We were looking forward to our holiday as I have just retired and the cruise would be the icing on the cake to start my retirement.

Buffet restaurant food was either cold or lukewarm some days unable to find a table so we went without you would have thought that the Italians and Germans had been starved for months on end the way they used to pile food on there plates and then fill there bags with food we had to by our water there was a water cooler which said NOT to fill bottles but to purchase from cabin or ships shop.The waiters were often rude or could not understand what was said the food in the Red Velvet restaurant was OK, but the best was THE MEX restaurant and the waiters were really friendly the food was excellent.

Entertainment was poor it was geared for the Italians and Germans they even had a special night for the Germans. There was no English entertainment,there was smoking all over the ship which we found quite daunting everywhere we went there was smoking it was horrible. Read more