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Island Escape

Bad Cabin Location And Poor Food

Bad Cabin Location and Poor Food	1 of 1 people found this review informative

Reviewed By: Walker, Maidenhead on 8th Mar 2010
Cruise Line: Island Cruises	Times cruised before: 3-5
Cruise Ship: Island Escape	Sailed: February, 2010
Destination: Canaries	Age: 46-55
Cabin: Outside	Occasion: Family holiday

We did the Canary Island cruise in mid february, we were unhappy with two things. The first problem was the location of our cabin, right at the front of the ship on deck 6. During the storm (Force10) we felt every wave, every pitch, every roll that hit the ship! The ship is simply not suited to sail in Atlantic waters in bad weather! The second problem was the quality of the food. Both self service restaurants served identical menus so choice was very limited and the quality left a lot to be desired. To get any quality of food you have to pay the premium rate of £15.00 a head to sit in a separate restaurant, this is normally standard fare on most other cruise lines. Can fully understand why Thomson do not sail this ship with the Thomson name and barely mention it in their Thomson Cruises brochure.
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Shore Excursions
Due to bad weather we missed two ports of call but Madeira was the best and Lanzarote was the worst.
Staff
All were very diligent especially one of the drinks waitresses who recognised us from a previous cruise.
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Opinion: Disagree Comment by Middleton, Middlesbrough (10 Mar 10 16:23) about this REVIEW

had a wonderful cruise,end of feb. food was always hot and plenty of choice and very good quality. we were always informed what the weather was going to be like. We missed the force 11. but due to bad weather in Madeira we had to go back to Gran Canaria, so for us Lanzarote was the best Arricife was beautiful.

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Comment by Hewitt, Skipton (09 Mar 10 16:02) about this REVIEW

We had a perfectly good cruise on this ship last year,food was good,you could have booked a different cabin.There is as much infomation about this ship as any other on the website.

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Comment by Coolcruiser, wakefield (08 Mar 10 21:25) about this REVIEW

The food served on Escape is purely English stodge and plenty of it.The ship is operated byTUI (Thomsons) and in a deal last year Escape was part of it and the Lease that goes with it.

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Opinion: Agree Comment by price, leicester (08 Mar 10 20:56) about this REVIEW

The Island Escape is not fit for purpose.

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Opinion: Agree Comment by Cooper, Bromley (08 Mar 10 18:23) about this REVIEW

The Island Escape should be scrapped - it is unsafe, it was never designed or intended to sail in The Atlantic in force 10 gails! - Pull the plug on it Thomsons, before there is a catastrophe at sea!

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