This was our third cruise, we have sailed twice before on the Dawn. We had decided to join this cruise last minute as it fitted our work schedule. We are writing this review just to assure you this cruise WAS that bad. The ship leaked all over the place but especially in the Pantry, the lifts didn't work and fittings kept falling off. The ship has excessive movement even in relatively calm seas. I wouldn't want to be on it in a storm......or frankly at any other time.

When we read the reviews from the other cruises that the Aria has done in the 6 weeks or so as a P and O ship after its 'refit',it is obvious that the leaking, non functioning lifts and all the other problems have been there from the start. I am not sure how P and O can keep taking the money and using this ship in its present condition.

So, no we didn't get flooded in our cabin, we only had mould in the bathroom, my cupboard door kept falling off, there was no barfridge and the TV was so old, I couldn't play the laptop on it for some much needed entertainment. We did get the 5.30 am announcement about the 'first aid on level 2' and then the 'sorry' announcement 10 minutes after just as we got back to sleep. We also got woken up at 10.30 pm on the last night (we had to vacate the room by 6.30am the next day) by a maintenance man who wanted to flush our toilet just to make sure it was working. Read more