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Originally Posted by 77T
114 days and counting (before you hit home in Tenerife) - upon reflection - how was your overall impression of the circumnavigation?
And would you pack more or less? 
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We did the world cruise on the same ship last year so we can compare very accurately. Massive drop in how the cruise ran. Sure everything was new to us last year but there has been a dramatic drop in quality. Especially the food. Secretly the crew even at senior level were admitting as much.
Of course we got off to a bad start with the Suez section being cancelled and they had 3 attempts at a new route. This meant the logistics of getting supplies was also messed up but even so the standard of cooking what they had was substandard. We understand that HQ employed unskilled staff in the kitchen to cut costs.
We had a celebrity Mitchelin star chef who was going to cook a fancy meal
Sadly the onboard chef under ordered and the celeb chef rejected 30% of the product
Hence second sitting there was nothing left and they attempted to make it look like what the menu but it was a total disaster. (As I say the onboard cooks couldn't cook )
There was uproar all over the dining room..
Missed ports happen but the replacements were poor in comparison.
Some of the entertainment was embarrassing at best.
However we loved it. The memories we bring back last a lifetime. The people you meet the friends you made mean it's totally worth it.
We booked 2025 on the back of how brilliant last year was and although this year there were too many downs such as excessive sea days overall we loved it