My Name is Steve Meredith.
I have been in the catering service for 40 years and still going.
I have worked in all aspects of the industry from five star hotels, Michelin star restaurants, private chef to deli & coffee shop.
I recently went on New Year Cruise UK Departure Date 29 Dec 19 Total Trip Nights: 5
I was very disappointed in the food and service.
Food was of a very poor ...
This was our second cruise with P and O, the first being last year on Britannia, which was disappointing. We have cruised with different companies previously so do have some idea of expectations!
We returned from a cruise to Norway on Ventura yesterday we were disappointed to find that there was a lack of activities during the cruise. The tables in some of the bars and on the tables on deck ...
Chose this cruise for a first time cruise. Brochure made it look very nice.
We would not recommend this cruise
Too many people, not enough space or things to do - just cramped. Everywhere busy, queues and everything expensive. Queues to get on and off ship (one day 90 minutes waiting in the rain to get back on ship).
Cabins small and basic. Nothing grand. Nothing like photos in brochure. ...
We have taken over 35 cruises and this was the worst ever.
We ate in the main dining room on a table of 8 at the 8.30 sitting. Waiters were friendly but rushed off their feet.
Food was ok but lacked any sparkle. Gone are the days when you would have lobster or a nice steak on the black tie nights- pretty standard fare.
The evening shows were generally good with the runaround kids and the ...
Friend checked for reviews of cabin f334 and it stated do not expect a good night's sleep. Absolutely correct as cabin creaked from set sail and reported many times, promised would be transfered to next available cabin. NOTHING HAPPENED! Could not get cabin cool enough.Reported many times, kept getting cards left stating ventilation engineer had called but no change. Eventually met with engineer ...
I thought cruises were meant to be classy but this one was full of chavs with football shirts and tattoos! I was very surprised.
Also I wasn’t expecting to find a hen do on board. Maybe I picked the wrong cruise! It’s very low brow!
The room is ok, the balcony is very nice. Shame we were next door to a rowdy bunch though!
I know people will think I’m being moany but so far this is not ...
this was my first and last cruise with p and o drinks very expensive the draft beer tasted discusting this was like butlins at sea and the bars and public areas were uncomfatable
i bought a pint of peronni and it tasted like dish water
in the bar in the ...
We chose this short cruise to take our two Granddaughters on to see if they would like a longer cruise with us at a later date. Big mistake!! We have cruised with P&O before and had a great time but this was a disaster. The booking in was fine and the cabins were good but the stewards seemed a little confused! As we moved out from Southampton we became aware that we had booked on a 'booze cruise' ...
We choose this cruise, because of the Itinerary? I can’t fly, we have been on 8 previous cruises, once before on the Ventura, we vowed not to go with P&O again,? But the itinerary swayed us? Let me start with the main problem??? If you board the Ventura and they give you room C403? RUN!! Do not take it!! It’s by the lift shaft,? And all through the night, we were kept awake by a constant, very ...
Friday 11th May. Departure delay due to ‘technical difficulties’ which I have now seen from various forums was experienced by the previous cruise. ‘Sail away’ party abruptly cancelled and finally left Southampton without ceremony at 23:00.
First port (Cadiz) due to be visited on Monday 14th May replaced by Vigo on Sunday at 17:00. Pointless stop for passengers as the port was closed except ...