After reading the bad reviews I ventured on my cruise with low expectations. I can honestly say that I had a wonderful trip and wonder where all the negative views come from. The ship was beautiful, we had a balcony cabin which was lovely. The food was good with plenty of variety, we had to pay for bottled water but that is not a problem for us. The waiters on our table were so friendly and helpful, a lot of them from Bali in Indonesia and they worked so hard and always with a smile.
We only took two of the ship's excursions, one to Rome which was very good and the other to Ephesus from Izmir. Ephesus was wonderful but I found the guide was rushing us through and wouldn't let us have time on our own and then dropped us at a carpet factory on way back where we wasted almost one hour. The other ports we did our own thing.
I liked the mix of French, German and Italians on the ship and didn't find any pushing or shoving as mentioned in some reviews. The lifts were a bit slow and often full so we just walked up or down the stairs most of the time. The shows lasted about 45 minutes to one hour and were pretty good, I loved the opera singers. Didn't try the Spa as I thought it was expensive but there was a 50% off offer after day 6.
Cabin was very comfortable. plenty of closet space. Bathroom very well designed, good shower and lighting.