We chose this cruise because my birthdays in February and I like to be somewhere warmer when I celebrate my birthday haha. Embarkation and Disembarkation went really smoothly. The ship is quite comfortable, but all the bars are on the same level. I think this could be because this ship has been 'extended' The entertainment shows were better than the ones on the TUI Celebration. The a la carte restaurants, which you have to pay extra for, were very nice, and the meals in the Orion restaurant were quite decent too, the serving staff do work hard. I did not really like the self service restaurants, and this was because I like to have a salad on a lunch time, but had quite a bit of difficulty finding a cold plate, and the trying to get a drink also proved to be quite a problem. it was quicker to go to the bar. We only went on one excursion which was the Maderia cable car and sled ride, we throughly enjoyed it. We didn"t bother with the other excursions because we went on this cruise to relax and to please ourselves. At most of the ports you could walk into the town, although TUI did offer transfers which you had to pay for. I wouldn't go on this boat again.