Although new to cruising we are not new to foreign travel and we were pleasantly surprised by the level of service and quality of food on the Dream. Our first experience of Thomson was unfortunately not so good. On arrival at Palma airport we were told to exit the baggage collection via door C. There was no door C and after several minutes of searching we plumped for door B and low and behold there infront of us were all of the holiday reps for all of the companies except for a Thomson cruise rep. I found a Thomson holiday rep and she pointed me in the direction of a woman stood in the background. Yes this was the cruise rep, her response was simply "go through door 5 and someone will see to you". Very welcoming! Our bus journey was also very cattle like as we found we were squeezed onto the last 2 seats and had to politely request that other passengers remove their bags which obviously needed a seat.

However once through the boarding process we did start to relax. This was temporarily short lived as our cabin was not ready and we were advised to go find a bar for a drink. No direction as to where we might find this bar so we followed the wall maps and our noses. Finally, sat on the Lido deck, with a cold drink in hand, we breathed out.

We had booked two cruises back to back, the Moorish Delights followed by Treasures of the Med, and both met expectations without a doubt. We went on many of the tours and found all of the tour guides to be really good with loads of local knowledge. A special mention must go to Mirriam our guide for Marrakesh. She not only expertly guided us through the city with tales of kings and their harems but she arranged for us to stop off at the mosque in Cassablanca, even though this was not part of the tour. Read more