Southampton to Baltic Sea P&O Iona Cruise Reviews

We booked this cruise about 9 months ago, my partner has to take most of her holidays during school holidays due to her job, we want something for February half term, this was available so booked it, we booked a large inside cabin on a select fare as it was cheaper and also a good amount of OBC. About two months ago, we were given an extra £200 of OBC (like all others I believe) and then about ...

We went on a Northern Europe cruise for 7 nights; this is by far the biggest P&O ship and as it was half term a busy sailing. I travel on both big and small ships, and like both for different reasons. For the size of the ship, I expected more activates like the larger Royal Carribean ships however I did not use most of the facilities or activities on board as they simply did not appeal to me. Many ...

This was our second Norwegian cruise with P&O, the first being on Britannia in 2018, and our third cruise overall. Our adult son accompanied us this time, and we chose a spacious interior cabin with a sofa-bed, mid-forward on Deck 4, which I'll describe in more detail later, but suffice to say we were very happy with it. Iona is an impressive ship, with lots to see and do; it's still got that ...

We wanted to try cruising on one of the new larger ships. This cruise had been postponed a couple of times due to Covid, so we were delighted to get on board. Parking with CPS and embarkation were a breeze. We were in a conservatory mini-suite on deck 9: we decided to avoid the controversial cabins on Deck 8. The cabin was clean and well-appointed although we did think that storage could be ...

Before boarding the Iona cruise ship, I was very excited for various reasons. The main one was that it was my first ever cruise, so I didn’t know what it entailed. I had heard lots of good things about cruising though, particularly this ship, so I already had positive expectations. Another reason was that I would be visiting Norway, a country I had always wanted to travel to and never visited ...

We chose this cruise so that members of our family not happy about flying could visit a beautiful country, Norway. Having recently been disappointed by the MSC Bellissima - poor food, poor entertainment, massive ship - I was concerned that this similarly sized ship would also be a disappointment. Amazingly, although this 5000+ passenger ship was full, this was a great cruise. Food very good, ...

We booked this cruise over 2 years ago as a special birthday celebration and COVID delayed it. In the meantime, we did another Iona cruise in January this year and that was lovely, but there were only 2500 passengers on board. This time, fares had been heavily discounted by P&O to fill the ship and there were a significant number of younger, louder party goers aboard. There were no masks ...

We have been on many p and o cruises on various ships and really enjoyed them This ship is not for us you have to book dining for every meal on an app you download when you get on board. Even have to book entertainment in some cases but these were repeated a lot . Rooms only done once a day Think very short of staff or that’s how it seemed. This was supposed to be a Norwegian fiord’s cruise ...

Beautiful ship, couldn't fault it, staff lovely, cabins fantastic, brilliant entertainment. But- We did not go to the Fjords. We went to 3 x Norway ports. Due to high winds and rain on the one day IONA was due to go down the fjord to Olden it couldn't do it I think due to its size. I have previously been to the fjords twice in much worse weather and the ships been able to get in. I think this ...

Cruise to Norway This was our 2nd time on the Iona ship,so we had a good idea about what the ship offered This review will just concentrate on the extra bits we found out about ports of call/odd quirks 1 there is a switch to operate the night light (outside bathroom) beside the bed 2 keep an eye out for promotions on board the ship these do seem to change often and some are ...