No doubt lots of reviewers will have read mixed reviews. The good reviewers accuse people who give negative reviews as 'moaners'... but read between the lines and you can see a pattern forming. The facts are as follows: * Thomsons sell this ship on their website as a 'luxurious' ship, 'flagship of the fleet', 'top drawer'. Forgive me for being negative and a moaner, but if that's what I have paid for, that's what I expect. Unfortunately, Thomson's description of the Dream is not what you actually get. What you actually get is: * Cancelled Ports (4 in total) - 1 for bad weather - ok. 3 for weak and unbelievable reasons - not acceptable. * Smell of Sewerage. Trust me, It is definitely still there. (there I go moaning again) - so much so, that it made me and my husband gag with the smell when walking along the corridors on deck 7. It is also evident in deck 6 and in deck 4 when you are dining in the Orion restaurant, if you are seated near the lifts. The smell started on day 4 of the holiday and lasted right through until day 14. Not an exaggeration, but fact. * Blocked toilets - in cabins and in public areas. Some people might think that blocked toilets are acceptable on a cruise, but I don't, and not for the whole 14 days of my holiday. *Limited air conditioning. Again, some people might like to have limited or no air conditioning in their cabins and public areas, again, I don't.

There are some positive comments I can make - :-). One is that the staff are absolutely brilliant. If it wasn't for the staff the holiday would have been a complete nightmare. The entertainment is good too. The food in the Orion restaurant is very good - but the self service restaurants were awful (sorry, I'm moaning again).

Make of my review what you like. I can only give you my opinion. If you don't mind putting up with sewerage smell, blocked toilets, limited air conditioning, soot emitting from the funnels on deck 11, and cancelled itinerary ports, then you will enjoy cruising on The Dream. On the other hand, if you are an old moaner like me, you will expect more for you hard earned money and in the future cruise on another, newer, more fragrant, more efficient, and reliable cruise ship.