Our flights were organised by Cunard and we had hoped for a better quality of experience than was provided. We flew by BA from Heathrow. Other passengers went from Manchester and had a very good service from Titan. While we were in cattle class with a rapid drink & sandwich thrown at us they travelled in comfort and had a hot meal on china and with metal cutlery! Top tip: go Titan if possible.

Embarkation was unremarkable and fairly rapid once our luggage was handed over to Cunard staff at Venice airport.

Our cabin (PG1) was pretty much as expected as we had had similar accomodation on the Arcadia (identical ship but with different decor & layout). We were surprised to see much less of our steward than on previous cruises but the poor man appeared to have more cabins to service than before. Read more