Boarded Azura on April 27th; P&O usually do boarding very well and I was on the ship about half an hour after arriving at the terminal. Luggage arrived quickly and I was soon unpacked, had lunch and in the library choosing books and arranging internet time which is glacially slow and expensive but no more so than on any ship.
For the first lunch you are forced, unless you have done over 25 ...
Azura A308N Western Med. Cruise April 2013
We travelled down from Yorkshire the day before and stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Botley Road, a perfectly acceptable modern budget hotel, but alas no central heating in the rooms and Easter week 2013 was bitterly cold. The room heating is provided by an electric radiator which works only when the single key card is in the power slot, so the room ...
We chose this cruise because of the places it visited, as never been before. Enjoyed all the ports and trips we went on. We thought the Azura crew handled the bomb scare at Gibraltar port very well. I hope the person/s responsible realised what delays and chaos they had caused though!!!
We enjoyed the fantastic food and will miss the lovely scones at afternoon tea! The drinks were not too ...
The Ship
It's been over 2 years since we were last on Azura for her maiden cruise. She seems to have worn well, other than the sink in our cabin which was cracked, so it was not pleasing to the eye, neither very hygienic. The other thing of note was the blue cushions for the sun loungers as they were stained and had seen better days. Time for some new ones P&O.
Even with this, the sun loungers ...
From the moment we embarked the vibe was good the food was fantastic, the entertainment top notch. the entertainment team were really great, Neil Oliver who is the entertainment Director was a star particularly at the Sail Away which are obviously his forte!!Having said that the Captain was a real sport at our Gibraltar one and joined in with the entertainment team.
it was our first Western Med ...
my hubby and I did our first cruise on the Azura in sept 2011. my hubby was not keen on the idea although he did buy a tuxedo eventually before we went on hols. he is now totally converted and is now going to buy a white jacked tux for our next cruise already booked in august 2012. i was amazed at how quick we were on the ship we go to southampton by 1pm and was on the ship by 1.30pm even though ...
We arrived at the Ocean Terminal and there was Azura in all her glory.
Embarkation was quick and easy and within 40 minutes we were on Azura.
Cabin: Our cabin was on C deck (C108), which was roomy and comfortable and the balcony was larger in comparison to most.
Restaurants: We mainly ate our meals in Penisular (Breakfast, lunch and dinner) as we couldn't be bothered with ...
We have sailed with P&O before & were wary of sailing on such a large ship.Once on the ship you really don't realise it can accomodate 3000 passengers. The ship is modern & the cabins were comfortable. Yes the bathroom is small but you are on a ship & it has all what you require & was kept spotless.
The food was excellent with a good choice every evening, we were on first sitting (by ...
Travelling down to Southampton on the Friday morning , we were rather excited and nervous , not being seasoned travellers, and we were wondering what was going to happen and what we would experience over the next 14 days ? .
On arrival at 11.30am we drove straight to the drop off point , a chap unloaded the cases as soon as the car stopped . A representative of the car parking company took the ...