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Enjoyable Cruise - Pity About The Engines

Enjoyable Cruise - Pity about the engines

Reviewed By: edwards, northam on 12th Mar 2010
Cruise Line: P&O Cruises	Times cruised before: 6-10
Cruise Ship: Artemis	Sailed: February, 2010
Destination: Panama Canal	Age: 65+
Cabin: Outside	Occasion: Annual/regular holiday

The journey to Gatwick from N devon is always tiring & with an early departure for a long flight to Acapulco we were pleased with the efficiency of our embarkation of Artemis. The cruise itself went very well, we felt an important factor was the good atmospere on board created by both passengers & crew. The food on board was good & the waiter service was excellent. Our cabin was adequate & we felt there was more space than we had experienced on other ships. The entertainment was very good especially the singers & dancers who performed most nights. We think generally shore excursions are expensive, so to be given good advice on 'how to do your own thing' from the excursion office was very useful. Artemis has been in service many years now & unfortunately at times it showed eg our cabin had a number of plumbing problems some of which were solved. The big disappointment was one of the engines having a major problem which meant the cruising speed was reduced so much that 2 x ports of call were cancelled for which we were compensated & there were engine vibrations felt on board. We heard that problems had occurred previously.
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Question by viney, Gosport (12 Mar 10 17:33) about this REVIEW

Does any one know if the engine has been repaired properly and is now reliable as I am booked on Artimis for a cruise 24 april and I am not very good at rowing.

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Answer by castle, london (13 Mar 10 18:35) to a QUESTION by viney (12 Mar 10 17:33)

Nor speling.

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Comment by Viney, Gosport (14 Mar 10 18:20) about an ANSWER by castle (13 Mar 10 18:35)

You obviously use the same dictionary as me!

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Comment by alderson, gloucester (14 Mar 10 18:03) about an ANSWER by castle (13 Mar 10 18:35)

suggest you look at your own SPELLING!!!

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Comment by viney, Gosport (14 Mar 10 18:22) about a COMMENT by alderson (14 Mar 10 18:03)

HAVE NO TIME FOR THAT, TOO BUSY LOOKING UP FURTHER CRUISES

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Answer by Lovell, LONDON (12 Mar 10 23:53) to a QUESTION by viney (12 Mar 10 17:33)

The ship will be going for a re-fit in Bremerhaven before your cruise date so hopefully they will solve the problem then.

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Answer by Drew, sandbach (12 Mar 10 20:25) to a QUESTION by viney (12 Mar 10 17:33)

We were also on this cruise and to the best of my knowledge the engine problems have not been fixed, the passengers on the cruise following ours had already been told some ports of call would be missed. However I may have some good news, I understand when Artemis returns to Europe she will undergo a two week refit, which I think will be before your cruise.

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Comment by ward, ripley (15 Mar 10 16:27) about an ANSWER by Drew (12 Mar 10 20:25)

We sail this coming Saturday (20th March) and were only advised 5 days ago of the engine problems and resultant cancelled port of call. Not good enough in my view and as is witnessed here we could have been advised much, much earlier. Assured safety not compromised but who knows ! Have the opportunity to cancel with a full refund as compensation offered is literally quite pathetic

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