N399 Ventura - Spain, France and Portugal.
Wow, I would like to start this review by saying wow, what an amazing experience for our first cruise!
Positives
- The most loveliest staff and crew you will ever meet.
- Although an older cruise ship, very clean, tidy and lots of facilities.
- Really easy embarkation and disembarkation process at all ports.
- Lots of choice when it ...
We chose this cruise as a late deal booking 3 weeks beforehand. 5 day break to Le Havre & Rotterdam
We usually book a suite but due to late booking sold out so we opted for a superior deluxe balcony cabin. This is aft. Very spacious. We didn’t feel too much motion which I was surprised about. The only issue for some may be the Havana club is right above the room and could hear the music going ...
Travelled 9th to 19th September 2023 (couple aged mid 50s)
Having read some of the very poor reviews a few months before our trip, my partner and I were a little anxious that it would not meet our expectations - especially having cruised with other companies before. This was our first P&O experience so they had a lot to live up to.
What can I say except we have just returned home after ...
Wow just wow, first time cruising so did not know what to expect. This ship and especially the staff exceeded all our expectations!! Firstly the staff greeting you onboard so friendly cases dropped 10 minutes we were on deck 15 having lunch, the rooms beautiful we had a balcony. The food was so lovely fine dining every night and loved the cream tea every day. We saw some great shows, sport ...
Before heading off on this cruise I read so many negative reviews of Ventura and it made me very worried about what we were likely to experience. I needn't have worried! My husband and I had an amazing time from the moment we stepped on board. Yes, the ship is older than many others and lacks the bells and whistles that the latest ships can boast, but it's still clean, attractive, and offers ...
We chose this cruise for our first family cruise 2 adults/ child 10 which was Southampton>Amsterdam>Southampton 4 nights to see if this was something we would want to do again but for longer.
We also liked the no fly option and were happy to drive there and leave our car with CPS ( no worries there)
First impression were good and we were able to straight to the buffet once on board.
Our ...
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 ...
I decided to book this cruise as a surprise for my father who was turning 70 years old on this cruise.
Embarkation- Everybody got too the mayflower terminal at the same time but surprisingly the queue went down very rapid and we where on the ship within the hour,; staff where very helpful not any issues at all
Main dinning room- the food was very good on quality and quantity our waiters ...
First time cruisers. Mum Dad & daughter 11. Reading reviews here from experienced cruisers before we left gave us the wobbles but we needn't have worried.
Embarkation seamless. We are aware you should not arrive too early but taxi dropped us off half hour before. Concerned that we had everything correct armed with copious paperwork. Needn't have worried because were met by warm friendly staff ...
This was a 5 week cruise, having only undertaken a few shorter cruises before, unlike many well seasoned cruisers on board, we were pleasantly surprised at the quality, standard and presentation of everything.
In a nut shell: on reading reviews (after we had paid a deposit) I started to get concerned! Fortunately a very level headed well travelled friend reassured me that the Ventura was ...