This was the biggest ship we had been on and we were pleasantly surprised at how at home we felt. nearly 2900 passengers on board yet we could always find a sun lounge or some where quiet to sit.

Treated ourselves to a suite C412 and it was brilliant, lots of space and Noel our cabin steward as incredibly efficient and nothing was to much trouble.

As this was a relaxation cruise we were not overly interested in the ports of call, but a couple of points, firstly Bali was on the 1st of January with some excursions meeting at 7 am. surely a sea day would have made more sense. Some passengers arriving back on board were saying they were being charged $15 into Kuta then finding that some Taxi drivers were wanting 40 to 50 dollars to return to the ship (the comment being we know you have to get back to the ship) Read more