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Travel Weekly's Louise Scott is out on a fam trip aboard easyCruise Life. She emailed me her impressions of the ship...

Orange is not the only colour aboard easyCruise Life - far from it, in fact.

Eighteen hours into a seven-day fam trip aboard the ship and the only sign of the garish colour so far is in the huge numbers printed on each and every cabin door (just so passengers definitely know which one's theirs). They look pretty funky - a word which would could befit the rest of the ship.

As a cruise virgin, I didn't know what to expect on this or any other ocean liner for that matter, but If I'm honest my hopes for this one weren't high. Going on general perceptions of sister ship easyCruise One a couple of years back I had something remotely resembling a loud, gaudy, floating Pizza Hut in mind. Instead, I've found understated, modern chic.

It's got a great bar and restaurant, sun decks with sumptuous beds to lounge on (feels a bit like the Big Brother garden), all next to a small but functional little swimming pool.

It's more than enough for singles, couples or groups of friends with a bit of taste who want to see the Greek islands at a bargain price and in a relaxed atmosphere.

My only gripe so far is with the gym - did they really need to use up so much valuable sunbathing space for that?!

If I see any of my agent companions so much as look at a treadmill, I'll eat my sun hat...

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