Our 12 nighter to the Baltic was my 3rd and my husband's 2nd cruise. As a previous reviewer has said the weather wasn't great so we were quite pleased we hadn't splashed out on a balcony. Having a porthole though was brilliant as we could lie in bed with our room service breakfast and watch those beautiful Stockholm islands glide by at eye level. It was great being down on a level with the waves. We were in 3040, forward, on the portside which meant we had private views over the sea in sunny Tallin and Gothenburg but over a rainy dockside in Helsinki. It's all a blur and I can't remember the others!

We were very pleased with our cabin which was well appointed for the grade. We'd booked a Y grade outside guarantee cabin relatively late in April, so it was pot luck which cabin we got. In the event the situation was perfect for us just around the corner from the forward lifts to the gym and solarium. We were below, and well away from, the noisy Centrum and our fellow passengers were very quiet in their cabins and in the corridors, so with earplugs we heard hardly any noise at all. There was just about enough storage. Reasonable size bathroom with powerful shower and a line to hang your wet cozzies on. Certainly in our grade the only toiletries supplied were liquid soap in a dispenser in the shower and small bars of soap so I'd recommend you take your own. There is a hairdryer in the vanity unit in the cabin. The cabin and ship were spotlessly clean and Percy, our cabin steward, was very cheerful and efficient despite working extremely hard.

Our only gripe about the accomodation, being Brits, was lack of kettle. We brought vacuum flasks and filled up at the coffee station last thing at night, but it was a bit of bind and not quite the same when the water is not piping hot first thing in the morning. I really don't understand why you can't bring a travel kettle on board. We saw people carrying boiling hot cups of tea and coffee all the way down in the lift which was quite precarious. Read more