We are so happy we switched from the smaller Celebrity ship to the Flora for our Galapagos cruise. The ship is like a mini-Edge class and the infinite verandah stateroom with bed facing the window was perfect to relaxing after lunch while waiting for our next excursion.

The crew was simply incredible. On the first day, my wife had left her phone in the Discovery Lounge and didn’t even know she had. When we went down for drinks, the bartender said “Ms. Gray, you left your phone here earlier.” We had interacted with him for all of five minutes earlier getting a drink.

The rest of the crew knew us by day 2. Lauren, the hotel director, was very hands on, as was the cruise director. All of the naturalists were very friendly and knowledgeable and no issue answering all of our questions. Read more