I went on this cruise with my 23 year old son who is a teacher hence going in the school holidays. As it was very little extra (e like to be midships and have a proper sofa) we had a suite for the first time. The suite was great, and the bathroom especially so with a large shower and a jacuzzi bath which I overfilled with bubble bath!! However the location was not great - under the swimming ...
The Baltic Sea cruise was a good value for money, and relaxing as a whole. This was my second time on Aurora, though the ship had gone through a refit and converted to an adults only vessel since my last trip, so there were some changes in layout. Embarkation went very smoothly, and we were directed to our muster station on arrival getting the check in instantly out of the way. The small cabin ...
Chose this 7-day cruise because of the destinations en route. The "buffet" leaves a lot to be desired - poor choice of dishes, terrible organisation in terms of getting people through, inadequate tea and coffee stations which always lacked simple things like teaspoons, the food was consistently cold and/or dry.
One of the main irritations was the captain. Multiple times a day he would make ...
I chose this cruise as I liked the itinerary. I was dubious about going on the Aurora, but the fact that it was Adult Only helped seal the deal and the price was right.
Why was I dubious about the Aurora? This was my 3rd trip on her, my first being in 2019 just before the pandemic. My experience then was great. Good ship, lovely crew, good service and great food choices. Having experienced ...
Cruise was wonderful, a relatively small ship so went right into port all days apart from one. We stopped at 7;different ports which was fantastic.
We liked the ship, staff were great, entertainment very good, food very good too.
Our only negative comments would be that there were no water points where you could fill up water bottles. You could order small bottles to your room but it was ...
We travelled on Ventura in 2009, 2010 and 2011 before many cruises on Azura, Oceana, Carnival and MSC since. I was a bit worried given the many negative reviews but we found a reasonable deal to celebrate our children finishing their exams. We needn't have worried. We had a wonderful cruise!
The food was excellent - the service in the bars and restaurant likewise. We want to give a special ...
Cruised from Malta for 7 days going to Greece, Corfu, Dubrovnik and Split.
Was a little apprehensive having seen other reviews but the bottom line is we did have a good enjoyable cruise.
Recent cruises have been the Harmony of the Seas and we previously cruised on the Ventura (2017 I think) and had a excellent time so using those as a benchmark.
Flights and Transfers to/from the ship etc. ...
Just had a lovely cruise around the Greek Island on Azura. Despite other reviews, we found the food to be good and plentiful, however, we do agree that the choice, especially in the main restaurants, have been reduced. My wife was so looking forward to her prawn cocktail starter which was always on the menu in the past but not now. The ship is looking tired in a lot of areas and there seemed to ...
We were excited for our cruise, it was going to 9 destinations and 8 we had never been to before. We are not new to cruising so knew what to expect on a well detailed and organised cruise.
The Ship is fine in itself, if a little tired in places. The Captain was brilliant, he was from Derbyshire and made every announcement funny, but informative.
Catering needs some serious work, and I mean ...
I have cruised with P&O before., but never on the Azura.
We arrived late due to our charter flight delay. The dining rooms were closed. The buffet restaurant was only partially open so the queues were long and tiring with a limited choice. Not the best introduction to Azura.
I felt the ship was tired and lacked sparkle. Service was mediocre. Entertainment bland and quite amateurish at some ...