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Booked this cruise for my mum's 75th birthday. It was her first cruise but my 8th one, although 1st time on Cunard.
We went to Amsterdam, Bruges and Le Havre (for Paris) and these are my comments on the cruise.
Dissapointed with the bedding (why can't they make pillow cases to fit and be bothered to iron the duvet). They were both stained and the velcroded vallance was falling off the sides of the bed!! We had our shower curtain changed twice during 5 days but never the bedding!!!! The cost of the spa ("special offer" for the 5 nights was USD 200 for the two of us!!!!), the days activities (great if you want to pay for the fitness classes, attend boring lectures or listen to "health" lectures where they are trying to sell you something, were all dissapointing too.
We went to a quiz half an hour one morning as there was nothing else that appealed to us, and we were given 6 minutes to answer 20 questions, then swap papers to answer them so we were out of there in 12 minutes.
Good points, the food was superb, the steward was great, the shows were OK.
If you are going to Amsterdam and your brochure says the ship stops in Rotterdam, this is not true. ALL Cunard ships stop in Amsterdam so do not book a truely inflated priced tour. You can walk there in 12 minutes.
We walked into Amsterdam and took a book cruise for EURO 11 per person. Cunard wanted about EURO 42 each!!!
In Bruges we took the free shuttle bus to Blankenberg then the train to Bruges. The train was EURO 5.40 return per person. Cunard wanted EURO 50 per person for the same trip.
We did succumb and book the trip to Honfleur when we were in Le Havre as we took the free shuttle into town and there was NOTHING THERE. Even the few shops were closed. So we had a 4 hour trip to Honfleur for EUR 66 each!!!!!!!
Probably the worst of the 8 cruises I have been on and I know my mother has not been persuaded to go again.
If you want a beautiful ship, great shows, better food, no extra expenses and a nicer room, use the Royal Caribbean line.
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