Having cruised for the first time last year with P&O we decided to book a last minute cruise to the Caribbean. We booked an inside cabin and charter flights (Thomas Cook). The flight out was delayed by just over one hour and over two on the way home. Thomas Cook staff seemed fairly disinterested and inconvenienced by the passengers.

Embarkation was smooth and we were taken straight from the plane to the ship. Disembarkation was fine, but we did not leave until 14:30 when new passengers had already started to embark.

I was ill with a bad cough from day four which spoiled my cruise. People were coughing and sneezing from day one (and on the plane to Barbados). Read more