This was our 9th cruise, and our 3rd out of Australia. We had previously been on Carnival Spirit, and were attracted by the itinerary, as it visited islands we had not seen before. However, due to bad weather to the north of Vanuatu the itinerary was changed and we ended up revisiting ports. The weather was very good after we turned south, and we were pleased about that.

The embarkation was perfect, possibly the quickest ever.

The ship was quite amazing, the theme was art deco and art nouveau, and we loved the glass themes, there was fantastic blown glass from Italy everywhere. The atrium was quite different to the usual light, bright,lots of windows that are on Princess and Royal Caribbean, but it was beautiful in it's own way, especially at night. Read more