Honeymoon ... not that any staff recognised this. Having sailed on The Oasis previously, this cruise was way below the Oasis standard. Embarkation and disembarkation were good and fast. Cabin was good size but balcony a bit small. Sheets not changed in the 2 weeks we stayed but was kept clean. Dining in main dining room was excellent, food service was outstanding thanks to our waiter Omar. Mixed feelings about speciality dining ... Chops Grill was exceptional the first time we visited but the second time almost inedible due to the massive amount of salt used in everything. I asked for orange sorbet again the second night and was told they only had ‘rainbow’ sorbet ... this had chunks of ice in it and was quite obviously all the bits of left over tubs mixed together ... not pleasant! There were not enough staff at pool bars and quality of drinks was variable ... staff worked exceptionally hard but had no time to talk or prepare frozen cocktails properly. The worst issues we experienced was the lack of sun beds available. People were leaving towels on them from early morning and not returning for hours! Little enforcement made by staff to remove said towels and we therefore were totally unable to find any sun beds in the sun ... we walked the ship for over an hour one dat trying to find 2 beds ... exasperating!!

Headliner shows were OK but nowhere near as good as The Oasis and the crew shows were terrible! On board musicians were excellent and on the whole staff were helpful. Guest Services not as helpful and queues often of over 30 mins. The behaviour of children was often poor and unchallenged ... frequent charging up and down stairs and pressing lift buttons on all floors and often in jacuzzis until midnight! We had the same films showing for the whole 2 weeks.

We did our own trip Dolphin Safari in Gibraltar which was excellent and did RC Cádiz Flamenco trip which was also outstanding. In Lisbon we took our own Tuk Tuk which was also brilliant. Palma was a delight and we loved the fact we were there overnight. Cagliari in Sardinia was our least favourite...scruffy and not much to do.