This was my 22nd cruise but the first one on the Island Escape. We booked it for the choice of ports visited, the limited time at sea and the overall price. Having usually travelled with PO and Royal Carribean we were under no illusions of what to expect from this cruise ( my first cruise was on MV Bolero years ago! ). But we loved it!!!

So easy flying from. Bournemouth , no rushing around so relaxing start to our holiday . Palma airport and transfer to the ship was also easy and there was no time wasted getting us aboard the ship where we were greeted by friendly staff. Our cabin was on deck 4, lower down than we normally would choose but although a bit dated it was spotlessly clean. This continued throughout our 2 weeks onboard .....could not fault our cabin steward Elvin at all. And it was always a surprise opening our door as there would be a " friend" waiting for us ( my favourite was the monkey :)

She's not a large ship so we quickly found our bearings and had lunch in the Island Restuarant , buffet style as would be for the rest of the cruise, waiters work really hard and the choice of food was more than adequate for all types of diners. Drinks orders were obtained quickly and we found that our wine glasses were always topped up without having to ask. Only thing that I didn't like was the coffee except in Cafe Brasil but then you do pay extra for it. Read more