We have just spent a week on Ventura, travelling to Spain, Portugal & France with our two children (one being 2.9 years and the other 9 months). We had a fantastic time!
Pros:
- The staff made this holiday for us! From the terminal boarding to the second we left, the staff were incredibly friendly and included our children at every opportunity. From letting my 2 year old stamp her own ...
We have just spend a week on Ventura to Spain, Portugal and France and had an amazing time.
This is our cruise since Covid lifted and Embarkation has changed again. There is now a holding line if you turn up prior to your allocated time.
It was fast and very efficient and it only took 10 mins to get on the ship.
We had pre purchased the drink package expecting it to ready to use, but no ...
This was my 4th cruise and the most expensive. I had high hopes for this one. I've done cruises on MSC, Costa and Norwegian. I was really excited to do a classy cruise, dressing up, nice meals, exciting sea days. We even had a mini balcony suite which was gorgeous.
The cruise was Italy and Croatia. The weather wasn't the best, so the ships entertainment was very much needed and this is where ...
Cannot fault the entire experience. From flight check in at Manchester, the TUI flight, check in for the cruise at Malta, the entire experience onboard to picking up the bags on return to Manchester airport. Thoroughly enjoyed everything. P&O's organizations was superb. Our superior deluxe cabin on deck 9 midship was immaculate throughout. It had a full size bathroom. We had an attentive steward ...
Last sailed on Britannia a couple of years ago (post pandemic) and was expecting something similar. Oh no.
First the good - embarkation was smooth. The cabin (deluxe balcony) was spacious, comfortable and clean. Balcony was a good size. Room steward was polite and very helpful. Excursions and free shuttle buses were well organised (and free shuttle buses were plentiful).
The ok - food was ...
I was going to sail on Cunard on a similar itinerary but wanted something less formal. Boarding was not great. I arrived early and despite there being no queues to board at that time, they made me wait for 2 hours, so not a good start. My cabin was great and huge but there was mildew on the tiles in the bathroom, something that can be easily cleaned, right P&O?? I chose the relaxed dining but ...
I read a number of reviews about P & O including this ship which seemed ok especially for solo travellers do decided to book.
The ship is very tired in a number of areas and in need of a refit. Cabins / bathrooms certainly things like missing grout, cracked shower trays, ineffective air conditioning. I reported my air conditioning day one, since then 3 further times now on day 12 and still not ...
Retirement cruise. We had saved for this and were so disappointed at the level of decline.
We have only ever cruised with P&O and ALL previous cruises have been fantastic. This one however was NOT.
The cabin was not cleaned to a very good standard. No evening turndown now.
The restaurant staff seem like they don’t want to be there and the food was really disappointing. Portions were ...
Budget (inside cabin) trip. Facilities good (well as good as expected). Food good but we are not fussy eaters, and the standard restaurants and buffet are fine for us.
We are not really drinkers, so can comment on that side of things, but seemed a bit steep [and didnt initially realize standard level drinks are NOT included, compared to other 'all in' Marella cruises we have been ...
We chose this cruise because it went to a few ports we hadn't visited before, and it was at a time (April) when we thought the weather would be good but not too hot. We have sailed with P&O 6 times before and 3 of those on Arcadia, and have always enjoyed ourselves. Not on this occasion. We were surprised when our Cabin Steward advised us there was no evening turn-down and that he wasn't ...