have read some of the reviews on here we was worried before travelled .however when we got there we was surprised .we have cruised on most of the big cruise lines so going on a smaller ship was new to us .we felt the service and friendly staff made our trip .we upgraded to premier drinks package (no big bills at the end) the food was equal to that of many other ship in the orian restaurant could have been better in the buffet restaurant the food was hot and there was always some thing I liked and iam a funny eater the advantage of a smaller ship the queues are not as bad ..as my wife and the the 2 others with me where smokers we found the casino lounge with its outside smoke area plus the 3 guys singing where very good we had a room on deck 7 a cruise ship standard very clean ..its a old ship but many areas have been refurbished at the end of the day if you want to go on a bigger ship and pay £000000 more its your choice but we was more than satisfied