Southampton to Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

We were so ready and looking forward to our first cruise since the dreaded covid pandemic. We were attracted by the Daily Mail advertisement by ROL for the 12 day all inclusive cruise to the canaries. We duly booked and paid about 4 weeks before departure. Travelled to Southampton and parked our car. Mini bus took us to the pier and this was when the tone of the forthcoming cruise was ...

This is my very last transatlantic I will ever take this early in the year. I was on 2 previous crossings that started 4-6 weeks later and both times was much happier with the weather. Going in March is way too early. The seas were rough. Several cruise passengers were seasick. Luckily my spouse and I were never sick. However, we rented a lounge in the Sanctuary for discounted full trip ...

Embarkation was delayed due to several cases of coronavirus on the previous transatlantic cruise so they had a deep clean. We arrived early and had seats in the terminal but once the lounge was full they stopped checking passengers in and some waited 3 hours outside the terminal building! We were fast tracked as soon as embarkation started and enjoying lunch at the International café at 1.30pm. ...

This was our first cruise for 2 years: Before the Covid pandemic we were regular cruisers with Princess. We liked many things about the Princess experience but I think that this cruise failed to live up to our expectations. Firstly the dislikes. Departure was chaotic and last minute info about Covid LF test requirements and changes in embarkation times were confusing. The Medallion app, ...

This is my 12 th cruise and last for a long time, masks everywhere and karaoke as well singing with your back to the audience with a mask spoilt the cruise, the southampton embarkation was a shambles, we were expecting to sail the ship ourselves as we did everything else except inspect our printed evidence of covid jabs, 10 minutes i argued that my booster evidence proved i was jabbed 3 times, it ...

So we booked Iona last year as it was a new ship & having cruised on Ventura & Britannia previously then surely a brand new ship would be so much better designed than other well established ships. Well our experience onboard just shows to us that if you allow ‘non-cruisers’ deign your ship then this is what you get. The largest pool & possible party area (sky dome) is covered by a non retractable ...

Have loved previous cruises on Arcadia and Oriana but were really disappointed with Iona. The cruise to the Canaries was not expensive and I suppose you get what you pay for. It’s a lovely ship, clean, modern but huge! The CONs Our embarkation and disembarkation were chaotic and the ship was nowhere near full. The balcony cabin was the narrowest I’ve ever been in, two people could not pass ...

We chose this cruise as we were introduced to sailing On Iona back in 2018 whilst onboard Ventura by the on board agent, (this was our first ever cruise) we originally booked the Fjords but due to the pandemic all had changed. P&O kept our money as we definitely wanted to cruise with them again, so the funds were placed on to future cruise credit on our account. We then rang the agent and ...

We had been waiting over 12 months to go on this cruise to the Canaries and Portugal and, as previous passengers on P&O ships, were looking forward to experiencing the newest addition to the fleet. Boy were we in for a shock, after a three hour wait queuing, providing information multiple times and being told to sit down and wait by some pretty obnoxious P&O staff at Southampton we finally ...

We booked this cruise some 9 months ago hoping COVID would have eased by March 2022. I'm sorry to say we were mistaken. Firstly I must say that P&O did all it could before boarding to ensure safety. We all had to have a negative LFT before thy would let you board. Mask wearing inside was largely being observed, and all the passengers we encountered were very responsible about not ...