My husband and I arrived in Barcelona on Friday afternoon, to leave for our cruise two days later. This gave us 48 hours to get acclimated to the time difference. We explored Barcelona on our own, and found it to be a beautiful city. When we arrived at the pier on Sunday, there was crowd already in front of us for check-in. Despite the crowd we were able to check out luggage within 5 minutes, and then we went into the embarkation area inside the facility. After clearing the security, in a few minutes we were on the on ship. We were pleasantly surprised by their efficiency and their whole process of check-in. The cabin we stayed in was very nice. We had two mini suites, one was the living room/dining room/deck with the bonus sleeper room for children which had its own bathroom. The other room was the master bedroom with a huge bathroom. We had access to the Courtyard pool, spa and sundeck. This was extremely relaxing; most times we had the area to ourselves or with just a few other people. I would not hesitate to book the same cabin for my next cruise! But overall the ship's food was very good with the one exception being the room service breakfast. Our preference in restaurants was Le Bistro instead of Cagney's. Beef I had in Le Bistro was much better compared to the same cut I had in Cagney's and the service was better. We love sushi and it was quite fresh and delicious on the ship: the Chef John was outstanding. He created any roll we requested, and we spent 15 USD each.
Malta: we decided to go snorkeling on the Island of Comino. This is the only excursion I would have done in a different way it was entirely too short. Because of it we were taken to a small beach on Comino and there were no fishes so we did not get to fully enjoy snorkeling! However we did get to swim for awhile.
For the Italian Ports we pre-booked all of them with Easitalytours.com and this was the best choice we could have ever make! Naples: