The Cruise itself was not exceptional for us. The best thing we did was purchase the spa package. We were in the SPA daily and didn't even shower in our small room with balcony. The Ship had too many people and too many long distance excursions. We both caught the ship virus which was a chest cold and cough. Thank God it wasn’t the flu. I did end up sick in bed one full day with no energy and missed Cork, Ireland. Even one Coach driver had the same illness in Edinburgh. We simply were overwhelmed by the day to day rush. In our own debriefing we concluded that the hop-on-hop-off bus city tours were the best when they were available, especially in Belfast and Copenhagen. The excursions in Ireland and Scotland just ate up too much time primarily due to the destinations being 2 hour drives to and from (say a castle) and then 2 hours at the castle and one hour at a second stop and then puff there goes an 8 hour day. Cork and Belfast were very interesting and we got a real feel for the history there. We missed Edinburgh totally as the excursion to Glamis Castle and St Andrews golf city literally took all day. Portland was an interesting town with a good tour excursion but the ship couldn’t stop at Falmouth due to bad seas (no sweat really, we needed a day at sea). Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Dublin were fine - JUST NO WAY to do those great cities in a day.