This was our first cruise with P&O having previously cruised with Royal Caribbean, celebrity, NCL and Thomson. We didn't read the reviews until after we had booked it and once I saw them I was expecting very little. The cruise was a 10 day repositioning cruise from Southampton to Genoa, stopping at Lisbon, Gibraltar, Barcelona, Cannes, Marseille and Livorno.
Embarkation was the best I have ever experienced, the coach picked us up at Manchester airport where we were flying back to, and the check in was quick and easy.
Unfortunately the sail out and the following 36 hours were very rocky due to storm Katie and then the bay of biscay. But the captain was fantastic constantly reassuring people, although from what I heard the water got quite high and some of the balconies were affected.
Fantastic, I don't usually have insides but this was stylish and roomy so I will definitely do it again. There was a TV and tea and coffee making facilities and the cabin attendant (Floyd) was brilliant.
We went to the top of the rock independently and it was amazing