Grimaldi ferry

I had pre-booked but still had to stand for 45 minutes in a queue to get my room key and a meaningless sticker for the bike. Then all the bikers were made to wait until all the trucks were loaded. It took 90 minutes. We noticed the bikes could have gone any time as they were on another level.
The food could be best described as service station quality served by underpaid grumpy staff. I prepaid breakfast and didn't realise until I came to the checkout that only the bread bun and coffee were prepaid. Grrr
About 15 hours into the voyage the lights went out, the engines shut down and we stopped. After a minute the lights came on but it took about half an hour to restart the engines during which no announcements at all were made.
I feel I should say something nice about the 17 year old ship. The public spaces, bars, restaurants, decks and my room were nicely fitted with the exception of my bathroom which showed its age.
Everyone was asked to vacate the cabins two hours before we reached the port so they could prepare to upset the next passengers.
As expected all the bikers where told to go to the bikes then made to wait an hour in a hot car deck while the trucks were unloaded.
My feeling towards this ferry company is in its name..

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