A good cruise but I was disappointed with the caribean not as nice as I thought it would be. Also the taxi drivers at all destinations were very pushy and quite rude when you were trying to get past them.
Very disappointed with our first P &O cruise ...old tired cabins , tiniest TV they could find, miserable rude staff especially in bars areas .
The most annoying problem was NO availability of subtitles on the cabin TVs when we complained about this we were toldP&O did not have to supply these despite all televisions in UK have to comply with this availability .we were told when P&O ships sail they are nothing to with the UK !
After we continued with our complaint they found us a DVD player with DVDs to watch that did have subtitles
I was very upset with this issue as being deaf, subtitles are my only way of watching TV and relaxing whilst doing so.
We complained after the cruise and was advised P&O head office would be in touch... No response received.
Found ship very claustrophobic, too much pattern and low ceilings. Food just okay nothing very exciting, lots of fried items. Some of the entertainers were not very good at all. Staff all very nice especially those from other Countries.
Staff fantastic ,lady who looked after us ANN deck 15 L206 . Cabin fine abut tired but bed so comtable . The food well up in the cafe as we called not to bad but in the Saffire restraint well I’m sorry there only so many things you can cook beef , or it was fish I love fish but nothing diffrent it all basic . Also everyone complained about doing Lancashire Hotpot for black tie night twice .
The changed the cruise last min so we were not going state side at all . They did pay us money for the inconvenience but then they dropped Ibiza . Then no over night stays , you had to be back on the ship by 5-30 latest . Also there was only 900 and the ship takes 3,000 more staff then passengers . It was like a ghost ship at times . Massive thanks to the staff but P@O you really going to have to up-grade the ship and sort out the entertainment no big shows so you were seeing a lot of the same people . 1st time on P&O cruisers but not our cup of tea . Pauline
Very well managed, dealing with covid restrictions and requirements. Enjoyable and appreciated.
The cruise was memorable as a fantastic itinerary and was 35 days We visited Costa Rica , Colon, Columbia and lots of Caribbean islands. We did wonderful ships excursions in those places W where we felt safe and good value,
Entertainment was good, food was fine if a little repetitive but we were on for a long while so to be expected. Would definitely do a similar cruise again.
Only thing that spoilt it a bit as it did on our last long cruise was disembarkation. People including us have three or four cases and they have not worked out a way to disembark without there being chaos. It was a nightmare, you move between cases. It wouldn’t put us off a lovely cruise though
Great service, good food ,lovely ship as always
We were very pleased/surprised with the ship. We had looked at some of the reviews, but the cabins were nice the food was very good, the staff were very good, We could not visit one of the ports, still unsure why not.
It did not spoil the cruise.
We will cruise with P&O again, it was great value for money.
I realise the Ventura was one of the newer ships when we travelled but it really did feel very luxurious. The staff greeted us as if we were royalty. I had young kids so room service spaghetti bolognaise was super helpful (yes it’s strange to mention this but kids like dinner at 4pm and sometimes are too tired and grouchy to go to the buffet). The food was superb. I had sirloin steak every other night, the Indian night buffet was the best curry night I’ve had in my life. The destination was the best of course. The Caribbean is a wonder for all the senses. I am dreaming of replicating this exact same cruise as soon as possible.
Cruise overall good but areas look a bit tired and not looking as good as last time I went on her
Great staff /great dining / we did not like layout of ship very small library
treated like royalty by staff although in one of the ordinary cabins. staff excellent and destinations wonderful