P&O Cruise Reviews

Too many passengers for the facilities. Obviously money over quality. Food was good when you could get in a restaurant, buffet was like a kids primary school. Teenagers walking through the ship including the buffet in just trunks and sunglasses. Staff hard to find when you want a drink (although the staff worked like trojans they were understaffed) Every meal accompanied by screaming kids, ...

This date fitted with our diary and it was only after I booked I saw the bad reviews and noticed it was half term. However, I thought it wouldn't be too bad as the cruise was for two weeks and half term was only one week. How wrong was every mature couple on the ship, we had 1000 of them for the whole two weeks! The noise level was unbelievable; certain areas of the ship were 'no go areas' for ...

This was our 4th P & O cruise but first on Ventura. Yes things have changed since Covid and yes the ship is one of their older ones in the fleet but we had a lovely time on our 14 night Canaries trip. We had a large balcony, room was clean and tidy and bed comfortable but appreciate the balcony itself could have done with a spruce up. Service of our rooms was great with ice bucket filled ...

Have recently returned from P&O cruise on Ventura to Canary Islands Having been on this ship twice before, and having cruised with P&O for the last 10 years, there has been a marked decline in standards. There is less staff in all areas and they were less experienced. The buffet was disorganised, no trays for carrying food which posed a safety issue while carrying hot plates. Tables left ...

Having only been on one cruise before (Royal Caribbean), we chose P&O this time round because several friends and family had recommended them, and we hoped there would be a lot fewer kids on board compared to our RC experience. We were actually really surprised at how low quality the P&O product was in comparison. The food was, at best, mediocre. Dinners at the Freedom Dining restaurants ...

No fly from southampton appealed to me. Embarkment and coach transvers very good. Front line staff (waiters restaurants / buffets) all bar staff. Very professional with overall good service. Inside cabin very clean with good attendant. Food in complementary restaurants poor. Food in the buffet very good with quality meats etc. First 3 days at sea just piped music no live entertainment ...

I go on a cruise pretty much every other year. I have been on Royal Caribbean, Tui and P and O cruises previously. This year my friends suggested going on a P and O cruise to the Norwegian Fjords. I had been on a similar cruise with P and O in 2014 on the Azura, and thoroughly enjoyed it. However, that cruise was with 5 people and we were planning to be a party of 10. The Iona is a much larger ...

We have been on several cruises with P&O on ships Azura, Britannia, Arcadia & Aurora and this was our first cruise on the Ventura. I will start with the nice things first The food and staff in the Epicurian, Beach House and Glasshouse was excellent but you paid extra for this service. Reception, the Butler and Cabin steward also did an excellent job. But this was our worst ever cruise it ...

We loved everything about this cruise. The meals it's hard to comment on meals as everyone has there own taste, we thought the variety was excellent from the restaurants to the buffet you could always find something you liked. But the Headliners shows were fantastic as expected with them all being professionals, I think a lot of people don't realise that these individuals have to go ...

This was our first cruise since the pandemic having previously sailed with P&O 8 times and Celebrity cruises 5 times. Our last cruise was August 2019 on the Celebrity EDGE and this was our 3rd cruise on Britannia having sailed on her when she was new in 2015 and again in 2017. We have always had an aft cabin on Britannia in the past and this time we opted for. We had read many comments about ...