Magellan Review

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CMV- Never Again

Review for the British Isles & Western Europe Cruise on Magellan
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2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Mar 2015

We have also just returned from a cruise with CMV, on their ‘new’ vessel, the Magellan. A memorable trip for the solar eclipse and northern lights, but infamous in our memory for the levels of illness, lacklustre quality and astonishing bureaucracy.

Embarkation went remarkably smoothly, and we were taken to our cabin, a twin room on Deck 6 outer, efficiently. We only had four bags between us; these arrived individually over the space of about two hours. When sailing the Magellan shakes, judders and rattles like a cross channel ferry, so if that something you can't sleep through keep it in mind.

There was a lot of minor illness on the cruise, a heavy cold virus seems to have been accelerated around, by the first weekend hacking coughs and sneezes punctuated all public gatherings onboard. We lost a couple of days each recovering from this illness, and talking to other passengers this was quite a common experience.

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Given what we had paid we were expecting something reasonably luxurious and were disappointed by the basic fittings, sad carpet, old electrical trunking, and very intrusive bunk beds folded against the walls above our beds. You have to take care not to bump your head against these as you get in and out of bed, also avoiding the intrusive reading light fittings. During the cruise cabin toilets stopped working intermittently; lights in our cabin flashed on and off without the switches being touched; and on the last night a large part of Deck 7 accommodation flooded and people spent the rest of the night sleeping in corridors. Wardrobe space was reasonable, the water was hot if you timed your showers away from regular shower times and water pressure was always good. Although a British ship all the electric outlets are two pin-European. You can buy converter sockets in the onboard shop, or as we did, in Invergordon. The only ventilation in the cabin is via a panel in the ceiling with a knob in its middle to alter the flow of air. As I am 6'3" I found it easy to adjust the flow, how others got on I don't know.Our cabin steward was lovely and we always found our accommodation well looked after.

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