Ventura Review

4.0 / 5.0
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4 Night mini cruise beyond expectations

Review for the British Isles & Western Europe Cruise on Ventura
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Signing-Annie
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2013

On arrival at Ocean Terminal I asked for wheelchair assistance from one of the lovely helpful gentlemen, he took me directly into the terminal & booked me in to receive my cruise card. i was then taken onboard & up to the buffet area to await my friend. Incredibly efficient.My Deluxe cabin was wonderful, even bigger than I had expected. A decent sized bathroom with bath + shower; large bath sheets, face cloth & toiletries. There was a dressing area with plenty hanging space & generous sized soft robes. There is a small safe inside the mirrored wardrobe, along with shelf space.

My suitcase arrived outside my room by about 3pm, about the same time my friend arrived, this was her first cruise & she was also delighted with the accommodation.This is the first cruise ship I have been on with tea & coffee facilities, including mugs, just lovely touch & appreciated.

Our room steward, Morris, introduced himself to me as soon as I arrived in the cabin & was extremely polite, friendly & helpful. I had asked for a feather pillow & an extra blanket but they were not in the room, Morris managed to provide these while we were at dinner.We were allocated Freedom Dining in the Cinnamon restaurant, a new experience for me & we both really enjoyed dining this way, meeting new people each evening & sitting in different parts of the restaurant. There was plenty choice on the menu & food was well presented, there always seemed to be plenty staff around and they worked really hard. We were always offered a large glass of cold water as soon as we sat at the table. Wine waiters would arrive soon after we sat down & everything was well organised.

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A Superior Deluxe Cabin that was longer than other rooms on previous ships, it was worth paying the bit extra to have the bath & shower. Loved the small dressing area & particularly the tea & coffee facilities.

We received a bottle of real Rheims Champagne & a box of chocolates, nice touch. Although I asked for a blanket & a feather pillow in advance they were not there but our ever efficient steward, Morris, placed these on my bed during dinner.

I would now choose to book this type of cabin again although it should be noted that if sitting on the balcony you were overlooked by all rooms above, this didn't bother us.

Sound proofing is good, we knew there were families either side of us with Primary age children but only heard them when we were out on the balcony at the same time as them.

Really liked the dressing area with mirrored doors on the wardrobe & plenty hanging space.Generous sized bathrobes & bath sheets, face cloths & slippers were all provided, along with toiletries.All in all this was an excellent choice & I would book the same type of cabin again.

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