Nothing spectacular about this Sunbird cruise but it was an above average holiday. It was a bargain price and had great entertainment, sights, tours and food. The only problem was a few of the staff. Usually the waiters were young, male, foreign - Filipino, Malaysian, etc - and some were very flirty and over-familiar with single women. But that wasn't too bad if you can learn to ignore them. It was the young English male entertainment staff that were worst. They acted like louts towards any young, single female that went pass. If the girls were pretty, they were full of sexual innuendos and gestures as though they were working at an 18-30s resort; if the girls were plain (like me) they would take the mickey out of their clothes/hair/make-up loudly or butt in on private conversations to correct/criticize them.
But all of this didn't affect my enjoyment of the holiday. But that's because I get more annoyed with grumpy staff than with cheeky staff and no staff were grumpy towards me.
Oh, another slight annoyance was the pool was never filled with water! Not that it bothered me too much as I wasn't planning on going swimming on this holiday and never even packed a swimming costume. But photos taken by the pool looked pretty pathetic.
Everything else on the cruise was above satisfactory and really great value. I'd recommend it, and - if the cruises weren't being terminated this year - I'd go again.

We enjoyed the Sunbird cruise very much, it was our first, the ship was very clean & well organised, staff all very friendly & helpful. We found organised trips can be expensive, we went to the Vatican City approx £50 each, lunch included a basic 3 course not bad. The down side I found was not enough free time 15 mins only to do as you wanted. I found trying to buy postcards write them & try & get Vatican City stamp on the cards hard going in only 15 mins. We managed to find our own way on all the other trips, going by bus or train, often for the quarter of the price of an organised trip, much more exciting than sitting on a bus being led by a guide. Drinks packages seemed expensive, some friends had the package, she found she couldn't have branded soft drinks only on draught, only certain wines allowed, also special tea's and coffees were not included in this package. First glance it appears all drinks are included in this package, this wasn't so. We didn't have them we bought drinks as and when we wanted a drink.

Our cabin on the Sunbird was on the main deck which was ideal for easy access to all the ship's amenities. Our cabin was comfortable and Sergio our stewart could not be more attentive. We were made to feel very special throughout the 7 days on board although we made a mistake choosing the late sitting for dinner as by the time we had finished our meal, it was quite late and we missed out on a lot of the shows etc. Sunbird is a beautiful ship and I've booked again this year.

Airtours Cruises, Sunbird:
I had never considered a cruise holiday before until friends of ours cajoled us into going with them. I had always thought of a cruise holiday as something you did whilst passing time waiting for god.

How wrong I was, I couldn't have been more surprised at the mixed age range aboard the ship and differing types of entertainment to cater for all tastes. You can more or less please yourself on this type of holiday from relaxing on board during the day, spend the day's sight seeing or venturing out to see the great rain forests.

I found it amazing that in the evening I could go to bed in one beautiful place and wake in the morning to see another island of totally differing style and culture.

I couldn't wind up this review without mentioning again the quality and variety of food available on board, as with the whole trip it was five star and I have the extra pounds to prove it.

Airtours Sunbird was very clean and spacious ship. Lot's to do on board, although the children do not seem to want to keep to the pool they are meant to be in and this can be a pain. Food excellent although other cruises I have been on, there has been food available all day and most of the night and this one only serves at specific times. Cabins small but well designed with lot's of storage space. Drinks on board very well priced. I would go on this ship again with a different itenery than West Indies explorer.