Having watched the recent 'Show Boaters' TV programme we wondered if we had made a mistake booking the Dream - we could not have been more wrong!

We spent the night before embarkation in Palma de Mallorca and were aboard by 10 a.m. Thomsons could do with some directions at the Port for people travelling independently - no-one in sight to point us the right way but we eventually found the Check In area where we were very quickly processed. Nice to find that our A.I. card was valid from teh moment we boarded despite our early arrival.

We were taken to cabin 7029 - an Inside Plus on the seventh deck. We had not pre-booked a particular cabin but had request4d a quiet room and this is definitely what we got. The cabin was much more spacious than we had expected with very comfortable twin beds pushed together to make a king sized double - good quality bed linen and towels. Adequate clothes hanging space with plenty of hangers and a small TV (BBC World, Sky News and Sky Sports News). The bathroom was 'bijou' but perfectly adequate - we were grateful to have seen a recommendation to take pegs to secure the shower curtain as we found these very useful; the bathrooms are in need of updating but we believe this is part of teh renovation project planned for later this year. The cabin was kept spotles throughout our stay - thank you Jimmy. Read more