Ponant is one of the few cruise lines that offers multiple cruises without a single supplement. For almost the same price as a Caribbean cruise on a premium cruise line (double for solos), I was able to book a mid-ship balcony cabin on an ultra-luxury Ponant cruise. Le Dumont d'Urville is a beautiful mega-yacht with a modern, minimalist design. Food, drinks, service, cabins, lectures and so forth were all wonderful and included in the price. Most meals were excellent and similar to a fine dining French restaurant. The included wine and champagne were also of good quality, and I actually preferred the included Charles Heidsieck to the Veuve Clicquot served at special dinners. While the officers and most passengers spoke French as their first language, the captain and crew as well as many passengers could also speak English. The service staff is largely English-speaking, and even the Francophone passengers spoke English with them. Several passengers who did not speak any French told me that they thoroughly enjoyed the cruise. In fact, Captain Daumesnil went out of his way to include Anglophone passengers in activities, conducting a captain's table in English and a separate remote bridge tour just for them. Since I attended the remote bridge tour in French as well, I can say that the information was the same. This particular cruise featured lectures in oceanography and marine conservation conducted in French, but lectures on other topics were also offered in English. I didn't notice any difference in service for non-French speakers, and the service throughout was outstanding and polite. If I had to criticize any aspect of the cruise, I would say that the anchorages in the Grenadines were more popular and less out-of-the way than the ones I had visited on a sailing cruise years earlier. Le Dumont d'Urville has 92 cabins and suites, but it's still large relative to a sailing yacht. On the other hand, it was a stable ship with little movement when underway.