Discovery Review
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This is a floating retirement village; full of routines that belong in a retirement village, eg pools close 6pm, deck staff come and begin to stack away deck chairs at 5pm, show at night only on for half an hour, entertainment is lectures, games with cruise directors staff - held indoors and consisting of quoits, carpet golf, carpet bowls using plastic balls and bean bag throwing -, trivia, handicrafts (bead bracelets, fabric corsages etc, you have to buy each kit), one table tennis table only available limited hours, 18 turns around the deck to walk a mile
Ship
Small. Old. Worn in places ( carpets, timber deck flooring). Have real keys to open doors, no cards.
Cabin Review
Cabins
Deck 4 4117 outside has two decent sized portholes, two narrow hard beds, limited storage, two single wardrobe sections, desk with drawers, chair, three drawer chest between beds, tv on wall. The cabins have a variety of layouts depending on size and shape. The safe was on the floor of a wardrobe which meant it was dark plus you had to kneel to access it; hopeless arrangement for elderly passengers. Hopeless reading lights, too dim and too low on the already low bedhead, pillow obscured light so you had to lie on one edge of the bed to be able to read.
Nice and quiet, handy to purser, gangway, lifts
Deck 5 5117 outside was a triple room with pulldown bunk. Three wardrobe sections, tv on wall, desk with drawers, chair, three drawer chest next to one bed, wall cupboard with doors and shelves (safe was in here), plus open shelf along one wall under bunk. One reading light hopelessly dim and too low (same as 4117 above), one bright and situated on a high bedhead. Two good sized windows and deep sill.
Nice and quiet, no noise from nightly shows above in carousel lounge