I'm going to attempt to make this review brief and with as much detail as possible in the points I make. based on my account travelling with my partner and 2 young children aged 6 and 2.
Embarkation:
Overall the embarkation was a breeze from the moment I parked the car to on-board the ship: 30 minutes. Have boarded the ship faster, but totally understand the longer timeframe due to the amount of passengers trying to get on at the same time.
Arrange a shore excursion via one of the coaches set out by the ship to Bruges, do not take a taxi from outside the port.
Arrange a shore excursion to paris on this one also. The ship basically docks in a cargo port and the town of Le Havre which can be accessed by the local shuttle buses put out by the port, is nothing to shout about nor exciting. There is a shopping centre called docks, but nothing worth looking at or buying in there.