This was our first cruise and all in all a great experience.

We (for some reason) chose early November as cruise date, we aren't too bothered about hot weather, obviously this is a gamble though and we experienced some pretty rough seas on the way there as a result. 27 deg C was the maximum experienced and that was in Madeira

We got gale force 7-8 in the Bay of Biscay according to the captains announcement and that was easy to believe given the extreme winds on deck, the whiteness of the sea and the 4-5 mtr waves in the pool. On entry to Lisbon we crossed over shallow water, the waves there hit the ship and many bottles of duty free were broken in the hold, we were sat in the Windjammer at the time and several people and pretty much everything on every table hit the deck. Egg shells orange juice and water everywhere. Read more