Britannia Review

BRITANNIA 3rd SEPTEMBER 2016/17th SEPTEMBER 2016 MIDSHIP BALCONY CABIN

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Britannia
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JagmanXK8
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Sep 2016
View from our bedroom after first night.
Twin bedded room with balcony - including restricted view.
Sidhu Restaurant enrtrance
Headliners Theatre
Bathroom
Shower
Crows Nest Bar
Limelight Club

Prepare to be disappointed and underwhelmed! This is our fifth cruise with P&O. We will never sail on Britannia again and certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

On our first night we experienced an inconsistent very loud banging from an area around the bathroom area within our cabin. Having had no sleep, at 03:30am we called down to reception and a member of staff came to inspect and confirmed that there was a problem and that he would get maintenance to investigate first thing in the morning.

It was not resolved and we were offered another cabin. There was only one cabin available due to a ‘no show’ on the departure date. This was a balcony cabin obscured by one of the ships tenders so we had no view other than the tender. Other cabins had been affected by the banging and as we were the first to complain we were given first refusal. This was a lower grade cabin than we had paid for and told to take it or leave it (literally). Compensation would be discussed after we accepted. The amount offered did not represent the difference between our cabin and the downgraded one nor did it take account of the fact that we lost an entire day of our holiday packing up, then unpacking and sleeping for the rest of the day. To add insult to injury we were forced to sign a settlement mandate under which we are not permitted to take further action or disclose the amount or any other details. We had no choice as it would be unthinkable to have 14 nights of no sleep. There is one thing that P&O could have done that would have made some difference and that was to offer an apology for the noise, the inconvenience and impact on the enjoyment of our holiday.

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