We joined a golfing group of 8 people for this cruise. The embarkation process was quite smooth but as soon as we boarded it was evident that this ship is very tired and badly in need of refurbishment.

We had a Silver Suite so that our accommodation was quite spacious. The butler and room attendant were both excellent, but that is where excellence stopped.

The restaurant is staffed mostly by Filipinos who are very obliging but who have been saddled with the idiotic requirement to record on their tablet each passenger's room number as well as the order for the meal. If there is a slight variation, the waiter has to input this information. In the case of our table of 10, it took one hour from the time we sat down until we received our first dish. Read more