5th February In reflection


 So what the overall impression of the trip then. It was really good with no major complaints at all. The toys didn't come out of the pram and 'the face' didn't need to appear. For the places that we didn't find appealing and / or had not a lot to do once we got there, part of the problem was ours in that we didn't get our act together to book an excursion. I mean if we couldn't manage to find one of the 365 beaches on Antigua then it really was our fault.

The ship was really good, small enough to get around without too much effort. The food was good, as was most of the entertainment. the battle for sun beds was 'not too' gladiatorial. And the staff were fantastic. But little things marked it down including the lack of a verandah / bar at the back of the ship where we like to sit and watch the sail aways. 

The locating of the Coffee Port on deck 6 meant that unless your cabid was on deck 6 you would never actually walk past it or know it existed. And why locate public toilets on the floors that didn't have any bars on them, especially if it meant having had to run up / down stairs to get there to then discover / remember that your fancy dan pants also have buttons instead of a zip on the fly. 

Was there anything on Discovery to stop me sailing on her again, probably not but with at least 2 other ships in the Marella fleet and the BIG BOYS in the P&O fleet to try out I feel there are different / better options out there for us to explore.

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