I concur with the general comments made above. I shall never cruise with this company again. I have cruised with several companies and this was, by far, the worst. Food, staff and entertainment good to very good but cabins, the ship generally and excursions were poor to very poor. As for the Captain he, like the ship, needs to be permanently retired.

We also travelled on this ship for the same cruise. Whilst I agree with most of what Meller has said, I must point out that on all of the ship arranged excursions, it clearly stated on the information that a LOT of walking was involved. We did think that the ships excursions were 'pushed' though, and they gave no information out about cheaper options of travel or other costs like we had on a previous cruise. ( when asked about transport in Venice, the failed to mention the much cheaper option of a 'water bus' ticket, instead pushing the single trip, ship arranged shuttle, a much more expensive option). The Island escape is now looking 'tired', and the staff did an excellent job at making the best of a bad situation. I paid for 30 minutes on the internet to check emails, and spent most of my two sessions waiting for the system to connect to the website I was wanting (Yahoo Email). When a complaint was made about the connection speed the first time, I was advised it was because we were at sea. When I complained again, I was told it was because we were at port!! They did put an 'out of order' sign up for the rest of the day though. We found the food to be excellent, and I found plenty that did not have garlic in it, but to be honest, it didn't bother me as I like the stuff. I also thought that the Captain appeared uninterested, and most of the passengers had a laugh about his voice when he made announcements in a slow, monotone voice. I enjoyed the cruise, as did my Wife, but next time we will most likely look elsewhere. Steve Murtagh. Preston, Lancs UK.