When people ask me why I enjoy cruising so much, I tell them that I'm made to feel like a queen. This was our first P&O cruise. Britain already has a queen, so I guess there was no reason to make me feel like one.

That being said, although my husband and I experienced some culture shock (no streaky bacon or bagels to be found at breakfast), overall, we had a delightful vacation. Oops...I mean holiday.

We have cruised on Carnival, RCI, Celebrity, Holland, NCL and Princess in the past. We have travelled out of U.S. Cruise ports in Florida, California and New Orleans. This was our first European vacation. P&O had their act together at the Southampton cruise terminal. Just wish they had been more forthcoming about collecting our passports. We were told they would be returned onboard. That was not the case. We did not get them back until after our final port. However, Johan @ the Reception Desk was kind enough to make us copies to keep on hand. We have never had the excellent quality of Reception Desk service that we had on this ship. Read more