We booked this cruise as a birthday present for my mother-in-law who is turning 70 this year and has always wanted to go on a cruise and to visit the Fjords, so two birds with one stone.

As we had booked two aft suites (A726/A727) we had priority embarkation upon arrival at Southampton (approx 12.30) and were in the Peninsular restaurant enjoying lunch before 1pm. It would be nice if they asked your cabin number as we had to tell them we were in a suite before being offered priority embarkation.

The cabins were ready by the time we had finished lunch, and first impressions were good. The layout compared to previous suites (on Princess and Cunard - though I believe other P&O ships are the same) was definitely an improvement with the very separate lounge and bedroom areas. The bathroom was excellent with separate toilet accessible from the lounge area of the suite and a large bathroom with whirlpool bath, shower and lots of storage space for toiletries. Read more