Just returned from 4 night mini-cruise, (N514) stopping over at Zeebrugge, Belgium and St. Peter Port, Guernsey. This is the first time we have embarked from the re-vamped Ocean Terminal, all-in-all a vast improvement as the old security system was a real bottle neck.
We have sailed on the Ventura several times before, and it hasn’t changed a great deal. The much discussed overhaul has now disappeared into the dim and distant past, the décor is looking a bit tired and only real new change is that the ‘White’ room is now called the ‘Epicurean’ which still has an overpriced cover charge.
The stop-overs were ok, Zeebrugge now appears to have its own port transport shuttling between ship and port gate, which I don’t remember from previous visits, and they appear to be revamping Blankenberge railway station – we seemed to get a discount on the train tickets by showing our cruise card!