Most important to start by saying we really enjoyed the cruise, but we would not chose the Azura again. Having made the original booking, P&O changed the itinerary twice, once to take out a port we had not been to (Catalina Island) and substitute Dominica (why would anyone want to go there??) Then the whole itinerary was rearranged so that the sea days were not spread out and we ended up with two sea days at the end, we didn't mind but plenty did. It was said that the itinerary had been rearranged because there would have been too many ships in Aruba on the same day - or was it because P&O wanted the Azura to be in Aruba the same day as the sister ship Ventura??
Those are side issues, as usual the arrival in Barbados was very smooth and we were soon on the ship, we waited a little while for our bags then saw them sitting on a corridor so we helped ourselves and took them to our cabin. The cabin was quite adequate, we were really glad we had chosen the smaller cabin on A deck as it was much more private than the cabins on the lower decks that have much larger balconies and are overlooked, they also got wet too on the rainy days.
The things we liked were that wine and drinks generally were reasonably priced, there was a Costa coffee shop and you could get the best 'free' victoria sponge cake with your coffee. There was plenty of seating if different areas.