‘State room ‘ is the expression for cabin which was very crammed with tired old brown fittings, foxed mirrors, worn away paint very poorly maintained.
Firstly.
only one power point (two round pin type) for you to use, There is no personal laundry facility available, there is a ships laundry but that attracts additional charges.
Internet available but at a very costly rate.
Crew concentrate more on the you giving them a ‘gratuity’ than they do on doing the job, they even leave envelopes endorsed ‘Tip Time’.Smoke filled Casino which you had to walk through to get to see a show/ Security was very good and the ports called at where great although we missed out two due to weather and security fears.
Trip advisers on board were very knowledgeable and helpful.
It was cheaper by about 50% to buy from the quayside on some trips.
Be advised that Jerusalem is historically brilliant but packed to overflowing with people, the streets are packed, do joining a queue to see some shrines, which where about 2-3 hours long wait , in your limited time there is not a choice.
Yes we got to see most places even if it was in the distance .
We were only permitted to shop at shops ‘advised ‘ by the local guides in Jerusalem.
Love to visit the places again but not on this ship.
Poor value for money, poor standards, this was also the comment of other cruisers.
