CMV Marco Polo P500 Cruise March 2015 (review delayed due to poor response by CMV to valid complaints).
This cruise was advertised as an “Eclipse and Northern Lights Spectacular” and we should have known that things were not quite right when the invoice had the correct dates but the wrong days of the week. Generally we found the food quality, cabins and staff helpfulness much better than we had anticipated from previous CC postings.
Maybe we were lucky that the seas were kind from Tilbury to Reykjavik and the vessel was reasonably stable both ways. In general we found the Marco Polo was very pleasant considering the age of the vessel. The areas that could benefit improvement were the scanning of passengers on and off the vessel and the labor-intensive handling of luggage, both of which were certainly dated.
We used a hire care to travel to the many interesting historical sites.
Using a hire care we were able to visit the all sites in one day that would have taken two using the ships tours.
Again by hiring a local vehicle we were able to visit much of the local countyside at our own pace.