Southampton to Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

We chose this cruise because the ports were interesting. Categena,Catania,Cagliari,Trieste,Dubrovnik,Gibraltar. This was better than the usual ports offered in the Med. Ship was excellent,a smaller ship, easy to find your way around, and plenty of nice places to relax on board. Sun decks have plenty of places to sit without it being crowded with sun bathers. We chose freedom dining, and the ...

Just arrived back from two weeks cruising the Med on Arvia having had a fantastic time. It was our first time on Arvia, but we sailed on Iona over Christmas and have both sailed with P&O several times on Oriana, Adonia, and Britannia. The only reason we booked Arvia was to take advantage of the extra onboard credit P&O offered as compensation for the Christmas debacle. But, we had a great ...

Absolute shambles from day one. Absolute shambles from day one. Where do I start, to describe this fiasco, a cruise line that promotes itself as a five star floating hotel. I should have guessed things had changed as soon as we got onboard, no free bubbly as a welcome, in fact no one to welcome us on board, where was the entertainment manager, saw her once in all the two ...

THE SHIP Beautifully finished. Very large, but you do find your way around it quite quickly. There seemed to be more lifts and they were well placed. The theatre was spacious and comfortable however there were audio issues and also the air conditioners were too loud on the ‘talk’ days. The cinemas were compact but there was three of them which all played different films each day at regular ...

Southampton to Lisbon including St. Malo, Bordeaux, Bilbao and Porto. The ship is new and beautiful, public spaces well-designed and elegant. The service was mostly outstanding from cabin attendants, butlers and the waitstaff. One exception was in Atlantide where service was extremely slow and at times a bit unpolished. Hot Rocks Grill in the evening was also slow and the food was bland. Food ...

Third P&O cruise and chosen for the stops in Spain and France. Food and service were impeccable. Port organisation was superb. Ports and weather were very enjoyable, particularly Valencia (Spain) and Toulon (France) Luxury Balcony cabin as ever was well organised and comfortable. What we missed was: 1. Presence of officer staff on black tie nights, making them a bit like damp ...

I was really looking forward to my first Med cruise in 3 years but I was very disappointed with this cruise. Britannia herself is clean and tidy enough but I really miss having a proper prom deck to walk around - for most of the cruise, exits to prom deck were closed off. I used The Retreat most days and while it was a bonus having a quiet, adult only area, it looked very tired - ripped beds, ...

We excitingly embarked on this two week sailing for what we hoped would be a nice way to relax and unwind - how very wrong we were. When we first arrived we had high hopes as we had cruised on the Anthem twice before and had a great experience. The main issue was the many teenagers running up and down the hallways and banging on doors and walls, being rude and intimidating to other guests and crew ...

4th cruise with RC and always been a fan before. First off the entertainment wasn't bad but very repetitive. The band playing in the Music Hall (the Dukes) played virtually every night and Phillippa the guitarist/vocalist played every night in the english pub. Previously you would have had more variety but less music (sometimes nice to have it quiet!). Shows were badly planned with regards to main ...

We are diamond plus cruisers with RCCL. However, this cruise was a wake-up call after the Covid shut down RCCL have cut everything to the bone. The first night 2 untrained waiters served cold main course steak with fries, had a replacement Steak and fries but could not cut the Steak with the provided steak knife so this once again got returned, This happened 5 times on various occasions to me ...