Our party both female: me, aged 64, and Pam, aged 80 and who uses a walking stick. Our main interests in travel are art, history, architecture, and good food.

We booked our cruise from the UK and our price included flights and transfers from Heathrow to Barcelona. We were met by RCCL in Barcelona and put aboard buses for transfer to the ship. We had done our check-in forms on line, so our boarding procedure was really quick. Since we had been up since 0400 to catch our 0720 flight at Heathrow, we were very happy to be allowed to board the ship right away. It was not long until we were allowed to go to our stateroom at 1300.

We were on deck 8, in a balcony suite. I had cruised once before (to Alaska on Holland America) and learned then that the extra private accommodation available with a balcony suite was worth the extra money. The bathroom was smaller than on my previous cruise with only a VERY small shower, no tub, but we prefer a shower anyway. The beds were very comfortable. There was plenty of storage space and the safe was easy to use and roomy. We did not touch anything in the fridge. Read more