My fiance booked this cruise by chance - we needed a holiday - he'd just come into some compensation, so we thought we'd try something new. We chose the red sea as I am a bit of a sun worshipper and wanted somewhere still hot around the time of the cruise!

Our cruise was a fly cruise from manchester, I wont go into details about the flight as I am not good with flying anyway, but things ran smoothly, with no delays (we usually have the worst of luck with delays). When we arrived at Sharm el Sheik airport there were thomson reps guiding us to the bus. It was probably an hour- 2 hours from landing until we were onto the ship. However the only complaint we did have was that we had put all our spending money onto my fiance's card as it uses a cashless system (a good idea) but when we went to register his card they advised us they didnot accept visa electron, so we then had to register my vard which had no money on it, and then had to phone home to get my parents to transfer all the money in his account into mine, as the ships internet connection didn't work on the first day!

But once onboard our cabin was spacious and clean, with flowers, chocolates and champagne in there as it was my birthday mid cruise! They didnt cost the earth either as on some of the cruiselines. The decor and clenliness on ship was spot on too, it was like a 5* hotel!! Ages ranged from children to couples in their 70s+. What i particually liked was that there was an all inclusive option on drinks which we added at the time of our booking for about £100 for a week, which included most drinks apart from bottled/ imported beers. But there was always something to drink!! We are going on a princess cruise and are already weary of the price onboard, as an option like this is not fully available on the princess liners. Read more