We have cruised on RCI, P&O, Princess, and this time Thomson Having sailed on the ship when she was RC Splendour of the Seas, first time with Thomson and thought we we try as she had been taken over by them. I will get the negatives out of the way first. Thomson website stated that you could bag drop at Gatwick the day before, as we have the extra problem of having a mobility scooter for ...

I chose this cruise to mark my retirement. We had looked at a number of other cruises but saw this as a late booking and liked the look of the itinerary. We booked a Junior Suite (8060) on the port side so we would have the sun on our balcony during the 6 day Atlantic crossing. This proved to be very worthwhile as the usual sunbed reservation took place on the pool deck throughout the cruise. ...

A friend booked the cruise and her companion dropped out so I took that place. Lots of interesting ports of call after boarding in Majorca: Cartagena Spain, Gibraltar, Las Palmas Gran Canaria (6 days at sea crossing the Atlantic), Antigua, St Maarten, St Kitts, St Lucia, Barbados in the Caribbean. The newly refurbished ship, albeit 21 years old and ex-Royal Caribbean, was very pleasant, not ...

We chose this, our first ever cruise to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and our first visit to the Caribbean. We met the ship at Palma Mallorca, ferried by coach from the airport. On arrival we could tell who had sailed with Thomson before because Thomson staff were hugging returning guests whom they had obviously seen previously. This left us (cruise virgins) a little lost as to the ...