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Saw Andy Abraham in April. I had not heard of him, but always enjoy a night in the Limelight Club. The four of us were all impressed. He covered a range of Nat King Cole songs along with a Motown/Soul mix. Andy has a good voice for that music. This was interspersed with interesting chat. We would recommend.

Done this route a couple of times. All are lovely ports within themselves. Note Seville is a 1.5-2 hour excursion from Cadiz in itself. Here are excursions I have been on from these ports. La Coruna...to the pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela Malaga.. to Granada and the Alhambra Alicante.... had a fun day out in Benidorm Toulon....just enjoy the town and coast...lovely walks Barcelona....La Sagrada de Familia. Not sure if the Nou Camp stadium redevelopment will be finished for tours. Seville is a must if you have not been and in spring it will be very colourful and the April Fayre may be on. You will not be short of places to go and quite a few you can easily do yourselves. I am on this cruise next May. Not yet looked at excursions, but as with young children this time round, most likely will stay around these ports destinations. It really is an excellent itinerary.

It does beg the question, should large cruise ships have more moorings?

As far as I am aware the intensity of the storm was not expected.

Fair comment Fionaboard. Reviews can vary so much it is hard to see how people are commenting on hte same ship.so I guess you take reviews with a pinch of salt.

On reading some cruise reviews the comments written can show little resemblance to the star ratings given. I have just had a cruise review published and the ratings shown are not always the ones I (thought) I gave. For example, I sang the praises of a port and only a 1 star rating has shown. I thought I had given a 5 star rating! This is also evident elsewhere, where only 1 star is given for service and I intended 4 stars. Maybe it is just me being careless, but if I can point to at least 3 ratings errors in my review I guess it happens elsewhere. Of course, the review can't be amended once published. Anyone else had a similar experience?