P&O Ventura Cruise Reviews

We returned from this 14 night Canaries cruise on 1st October. It was truly awful. We travelled to Southampton by coach with Intercruises. What a shambles. Coaches were pulling into Trowell services with no indication where they were going. We asked one coach driver if he knew when the coach for Ventura was expected to which he rudely replied that he wasn’t on duty. Eventually two arrived late, ...

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 ...

We have sailed on ventura numerous times but have noticed a big drop in standards the lack of choice in the food both in the main and buffet areas. The food that was on offer was of a good standard portion sizes seem to be getting smaller. Also the ship is looking very tired tatty in places. The main problem with this cruise was the change of port from Amsterdam to Cherbourg and le havre which ...

First time I cruised with P&O and will be the last. Was supposed to sail to Amsterdam however there was planned maintenace work on the lock (that p&o knew of days before annouced destination change). So instead of a lovely place like Amsterdam P&O decided to put us at 2 ferry ports. Cherbourg and Le Havre. During the cruise pur room toilet was blocked for 2 days so pooh floating at the rim. moved ...

Our ninth cruise with P and O. There won't be a tenth. A cruise we would describe as unacceptable from prior to departure until disembarkation. Prior to departure we started to keep an eye on the website in order to book the speciality restaurants. They never became available to pre-book. On checking with P and O we were advised that we must have missed the opportunity and would need to book ...

First time cruisers. Mum Dad & daughter 11. Reading reviews here from experienced cruisers before we left gave us the wobbles but we needn't have worried. Embarkation seamless. We are aware you should not arrive too early but taxi dropped us off half hour before. Concerned that we had everything correct armed with copious paperwork. Needn't have worried because were met by warm friendly staff ...

Great entertainment and amazing kid's clubs. Some staff are attentive – but the service level is inconsistent. Customers are turned away from often nearly empty speciality restaurants because they are fully booked. This is because they simply do not have the staff to operate these restaurants at full capacity. That said, if you do manage to get a table the food quality is very good. When turning ...

I'm not a great cruise expert, given this is my second cruise and had my first one about 20 years ago. We've chosen this cruise because we wanted to enjoy some summer time on sea and couldn't do a longer cruise to the Canary Islands. We were expecting a 5 star experience but overall it was a mixed bag. Embarkation was tedious but smooth: long queues at the terminal to leave the car and ...

We were a group of 3. We arrived in good time at Southampton to the usual queues. Once it was our turn, one of our party was told he needs the NHS app as proof of immunisation. As he had an old phone that did not load apps, we had to borrow a member of staff's phone. He got so far and was then told via the app he needed to be verified and to wait for an email. So he waited and waited for 5 ...

5th time with P&O cruises (2nd time on Ventura) and the experience has gone south. Boarding at Southampton. Due to a delay to us getting onto the ship, we were sat jammed in the terminal for what felt like ages. Zero Covid precautions in place. Main dining hall. Requested a table for two at the early sitting. We were allocated a mixed table for six at the late dinner sitting. Staff really ...