I have been on 18 cruises, but never longer than 7 days. This was my 1st longer cruise and my 1st transatlantic cruise.
EMBARKATION: I arrived at the port in Barcelona with a fellow passenger who spoke Spanish. Somewhow, that got us priority boarding. We walked right up to counter, got our cruise cards and walked right onto the ship. I think were were onboard within 10 ...
We cruised in November and took in a little of Barcelona before hand due to a strike in the city, arrived at the port waited for 2 hours of general disorganised chaos and then welcomed aboard to be shown to our balcony room which was not really a balcony but more of a large porthole which was not made clear to us when booking, it was difficult to see anything unless standing at balcony, I believe ...