Its been a while since we sailed with P&O and we decided to go as a last minute decision. Britannia is a lovely ship but we and others felt it was far too big and that there was not enough going on, in fact less than on other P&O ships. Standards have slipped too: no hand cleanser before entering the restaurants or buffet (sinks to wash hands before entering the buffet but most bypassed them), handrails by the stairs were all dirty, the towels and bed linen were a delicate shade of grey with marks left on them, floors not properly cleaned, etc, etc and we were not the only passengers to notice this; many others who had sailed before had come to the same conclusion and they too said they would not be sailing on Britannia again. P&O obviously had trouble filling the ship as they were offering cabins up to half the advertised price! The food was ok but nothing very special, no ice carving, no fruit carving, no attempt to entertain passengers on sea days other than at extra cost. The staff, as always, were lovely and so very helpful. The itinerary had been changed subsequent to the earlier hurricane damage on some islands which meant that we spent 2.5 days in Barbados which we didn't mind as we love it there. Instead of Tortola and St. Maarten the ship went to Bonaire and St. Vincent. We were in cabin G303 allocated on arrival and it was ok, a balcony with unobstructed view as the lifeboats were just below us alongside meaning that we couldn't look straight down but that was alright and its starboard; the ship mostly docked portside. Would we go back? Definitely not on Britannia!