overpoweringly hot stuffy and the air con sounded like a road drill all the time 

toilet not working for a long time 
vanity unit in bath room left swinging open 
tv not work at first

45 there was just nothing else really to do if you were not a drinker 

back in the cabin the toilet was working , horary , but the vanity unit was still swinging very dangerously around 

I suppose I was lucky as a couple I spoke to at lunch the next day still did not have a working toilet after more than a day on board 

food continued to be terrible , service got even worse 

I tried to use the buffet but it was virtually impossible to get a table in side and all the outside tables were full of the biggest number of smokers I have ever seen on a cruise 

as a non smoker I found the stink of cigarette smoke very very intrusive 

the cruise carried on much the same way for the whole thankfully short 3 days 

it was so bad that they infact gave everyone on board a £50 obc , and I have to say this was the only time I had ever seen people spending in the pathetically stocked shops 

a little comment here what a terrible system the staff in the duty free shop have they were advising everyone that although the limit for cigarettes and booze was one per person "DONT WORRY ABOUT THAT TAKE LOADS WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY NEVER CHECK AT TILBURY "    what a terrible company advising customers to break the law in this way  I do hope someone from H M R C  finds out about this practice 

another very disappointing thing was the amount of litter , empty drinks glasses left around the ship , even in the mornings last nights glasses were still left around and a tremendous amount of cigarette ends everywhere 

not only did they give everyone the obc but there was an offer as we arrived on board if you bought a cruise you could take another passenger free or 50% reduction for solo travellers   BUT  because of the failings on this cruise they were offering an extra 25% discount on top of these offers 

yes folks that's how bad it was on board , I can honestly say the only way they would get me on another CMV  cruise is if they gave it me free of charge 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE    don't do as I did , read the reviews and think it cant really be that bad    

IT HONESTLY IS THAT BAD AND POSSIBLY WORSE 

on a slightly different topic , I was surprised at the amount of uncouth behaviour of several of the other cruisers , ive never seen that on a cruise before 

cruise and maritime has in my opinion really hit rock bottom , I just don't think it could get any worse 

I gave it one star as there was not a facility to give it none 

I have to add that im not very mobile , with walking difficulties and cruise and maritime Magellan is certainly not suitable unless you are totally able30  and the meeting at reception was fantastic , escorted to my cabin by a very pleasant lady 

well that's the end of the good stuff 

cabin quite spacious  but really stiflingly hot 

after a 3 1/2 hour drive to the port , its actually quicker to fly to Barcelona , I needed to use the toilet that was the second problem after the heat of the cabin , no working toilet 

3rd problem the bathroom vanity unit was swinging around making it impossible to properly wash my hands 

next problem  the tv didn't work 

after fining a cabin steward , he threw his hands up and said ill get someone 

well they did fix the tv and switched on the airconditioning 

omg   it sounded like someone was driving a road drill in the cabin but I had to leave it on or I would not have been able to breath 

decided to leave them to sort the problems while I headed up to the buffet for lunch 

quite impressed by the nice ice carvings , sugar craft sculptures , butter carvings and melon carvings 

not at all impressed but the food on offer though 

I am used to ncl buffets where there is always a fantastic variety and good quality    here there was very little choice at all and the quality was certainly not there either 

after this disappointment back to the cabin to unpack but even with the "road drill " air con it was still overpoweringly hot and still not working toilet or useable bathroom 

report again to reception who tell me it is a fault with a lot of the cabin , "but they are looking in to it "

take a look around the ship 

disappointed that as I cant climb stairs because of my disability only half of the lifts are working and most of them are being used for the baggage coming to the cabins 

to be honest not much to see on board all the bars ect were deserted the 2 shops were closed and there was nothing happening at all on the ship 

sat by the rear mini pool area , but had to move on due to the horrid fumes from the stuff they were paining the "pool" with    -- btw   it was never ever in use for the whole cruise  neither was the other main pool 

for saying that the ship had just come out of a month in dry dock, according to one crew member who I had asked a question , she said sorry I don't know we are all new !!!!!!!

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