Star Flyer

All meals are served in the Clipper Dining Room, a low-ceilinged room with booths for six along the walls and tables for eight in the centre.

Breakfast and lunch are both served buffet style, so help yourself to the selection of pastries, meats and cheeses on offer. For dinner, however, you can expect to be seated by the maitre d'.

There is no seating time as you will find on other traditional cruise vessels - simply turn up any time between the restaurant's operating hours. However, the itineraries for this vessel typically allow for a number of dinners to be served elsewhere, such as a barbecue on the beach. These are particularly special.

Aboard the Star Flyer, daytimes are pretty much dominated by onshore explorations, which is something you'll undoubtedly value if you're less into your casinos and spas on a cruise.

Daytime demonstrations are led by the crew and range from the normal (knot-tying) to the bizarre (fruit carving). One of the most exciting daytime activities is climbing the mast. If you don't feel like Captain Jack Sparrow here, you never will.

The Star Flyer also carries plenty of equipment for watersports, including windsurfing and snorkelling.