Southampton to Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

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 ...

Staff are amazing.food is amazing.ship is amazing. Entertainment is lacking i'm afraid..if you are 4 yrs old or if you are 80 plus then fine..but inbetween that then early to bed..i love a pianist and a violinest..but not every night all night..daytime entertainment was ok.but evenings became extremely tiresome. Found ourselves eating out.a few drinks then after 2 to 3 hrs of listening to the same ...

We have sailed on QM2 pre Covid and the 2 experiences are night and day. We don’t get dressed up as it’s not our thing and that limited us to the buffet, one lounge and the pub. The lounge was akin to a dentist waiting room. The pub was great and we enjoyed quizzes and the relaxed atmosphere. The buffet was dire. On our previous cruise the buffet was plentiful and delicious. This time there was ...

We have cruised with P & O before the pandemic, having been on Ventura and Azure before and really enjoyed it. We thought this time we should try their newest ship Arvia, what an amazing ship she is, a completely different experience to the other ships we have been on, both good and bad. Good. We were on deck four with an outside cabin, this is the biggest cabin we have ever been in, well ...

We chose this cruise because of the itinerary to the Mediterranean and possibility to do this in summer holiday period. We love to sail from Southampton because of its variety of destinations (last year we did cruise from Southampton to Iceland and Greenland with Princess) Embarkation same as the disembarkation went very smoothly no comments there. The fellow passengers were as you would ...

We sailed on Anthem from Southampton in July 2023 for 14 nights around the western Mediterranean - predominantly Spain but we did have two days in Lisbon (Portugal). Embarkation in Southampton was pretty sleek and quick as it normally was and it as also nice not to have to go through the additional Covid requirements that we needed to do the last time we cruised as a family. First impressions ...

Lovely ports of call. Good service. Some staff appeared to be very overworked. On the whole good entertainment. Excellent speakers. Headliners could have been better especially the dancers. Had to ask cabin steward for bed changes. Washing machines, coffee machines, toilets all out of order. Buckets in corridor to collect water when it rained. Corrosion evident on many decks. Ship just ...

I’ll start by saying the Virtuosa is a beautiful ship. It’s only 2 years old and isn’t lacking for features. It’s beautifully made and the detail and quality of the interior is second to none and our cabin was excellent. However, there are just too many passengers. Over 6000 on our cruise and the interior and exterior of the ship, is just not large enough to deal with that many people. Queuing is ...

We picked Arvia at the last minute to achieve a sunshine family holiday that would fit in with prearranged leave dates and keep two 16 year olds entertained. The fact that she departed from Southampton and saved us from getting flights was a plus. Given these goals the holiday was a success and everyone enjoyed themselves. With one inside and one outside window (no balcony) cabin we achieved value ...

We choose P&O Arvia as it was a new ship and we thought everything will be at the highest level . Unfortunately the entertainment it was very poor and inexperienced. The layout of the ship wasn't to great , many pools and not as we've experienced on other shops . The staff looked mostly sad and depressed .(very few were amazing).For example the had a unknown rule of one drink per 15 min ...