Family celebration, the Greece and Italy incredible and our dining room staff were very versatile they can serve, dance and sing made our trip fun and happy. Every port a new adventure full of history and colour. The locals were all friendly and more than happy to spend time with you. English was not a problem they spoke it well. There was a huge mix of nationalities on the ship and that was fun. Some of the ports were truly not suitable for people with mobility issues. Long distance from the ship to the exit particularly in Messina in high heat was difficult for my sister, perhaps a shuttle to assist would improve this situation. We used a majority of private tours and found them to be good value and flexible showing all the highlights and taking us away from the main tourist atttractions to where the locals eat. We traveled from Australia and it was worth the long flight.