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.
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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 have recently returned from our Azura cruise and have had a lovely holiday. The ship is older but smart in places. We travelled on her a few years ago and noticed a few improvements.
There does seem to be a few cutbacks with staffing but we found staff very helpful and most of them have double jobs on board and work hard.
The food in the main dining area were smaller portions which ...
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 ...
We booked this week long cruise on Azura as for a Special birthday celebration. Our whole experience on the cruise from start to finish was absolutely amazing.
The staff are a credit and are very helpful and polite, the wide selection of food caters for all , we ate mainly in the Main restaurant in the evening and often had breakfast and lunch at the buffet all the food was well prepared and ...
The Azura staff from stateroom to bar staff are amazing We were served quickly wherever we went on ship and all staff were helpful and courteous. We could always find a seat in bars an theatre too.
The food for most part was delicious and being gluten free I found waiters in restaurants really helpful. Gluten free options were always marked on the menu and each night the head waiter would bring ...
We have just spent a week on Ventura, travelling to Spain, Portugal & France with our two children (one being 2.9 years and the other 9 months). We had a fantastic time!
Pros:
- The staff made this holiday for us! From the terminal boarding to the second we left, the staff were incredibly friendly and included our children at every opportunity. From letting my 2 year old stamp her own ...
We have just spend a week on Ventura to Spain, Portugal and France and had an amazing time.
This is our cruise since Covid lifted and Embarkation has changed again. There is now a holding line if you turn up prior to your allocated time.
It was fast and very efficient and it only took 10 mins to get on the ship.
We had pre purchased the drink package expecting it to ready to use, but no ...
Budget (inside cabin) trip. Facilities good (well as good as expected). Food good but we are not fussy eaters, and the standard restaurants and buffet are fine for us.
We are not really drinkers, so can comment on that side of things, but seemed a bit steep [and didnt initially realize standard level drinks are NOT included, compared to other 'all in' Marella cruises we have been ...
We've been on the Azura on many occations. Where we fly into Malta and go on a weeks cruise around the Med. This year we visited Greece and Turkey.
We were delighted with the flight out to Malta. It only took us 25 minutes from start to finish to get flight side and the only slight delay at Malta was getting through their Border Control.
There's been a couple of changes over the last few ...