Southampton to Europe - Western Mediterranean Cruise Reviews

Thought we'd try the pride of the fleet . Great metalwork ,shame about the rest of it . This ship sums up Britain , too many people ,too few services . They try to cram 5200 people into facilities for 3000, by using a virtual queueing system that is supposed to work thro' an app on your phone , might work with a ship full of 17 yr olds ......not with older people . You have to plan every day ...

I am a retired, professional travel writer. These are my views on Iona based on over 35 cruises on various ships. Embarkation and disembarkation Southampton - excellent, CPS parking first rate, supplied as part of the package. Cabin 8307, conservatory mini suite on deck 8 - comfortable, lovely conservatory opening to balcony. None of the predicted privacy issues from passengers using the ...

Second time for us on Iona after sailing last yer in November. Checking in and waiting to board was slow and the wait was the slowest of all cruises taken during the last 18 months. Once on board we found that the state rooms would not be ready until 1pm. So had a wait of about an hour, fine really. As we knew our way around the ship we had no issues finding somewhere to sit and have a ...

We chose this cruise for the destinations more specifically Israel and Ephesus. I had incorrectly assumed that due to no sailings during co-vid and that the ship had been in for refurb that it would be refreshed. This sadly was not the case. They installed their medallion system and removed the aft adult pool, hotter and bar area to make room for more cabins. The ship looked and felt tired, the ...

Firstly let me say this review is based entirely on my experience on board the Sky Princess, others will no doubt have different viewpoints to what follows. For me the ship is poorly designed - Everything seemed to take place on three decks 5,6 and 7 thus giving rise to the possibility of having 3500 people plus in just three areas at times. As always the staff were excellent and couldn't ...

Having just completed the P&O j219 cruise on Arcadia to the Greek islands with a stop at Malaga on the way out and Gib on the way back, I will give you the gen. Firstly we have only ever been with Cunard before this, so that is the benchmark I am working from, some facts.. £6400 for a deluxe balcony £3200 each. Was it worth it, NO..the only difference between a balcony on a cunard was a half ...

We chose this cruise for the ports which were advertised to be in Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal. Portugal was removed from the itinerary before we sailed with no reason as to why. Le harve was also removed due to strike action at the port and whilst this is not the fault of NCL we did not get our port fees returned. Then the port for Bordeaux was cut short as there was no crane at the ...

We chose this cruise as the itinerary suited our needs. Prior to joining the cruise, I tried to contact customer support as my mother, who was joining us on our cruise, was given a boarding time of 3pm while we were boarding at 12:15. Our travel agent could not get the times changed and advised us to contact customer services. I e-mailed them and am still awaiting a reply. I also contacted the ...

Firstly, let me preface this by saying we are seasoned P&O cruisers. Our party consists of a multi-generational family with ages ranging from 27 to 83. Cruising has been our go to holiday of choice for several years now. We had booked this cruise over 3 years ago but thanks to the pandemic it had been cancelled and changed 3 times before we eventually got on board. Suffice to say, we were very ...

I don’t know where to start! I shall endeavor to keep this review as short as possible. I suspect that P&O are desperately trying to recoup some of their losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and hence I believe they have downgraded the whole cruising experience in order to save money. Key points as below, not in any particular order: 1. There is no afternoon tea in any of the main dining ...