mostly in Italian. The music and dancing in the main bar was strictly Latin line dancing, 4 steps forward, 4 back, 4 left, 4 right, all night every night. We even started making bets on the next song to come.one other ballroom had a group who played mostly swing, but to only ever a half dozen people, so took frequent breaks. The food in the main restaurant was Italian, with only one deviation when we had a number of Indians on board for 3 days., but there was an opportunity to get something else in the buffet restaurant.
The visits to the various stops were fantastic, but very expensive. In Male, the excursion to Paradise Island was 209 Euro per person, incl. lunch & soft drinks. We did it on another Island for 120 Euro pp incl a fantastic lunch all alcohol, beach towels in a 500 Dollar per night hotel & for an hour longer than Costa's.