Southampton to Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise Reviews

Before heading off on this cruise I read so many negative reviews of Ventura and it made me very worried about what we were likely to experience. I needn't have worried! My husband and I had an amazing time from the moment we stepped on board. Yes, the ship is older than many others and lacks the bells and whistles that the latest ships can boast, but it's still clean, attractive, and offers ...

We choose this cruise as I was restricted to the date and amount of time I could have off. We have sailed in the past with Carnival, Ncl, P&O and finally celebrity - this was our 1st Celebrity cruise - and what I can say is that the service on celebrity is better than those other cruise lines. This was our longest cruise being 13 days - with 7 sea days including (departure day) The sea ...

Started writing this review mid way through the cruise as a way of managing my disillusionment, which will give you some idea of how bad it was. tl:dr version - horrified at how far celebrity has fallen, won't be coming back. For context this was our 3rd time with Celebrity. And it will be our last. I noticed a theme with these cruisecritic reviews, but dismissed it (as we had already ...

We had serious concerns about the drop in standards due to covid cut backs after our 2022 cruise but as we had booked this 2023 cruise we were hoping that things had significantly improved. However based on the issues below that have been reported to celebrity directly, we will not be cruising with them again: 1) Quality of white wines specifically and standard champagne were atrociously bad. I ...

The Britannia is a really nice ship with nice things on board. We really enjoyed it on this cruise but there were a few things that could have been made better. The Buffet on this ship has two main buffet stations that are quite big but usually only one of them is used. the only problem with the buffet is the layout of the food. Ice cream next to pasta? Sausages next to salad?!?!?!?!?!? Because of ...

Rust in Peace Britannia 4th-18th August 2023 – Cruise B320 Experienced cruises across many lines, third cruise on Britannia The omens weren’t good when we discovered that Britannia was an hour late docking at Southampton. However, boarding was smooth and our luggage was waiting for as at our cabin, deck 10 midships, a grade HA balcony cabin. We sailed on time and at speed to outrun ...

Like most people on board Britannia we really enjoyed the 14 night Mediterranean cruise. Yes, it was in school holidays and yes it was busy but that had no negative impacts. Maybe if we wanted to spend each day next to the pools we may have been out of luck. However, as two adults simply wanting to enjoy the ship and the Med sunshine we never had a problem finding a spot to sit, be it in ...

We chose the cruise because of the itinerary and convenience of UK departure point. Had assumed service would be similar to P&O and Royal Caribbean but sadly it was not. The ship was cold and lacked atmosphere, restaurant service varied from poor to average and whilst the food was good with reasonable portions, the dining experience lacked class. No control over so called Smart Casual, often ...

We were looking for a way to see as much of the British Isles as possible and this itinerary delivered. This was our second time on Princess, (Majestic in Alaska being the other). Otherwise we have done Disney cruises. We thought service was on par with Disney and our prior experience with Princess. We were a little nervous based on recent reviews of the Regal indicating it was short ...

While the ship looks amazing it’s simply packed with customers that leave you feeling overwhelmed where ever you go esp on sea days,The staff who I found to be incredibly polite can’t cope especially when you want a drink at the bar or try and find somebody for bar service whilst sitting in one of the few chairs available. Cruising during the summer holidays is always going to be a family time ...