We choose this cruise because of the itinerary. We where travelling with our daughter and granddaughter.
They changed itinerary before we left, supposed to have an overnight stay in Darwin.
For the first 3 nights our daughter was in a cabin with no airconditioning. When she went to reception she was told there where no other cabins available (the ship was only half full). She was moved after ...
I suspect that P&O Australia suffers from brand inconsistency with the other Carnival brands. Carnival are cheep and cheerful fun ships and Princess is an affordable premium product with Cunard a cut above that but where does P&O Australia fit? I suspect that P&O Australia's problem is its trying to sell and cheep and cheerful at a semi-premium price and its suffering because of that.
So ...
I was a bit worried after our recent experience with Holland America, but thankfully P&O haven't let standards slip too far trying to make up some money after not being able to sail during lockdowns.
Sure, there were a few "fee only" items, and some things on the menu that you paid for in the complimentary restaurants, but on the whole everything was roughly the same as before.
The food was ...
The ship was very outdated with tear and wear. Pretty much like a motel standard (mini suite). It had an engine failure and cause huge change of the itinerary. They did not get prepared for hundreds if not thousands of passengers changing the shore excursions booked before their announcement. The machine only allowed booking one adult at a time (did not tell you when you book it) eventually ...
We choose this cruise because it fitted into the school holidays as my husband is a teacher. We had never been to South Australia and thought this was a good way to get a taste.
We found all the online Covid requirements weren't required. On embarkation we were asked if we had taken a test but not asked for proof of a negative test.
Masks were recommended. First couple of days about 50% of ...
My partner and I have never cruised, so we thought we would test the waters (pun intended) on a 3-day comedy cruise on the pacific explorer.
As we had completed the VeriFly app, embarkation was relatively quick and painless.
The balcony room we booked was very small and outdated. The temperature outside was 37 degrees and the room's air conditioning was really struggling to keep up (more ...
We chose this trip based on the videos, advertising and the website hype. First trip away from family at Christmas Time. We are mature age couple.
We have sailed P&O before as well as Royal Caribbean.
We want to be fair doing this review as sometimes a negative review is too powerful and outweighs the positives.
1. Embarkation was slow and no identification of lines to go to as we had VIP ...
We decided that because we had lost 4 people close to us in early 2022 that we would take a relaxing cruise to put such a challenging year behind us. It also meant that we would not have to worry about getting Christmas dinner and could just sit back and enjoy the festivities of Christmas.
The cabins are very tired, marked and in need of refurbishment. The staff do not listen to your requests ...
Although the crew were fantastic, the ship is in poor form. It really is rough around the edges which is interesting since P&O had 2 years to sort it. Parts of the ship decks inside and outside stink of a sewerage or waste type odour. Since sailing on the Pacific Sun, Jewel, Pearl & Aria, there is a substantial lack of activities - unless you are interested in bingo and trivia every 3 hours. ...
Embarking. 2 hours to get on ship were greeted handouts to get wifi, photo studio information and spa deals! I dont remember any other staff with a welcome aboard hello.
This was 4th cruise with P&O and will be our last.
We requested early dining thinking it would be about 5.45 to 6.00 but we were booked in at 5.15 every day we did request a later sitting and was refused so we couldn't take ...