We treated ourselves to a Getaway in Queens Grill so had priority embarkation as did our friends who were travelling with us but in Balcony accommodation, we left our car with the parking service as usual and were very speedily on the ship and found a lovely spotless cabin in a superb position deck 5 right by the lifts but not noisy at all, walk in shower, large whirlpool bath, separate basin and toilet, comfortable bed, great balcony, very roomy. Our butler was marvellous very unobtrusive and highly efficient, tea served on the balcony, hot aperitifs' in the cabin when we gave a small party for some friends who were also aboard, nothing was too much trouble, we were made to feel so welcome.

The food in the Queens Grill was superb, served exactly to our requirements, very attentive waiters, can't criticise anything, we asked at times for things not on the menu and they were supplied with a smile very promptly.

The entertainment we saw was also good - we particularly liked the comedian who was genuinely very funny. The Astronomy talks were very good too but numbers attending suffered from competition from Wimbledon I think Read more