The embarkation was very easy. Our cabin was very roomy, the cabin steward kept it spotless. The waiters in the Oriental dining room Alan & Stanley couldn't have been nicer. The scenery made the week worthwhile. Now for the bad part. I complained about the cleanliness in the diningroom (thick dust on some of the panels). As already mentioned by others, the buffet was booring, nothing like we had experienced on the Celebrity Eclipse which was fantastic. We had expected better from P.O. Also surprised to see so many children onboard, surely they should still have been at school. We docked late due to a mechanical fault. The disembarkation was like a Chineese fire drill, chaotic to say the least. We thought we could have got off quicker by opting to take our suitcase ourselves, so we could get out of Southampton before the locals got on the road, it didn't quite work out. Needless we will not be sailing with P.O. again