As suite passengers,embarkation is always smooth,taken almost immediately and then in to the priority lounge where you get complimentary teas,coffees and snacks.
Then onto ship and through to champagne lunch,which we always love.
Our cabin was always clean and tidy thanks to the wonderful Umesh,our butler Andrew was also always helpful.
Unfortunately,this cruise line are now cutting back ...
Our family party booked a seven-night cruise of the Norwegian fjords: Southampton - Stavanger - Alesund - Olden/Louen - Bergen - Southampton.
Embarkation
Brisk and efficient as one would expect with a cruise. We were processed and on board the ship within half an hour of arriving at the Mayflower Terminal in a taxi.
Ship environment
Ventura is a nice ship that is spotlessly clean and ...
We are regular P&O cruisers and had a party of 12 for a much and long awaited cruise with family. Embarkation was great and we were excited about the widely reported refurbishment - couldn't find anything different I have to say!! Started to unpack and found a used sanitary towel in a bed side drawer - that was awful !!!!!!!. The toilet smelt strongly of urine and so did our daughters cabin on ...
this was my first and last cruise with p and o drinks very expensive the draft beer tasted discusting this was like butlins at sea and the bars and public areas were uncomfatable
i bought a pint of peronni and it tasted like dish water
in the bar in the ...
This was a last minute booking which had to take place during school holidays,my daughter works in a school, There were many families with children of all ages but we saw no bad behaviour at any time and some of them were charming. The ship was clean and very well looked after and our cabin (outside double) was spotless and attended to twice a day. So what was the problem? Food, breakfast very ...
Despite some reservations in view of some reviews the dates worked for us and the Fjords was somewhere we had not previously visited.
After speaking to a Travel Agent we went for an early saver fare, guaranteed cabin style but cabin and dining arrangements advised later / on board.
Used CPS for parking - very smooth service would recommend. Embarkation very smooth although we were around one ...
A last minute cruise to fill a long weekend. We had done this itinerary on Britannia a couple of years ago so this time we were planing to stay on the ship while in Guernsey and relax. Unfortunately due to high winds the ship could not launch the tender so nobody could go ashore and we had a day at sea instead. This did not interfere with our plans but meant we didn't have the ship to ...
We chose this short cruise to take our two Granddaughters on to see if they would like a longer cruise with us at a later date. Big mistake!! We have cruised with P&O before and had a great time but this was a disaster. The booking in was fine and the cabins were good but the stewards seemed a little confused! As we moved out from Southampton we became aware that we had booked on a 'booze cruise' ...
school holidays.
2nd time on Ventura but the lack of coffee machines at the bars is no good for caffeine fans. There us one Costa on level 5 which is so busy one often left due to queues. There are machines in buffet restaurants but coffee is often weak
I enjoy double shot lattes several times a day.
The food is excellent, every restaurant every day but this is only ship I've been on ...
Chose this as our first ever cruise as destinations and length of time ( 7 days) seemed to suit. I really cannot fault anything about our experience. We had a superior deluxe cabin on Deck 9, it was spotless and our cabin steward kept it that way for the whole 7 days.
The whole trip ran to schedule and the seas were smooth, which always helps
Guernsey was lovely, although it took an hour to ...