Beautiful, clean ship. Excellent staff. Enjoyable entertainers. Very interesting destinations. Good food. Ease of embarkation and disembarking at start of cruise, at each port and when sadly leaving the ship at the end of the cruise. Recommendation for improvement would be more bar staff in Ocean View restaurant and improved food quality in Ocean View restaurant. We never felt the ship was crowded and enjoyed the music in the various bars and venues.
TJ Tours in St Petrrsburg with our guide Anna were exceptional. In 3 days we saw many of the highlights and shared 3 enjoyable lunches with the other 10 passengers in our group of 12. Time management was excellent with an almost exclusive your if the Hermitage a highlight for me and the Faberge museum a highlight for my husband. The Peterhof Palace and gardens were spectAcular as was the Catherine Palace. So many highlights! The sail into Stockholm was beautiful and worth rising early for. Our TJ guide in Stockholm was also very good. Our drivers in St zpetersburg and Berlin did a great job. Boris in Berlin wasted too much time and although enjoyable think a guide as good as Anna would have improved our Berlin experience. I would say if you are thinking of doing this cruise, don't hesitate.n.
Our cabin was midship, 9th floor, comfortable, clean and well laid out. We love having a balcony and used it often. Loved room service breakfast on the balcony in pjs.