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Time of our lives |
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Reviewed By: Chris and Dave, Gloucester on 28th Jun 2009
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| Cruise Line: P&O Cruises |
Times cruised before: 0 |
| Cruise Ship: Ventura |
Sailed:
March,
2009 |
| Destination: Caribbean |
Age: 46-55 |
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We had our first ever cruise which was to the Caribbean on Ventura in March. We did the transatlantic because we wanted to spend as much time on-board as on shore. As soon as we boarded we were treated like guest of a five star hotel, we were shown to our cabin and introduced to our cabin steward who was extremely courteous for the whole duration. Our cabin was reasonably spacious with a balcony on Riviera deck which some people did not like as the restaurant above overhung but we did not find this a problem. The personal touches like having the orchid,sweets and chocolates each evening were a bonus making our cruise even more special.
We chose freedom dining as we didn't want to be tied to a particular time, we found that this was the better option for us and the food was equally as good, as was the service than the club dining. The food itself was faultless always hot and perfectly cooked.
Entertainment was fabulous, the evening shows was an eye-opener for the the novice cruiser, the comedians were good , a little bit near the mark on some subjects, although adequate warning was given prior to the start of each show. The musicals in the theatre was as good as you would expect in any major city. Day time entertainment such as adult scaletrix, line dancing and especially the pub quizzes were brilliant, could not fault the entertainment staff at all, we had so much fun with them and felt part of the team having been labelled as Gertie and Bertie(I'm over here Neil) at the bingo sessions.
Activities on board were also very good although we didn't participate in a lot of those just observed from the side-lines, so much to do so little time to do everything.
The excursions we did were well organised although some were a little expensive for what they were. We did snorkeling but if you took your own you could actually do it for free or pay for local boats-men to take you further out to sea. We were torn between the aerial tram or zip-wire on St Lucia and chose the aerial tram thinking we wouldn't see a huge amount zipping through the rain Forrest on a wire, but unbeknown to us you have to travel on the aerial tram to get up to the zip-wire so in theory you can do both for around the same cost so we were a little disappointed at this and did bring it up with P&O when we got back on-board.
All in all we had a fantastic cruise and have already booked up to go again next year.
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| Quality of Food |  |
| Excellent choice and perfectly cooked | | Entertainment |  |
| All entertainment was good but like anything there was something for everyone, but not to everyones taste, if you didn't like it, walk out not just sit there and whinge. | | Shore Excursions |  |
| Aerial tram on St Lucia was brill, not to keen on the waterfall trek on Greneda, disappointing and not a huge amount of trekking. | | Staff | |
| Oh most definately the entertainment staff especially Neil Oliver the cruise director, Andy Wiiliams and his fiancee Sarah, Andy Kitchen,Dom and Eddie who was on his first season and doing just fine. | | Children's Facilities | n/a |
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| Of what we did do and see they were well organised. | | Cabins | |
| Our cabin was clean and comfortable with lovely feather pillows, it was a good size with ample hanging space. | | Overall Rating | |
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