My wife and I choose this cruise as it was the first time a cruise ship would visit our home town of Wallaroo, South Australia. There were some concerns as we drove to board as we were being bombarded by radio reports that the ship has lost engine power and was unlikely to reach port or sail on time. When we did reach our embarkation port of Outer Harbour, South Australia, the ship was waiting at the wharf and we were assured that all was ok and that there would only be a short delay to the proposed sailing time.

We were happy to accept the explanation provided by the cruise line for the problems the ship had experienced and lined up to board.

Embarkation was quick and we were soon in our cabin. As it was only a short cruise and to celebrate the occasion we had booked a deluxe suite on deck 10. The suite was spacious, comfortable and throughout our cruise everything worked as it should. Read more