The cabin is practical, traveling aqua class each time we have always benefitted of a balcony however my advice would be to ensure you are not on the 11th floor under the underhang as you are not benefiting from any sun that way. Needless to say this was not an issue on the Iceland trip but still. The cabin is cleaned and presented very nicely although we have seen a reduction in special touches such as flowers and fruit over the years. The only critique I could give is that the storage space above the bed is not as easily accessible and I feel that the bench could offer a far better storage facility which was not incorporated in their design.

Our first impression of Iceland as a country was somewhat skewed in that we arrived on one of their warmest spring days ever. Whilst we were layered up, our guide and the locals came out in Tshirts and sandals despite the temperature only hitting 14degrees. The country side is needless to say awe inspiring. The critique I have is that we only had 3 brief stops, one at the Godafoss which was too brief, we passed by the most amazing landscapes where mountains and glaziers were mirrrored in icy lakes but no stops were made, we then visited The Old Farmhouse Laufas which was interesting and the final stop was the Botanic Gardens of Akureyri - please don't waste your time, looking at a bunch of dead sticks is not much fun. All in all I would not rate this excursion very highly

The trip from Cobp to Blarney Castle was made even more interesting due to an amazing guide Teresa who was an infinite source of knowledge on the local history, the Irish counties and had the most wicked sense of humour. We visited Castle Blarney where we kissed the Blarney Stone ( has to be done!) and had a lunch included with Irish folk music and dance. The show was cute, the lunch not so.

Cobh (Cork)

9 hours of pure brilliance, from driving through epic country vistas' to visiting waterfalls, bobbing in geothermal hot baths, visiting the first Parliament, stradling the North America European Tectonic plate, watching a geyser pop every 8 minute,  to enjoying a pretty decent lunch. Absolutely loved it!

We did our own thing and used public transport to visit the Titanic Museum which was well worth the trip. Sadly by the time we had finished our tour we had no more time left to visit The Ulster Museum seeing that it closes at 5pm.
Starving and hoping for some good old pub fayre we visited Bittles, sadly no food on offer so hopped across to the Kitchen Bar. BIG mistake, HUGE!!! they lost our order of the famous paddy pizza and by the time we got through to them we had wasted nearly an hour to be served with something resembling an open bun with ham, cheese and tomato sauce. It might we world famous but it is definitely not worth it

Belfast

It is quite clear why cruise ships only can start visiting a country like Iceland in May as otherwise you would not be able to visit the country at all but having the sun only set at 11.Being a fervent fan of Celebrity Cruises and specially loving Eclipse as a ship, we picked the Iceland cruise as our latest adventure.

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Iceland : Crossing the Arctic

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