I have just returned from my 21st cruise on this ship and after taking cruises on many other much “posher" ships, I can tell you that whilst this ship is old and lacking in some of the recreational facilities of the much larger more modern ships she certainly makes up for this with the welcoming homely atmosphere which is all down to the wonderful crew which really are the best of any ship I have sailed on.

I was lucky enough whilst I was there to try the new Black Rock Restaurant. Still in its infancy this restaurant is currently very small and located just outside the Beachcomber Restaurant on Deck 10. However, I have it on very good authority that hopefully soon this restaurant will be taken outside for the summer. In addition there are plans to develop all this internal area to make an attractive new internal home for this new restaurant.

Having never heard of this form of dining before I was completely unaware of what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised how much I really enjoyed it. Starters are Tapas served with an amazing assortment of breads, this was really tasty and as bread is a personal favourite of mine I really had to control myself or I would have eaten the lot and not had room for anything else. Read more