There were 8 of us (4 couples) and having booked 18 months ago, the excitement level was at an all time high by the time we boarded at Civitavecchia. First impressions were that the ship was totally amazing, and was overflowing with WOW factors. The boarding process at Civitavecchia was a piece of cake, although there were far fewer boarding here than at Barcelona.

We headed for lunch in the Windjammer, which was as good as we expected it to be for a large buffet restaurant. (Next day had the beef sandwich at Central Park cafe and ...... superb). Cabins were great and the cabin attendant opened the dividers giving us a 4 cabin long balcony. My case went under the bed, with some clothes in it, although we had enough wardrobe space.

Now to the good points ( and there were many): Read more