P&O Europe Cruise Reviews

Where to start Booked this nearly 18 months ago, got a really good price for a full suite for myself my other half my son and my mother. Our first with P&O previous sailings with Princess and RC the noticeable cutbacks began at the terminal, on previous sailings had Porters on hand to take bags off us however this time had to queue up to put our own bags through the chute etc now this is ...

This was the second cruise my partner and I had ever taken, the first being a short taster cruise on the P&O Ventura for 4 nights. This cruise was for 7 nights and was visiting 3 locations around the North Sea. The best way I can describe our experience on Iona is... "Meh". It wasn't horrific, it wasn't perfect, it was just slightly below average. The positives; the crew were helpful and ...

have been loyal P & O cruisers for many years, however our latest one could been the start of the end. We know Iona is a big big ship but we thought that we would give it a go, unless we try it we cant say for definite that its not for us, sadly Iona is not for us. Cabin- okay but narrow, i suppose thats how they fit so many in by making them narrow. storage poor very ...

We chose this ship for the one reason, our last cruise was on their flag ship Britannia. The Britannia is a five star ship, the food was fantastic, the balcony cabin was very nice 220 sq. The Iona is a two star ship, very small balcony cabin at 107 sq., the food was cold in the buffet, and over cooked in the Aqua Dining Room. On rough days at sea on the Britannia you may stay inside, and will be ...

Just returned from the 14 day canary island cruise on Britannia. I am sorry to say it was the worst cruise I have ever been on culminating in four days of food poisoning. The ship is dirty and run down, there are stains on the carpets almost everywhere you look and the food in the Peninsula restaurant was bland, tasteless and repetitive. Our cabin was small and in common with the rest of the ship, ...

Where to begin? The positives, embarkation was very quick and straightforward. Entertainment, there was some very good shows on board presented by the entertainment team - there was also even better shows in the skydome performed by an acrobatic group - PULSE the band also put on some good shows each night. I wouldn't like to name them but other acts we saw were really not ...

The greatest disappointment was the food which was universally poor and sometimes inedible. Even the specialist (££) restaurants did not have the highest standards. We had splashed out on a suite and expected a bit of pampering but other than priority boarding and a couple of cabin gifts we got nothing (£20 for drinks with the Officers? £20pp per day to use the private Retreat deck? £30pp for ...

Chose to go with p and o because of recommendations from friends . This was our first cruise, only my husband and myself in the party . Our baggage labels were sent to us and printed and put on our cases . We had confirmation of a free upgrade. When we reached the embarkation point we were told those labels didn’t match our cabin. The staff didn’t know why so we were left waiting until they found ...

We bought this cruise for a birthday event. This was our first cruise and after watching a number of cruise programmes on channel 5 I was apprehensive after booking it. We travelled for 5 hours to get to Southampton- we were starving and found there are no facilities at the Port terminal to eat. There was a cafe but it was shut. Embarkation was quick but not easy when you are a first time ...

PO Cruise on Iona - Norwegian fjords, August 2023 This was our first post-covid cruise. My wife and I have cruised several times before and on this occasion we booked a balcony cabin for ourselves and one for our 19yo niece as a treat. We had watched several reviews of Iona on youtube and learnt a few useful tips, such as don't take a balcony cabin on the dreaded deck 8 (or 9 for that matter). ...