Wanted to see Australia and this cruise had excellent itinerary. Unfortunately we didn't see much of each port due to tendering. Arrived in Cairns at 9am and didn't get to city until 13.30 due to tendering then shuttle we were there overnight so not so bad although it took 2hrs to get back in the evening. Airllie beach once again had to queue for tender tickets from 7am to try and get off early however everyone had the same thoughts and this time took almost 3 hrs. Next Darwin only had a few hours there last shuttle back at 2.30pm as they expected heavy traffic ship didn't sail until 5pm. Bali missed 3hrs of an organised trip once again due to tendering. Komodo off quickly as on ship tour but had to queue for 11/2hrs to get back on tender. Semarang no tender but was the worst port I've ever been to it was industrial and no shuttles were provided taxi asking for $100 return to town 15mins away.lots of people us included just went back to the ship.

The only other criticism was the sunbeds people were getting up at 5am to put towels on the beds so if you were not out by 8am you had no chance of a sunbed. This should have been monitored as beds were sometimes left attended for 4hrs we took photos of beds at 7.30 and the guests didn't come out until 11.20am.

However the cruise was great met some lovely people, good food, entertainment was good especially 24Karat who made the evenings more enjoyable. Read more