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Aurora

4.0 out of 5+ star rating 10 reviews

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Aurora
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Aurora Ratings

Overall Rating 4.0 out of 5+
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Dining 3.0
Public Rooms 4.0
Cabins 4.0
Entertainment 4.0
Spa & Fitness 3.0
Family & Children 3.0
Shore Excursions 4.0
Enrichment 4.0
Service 3.0
Value-for-Money 4.0
Rates 3.0
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Have you been to the theatre? Yorkie
This was a 3 night quickie cruise - written both from a normal cruise (my wife and I) and a wheeelchair bound passenger (my son) ...

Heartbreaking and magical ships cat
Review of excursions, more than the ship ...

Aurora - a gastronomic disaster Sarum
On 3 July we returned from a cruise on P&O's Aurora, our fourth trip on this particular ship in the last 22 months. ...

Christmas 2008 Caribbean Cruise capnpugwash
This review is a tale of a ship that doesn't seem to be trying very hard. ...

Aurora Review

P&O Cruises' Aurora might have been around only eight years, but it looks dated -- ship design has simply changed so fast this decade. The mid-ships' gym is so small and in such an unusual location that it looks like an afterthought; the covered balconies likewise look as if they were added at a later date (but were not). Mine was so enclosed the sun rarely managed to shine in.

Aurora attracts families during the school holidays, but essentially it is loved by a more elderly audience who prefer a traditional cruising experience.

Decor is unexciting, which appeals to the older Brits. There is a two-sitting fixed dining system in the restaurants, and dress codes are enforced in the dining rooms and in the main bars in the evenings.

Pre-dinner drinks are a popular ritual, and the theatre was packed every evening -- entertainment was run of the mill, British and heavily rooted in song and dance, and variety from the old days -- but half the ship was in bed by 10:30 p.m. Those who weren't already tucked up, disappeared as soon as the last show ended.

I suspect that it had something to do with the older clientele onboard as I was on a sector of a world cruise; having said that, I can't see the ship ever getting too lively.

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