We had a wonderful time on Ventura with smooth sailing for the most part and lovely weather. The Caribbean has been on our bucket list and it surpassed all our expectations. So many other reviews have covered things like cabins and dining but I will just put a few of mine and my husbands own personal observations down in case anyone is interested.

In most areas we were very happy with P and O's product and we are booked for Aurora next year for Scandinavia. This was a fully booked cruise with a lot of very elderly passengers but the staff were so good and efficient and helpful that this did not really impact negatively when getting off and on ship in ports, they handled anyone with mobility problems very speedily and safely.

For us 28 nights was a little too long and after the 8 days at sea we were getting cabin fever but we wanted winter sunshine and did not want to fly so we knew we had a lot of sea days. To give P and O credit they do provide a lot of activities but everywhere was so busy with a fully booked cruise that we got sick of fighting to get a seat anywhere so we resorted to sitting on our balcony on most sea days after we did the morning quiz. We had lovely weather once past the Canaries so sitting on the balcony was fine for us. Read more