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“This was our first cruise and we loved it. Yes the...”

written by on 18/02/2011

This was our first cruise and we loved it. Yes the ship may be a bit faded, but the staff, the food and the atmosphere more than make up for it. Whilst the cabins are not the smartest, they are perfectly adequate and are kept immaculately tidy and clean by the cabin staff, who are excellent. We spent no time at all in the cabins - why would you?



The waiters in the Seven Seas Restaurant are fantastic, so helpful and friendly. They sing, do magic tricks and generally do everyting they can to ensure the clients have as good a time as possible.



The food is amazing in all of the restaurants. We always breakfast and dinner in the Seven Seas and when we were on board for lunch we split it between the PoolGrill or the Lido. We didn't take the drinks package as we aren't big drinkers, but we spent around £400 over the 2 weeks and drinks are more or less the same price as the pub where we live.



What can we say about the Caribbean Islands? The itinery on this cruise was the big reason for going for it and it didn't disappoint in any way. Each island had something to offer by way of tourist attractions (waterfalls, volcanos, the towns etc)and of course each island has a fabulous range of beaches. We didn't do any Thomson excusions, but saw everything using local taxis at a fraction of the cost and without question the taxi drivers were chatty, enthusiastic, generous with local information and virtually all didn't want paying until they had returned for us and brought us back to the ship.



All in all, we found it to be amazing value for money (we paid £950 each) and would have no hesitation in doing it again.