Booked this cruise as a birthday present for my patner. We flew with Thomas Cook although very happy with the flight out - the night flight home was terrible there was no chance of getting any rest far to noisy could even hear the air stewards talking, we upgraded to premier seating well worth the extra cost, plenty of drinks and food was amazing both ways. Our suitcases where taken of us at Manchester airport and we didnt see them till we got to our cabin, to hurry things along we asked if we could have our cases sooner than expected which our cabin steward sorted for us.

We did a tour around the ship - was shown the retreat and was surprised at the cost of it (350 pounds per couple for two weeks) which I thought was a bit steap for just a sun lounger, there was a swimming pool which they informed us wasnt just exclusive for those in the retreat, we decided against paying the fee, we used the sunlongers just the other side of the gate, watched with interest people putting their hands over the gate to unlock it and just walk in - no one asking for any proof if they had paid or not. Also soon learnt that you could easily access the changing room in the spa where there was a sauna.

We booked a few trips due to it being our first time in the caribean but soon learnt that you could quite easily get the same trips cheaper by disembarking at each port and paying for a taxi, due to there only being two of us the taxi companies would wait to fill the taxi to make it cheaper. The taxi drivers are very informative and they will return to pick you up when you want to go back to the ship. Read more