Southampton Cruise Reviews

Picked up from house by taxi and on arrival at Southampton had covid test in car and on result proceeded to ship. After check-in we were taken to our cabin which was great with loads of storage space. The only downside was the wardrobe which was too narrow making it difficult to access clothes especially on right side. The first few days we had to wear masks in all public places which we expected, ...

We looked forward to this cruise as it marked my retirement and my wife’s birthday, we had had to save for this one and had handed over our hard earned cash with pleasure we loved being cosseted by Cunard’s attentive staff. This would be the 12th or so cruise and our second 28 night cruise with them. So we knew what to expect. Lovely. We joined the QM2 as scheduled following a Covid test each. ...

Chaos at the terminal. It was the blind leading the blind. People jumping the queue, loads of staff asking the same questions, wanting to see the same paperwork. Food was poor,. Service was poor, although a waiter can’t serve what does not come up from the kitchen.. Christmas Day meal was chaos food was poor, choice was poor. Dining room full to the rafters. Staff gave impression they were out ...

Firstly this is my fifth cruise since September 21 and I have been happy with Celebrity, Princess and Cunard Covid precautions. My issue with P&O started before boarding the ship. My LFT was a test with a swab low down and maybe three seconds in each nostril but it produced a negative result. I have taken several self administered LFTs recently so knew I had no covid. After entering the terminal ...

Ship far too big - no atmosphere. Even with only 65% occupancy, the lifts couldn't cope with the demand, huge queues to the entertainment venues and the Horizon buffet very crowded. All 4 main restaurants served same menu encouraging you to use restaurants you had to pay extra for. Food was very disappointing. The Christmas Day meal was an experience we never wish to repeat - not even an ...

This ship is far too large. Some people were still confused about the layout two weeks into the cruise. Inadequate directions. The cabin was tiny and cramped. The air conditioning blew straight onto the beds. The television is in a corner, only viewable from one bed. Only one chair. The washbasin water supply was a faint trickle spray, ages to get hot water and to partly fill washbasin. No ...

Overall despite paying the Christmas premium which we expected, we were shocked at how low the food quality was and cabins in terms of very old bedding. We were only on for 12 night, thankfully no longer. The cutbacks are very obvious, no toiletries in cabin, no flannels, no slippers, no shower caps etc, and a bar of soap which had no smell. Towels very hard and sheets bobbly plus a very cheap and ...

Lost first day because of storm Arwen. So left Southampton on Sunday 28th Nov. Weather not good most of time. Many ports missed out due to bad weather for docking. Impromptu stop off Palma Majorca. Overlong stay in Barcelona by which time I wS quarantined because 2 people who decided to sit at our dining table went down with it and were ushered off the ship. I had PCR test and wax negative but ...

We chose this sailing (our first Princess cruise) solely because it provided us with a flight-free way to get from the UK to Bermuda, where we had arranged to disembark). Less than 24 hours before sailing we were notified that Bermuda had been dropped from the itinerary and replaced by a second day in Cherbourg - whoop-di-doo! Princess blamed the Bermuda Government, but we know that nothing ...

We have sailed with Cunard since 1996 (Diamond Members) and this cruise was our first since covid lockdown we were a family party of four (two Accessible cabins) From start to finish it was one problem after another and it was clear that whatever cost cutting Cunard could make to try to recover some of their losses they did. Social distancing was a joke, we had a table of four and the next ...