Britannia Review

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Gary1962
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Dec 2018

As a family of 4 adults we would have ideally chosen to cruise over Christmas and the new year, but prices rocket so went for the lead up period, having never holidayed in winter before. Flew from Manchester with TUI, and probably best long haul flight we have done, surprised at complimentary alcohol, and didn't bother to pre booking seats but still sat together with a free seat upgrade at check in anyway. The airport at Barbados is decent, but you will by pass it on arrival as it's straight onto coaches and through to check in at the port side, with bags delivered an hour or so later.

We went on Britannia in May, so we're familiar with the layout, but for some reason if you can't see the sea and your direction of travel, you still end up in entirely the wrong place. As has been said before, the main criticism is that the stairs in the middle of the ship take you only as far up as deck 7 where the lifts are busiest (a bit annoying for us with cabins in the middle of the ship on level 8).

We were on freedom dinning, meaning table service at the peninsular restaurant for breakfast and lunch, and the peninsular or meridian restaurant for dinner. The meridian is a bit more modern in its decor, but the service and food is the same in both. You tend to get seated in similar locations and if you make the effort with the staff and fill out feedback forms, it goes a long way with them, and there is nothing they won't do to help you. We much prefer the restaurants to the Horizon self service, unless you need to be somewhere quickly, and the food was consistently good without being repetitive (lunch in the restaurants is a lighter menu).

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Cabin Portside Balcony

Travelled with our adult kids with adjoining balconies, so could open up into one. Cabins officially have an obstructed view being on the level of the lifeboats, but G416 to G432 sit above the glass house restaurant and have no obstructions at all. It's the same for the other side above the java restaurant, but that has an open deck for smokers, so advise you select the glass house side.

No issues with the rooms as everything works and is kept clean by cabin steward, and towels and beach towels replaced daily. Took 4 bottles of spirits from duty free, and bought mixers locally at ports throughout the cruise, and cabin steward provided ice buckets each day for sunset / port sail away drinks on the balcony each evening.

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