We sailed from Marmaris Turkey in September 2011, on the Thomson Celebration. The destinations were fantastic, the highlight was Jerusalem and Bethleham. Well worth the money on the Thomson trip. It was very well organised and the tour guide was well informed.
We booked late and had a cabin on deck 1/2. We like an outside cabin, so we paid £84 for an outside. What a waste of money as the cabin we were allocated on deck 1 was right on the water line, and as we sailed along most of the time it was below water. So we saw nothing out of it.
When we were in dock we faced a brick wall (the quay). It was about 3 inches from our porthole and we had to have our light on all the time. We felt we had been deceived as this is not pointed out on the website or in the brochure.
Dreadful cabin on deck 1 with no view. Watch for cabins at the back of the ship low down as they are very noisy with engine noise.