Firstly we arrived at the port at 2-15pm and the embarkation process was smooth and we were on the ship by 3pm and were able to go straight to our cabin and our luggage arrived soon after.

The room had been set up as requested by our friendly Cabin Steward Clifford. There is a hairdryer in the cupboard and two pool towels in the bathroom with shower gel, Conditioner and shampoo. My only criticism about the room was that the sheets and pillow cases were not changed during the 12 day trip. The prices of the Minibar is expensive i.e £2.75 for a coke when in the bar it was £1.75. Bar prices are similar to UK pub prices in the south of England.

If you have not paid the select fare do bear in mind that some of the courtesy buses are charged to your account at around £4 per trip. We only used the buses once at Porto and there was a queue of around 20 mins but was well organised. There are plenty of areas to sit on the ship during sea days even when the weather was iffy which it was on two of the days of our trip. Read more