Magellan Review
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I'll be factual rather than give my opinion on this cruise, that way I'm not being too negative.
Booked this back in late November as a "cheap" get away for Easter and it was also my wife's birthday and we had never been to Norway and it was on our "to do list". Originally we were booked into an inside cabin on deck 4. We'd read the reviews and found out that Magellan was an old Carnival ship (we've sailed with Carnival before) and had undergone a facelift in 2010 and again when it had passed into the hands of CMV so we were a bit hopeful that it wouldn't be tired and horrible.
Anyway, we had booked and when the tickets came through they showed an upgrade to an inside cabin on deck 7. We were very happy with this news. So we drove from Glasgow to Newcastle. Parking was incredibly easy, the boarding process went remarkably smooth in Newcastle. It was really a breeze. From arrival at the Terminal to boarding the ship - 14 minutes. Unfortunately we had not looked closely at our Magellan ship cards.
Cabin Review
Nice room, shame about the stains on the window which kinda spoil things. Also don't go pushing the main light button too hard at the corner of the room too hard or the switch cover will come off in your hand (it did to me several times) exposing live electrical wire. Also the AC doesn't do much apart from make a lovely roaring noise.
Toilet though is fab - really good power shower. Just ignore the gap behind the heated mirror though as I don't think you want to put your fingers into the live wiring behind it.