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ARCADIA - 10 DAY BALTIC CRUISE |
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Reviewed By: dunne, swadlincote on 2nd Jul 2009
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| Cruise Line: P&O Cruises |
Times cruised before: 3-5 |
| Cruise Ship: Arcadia |
Sailed:
June,
2009 |
| Destination: Baltic |
Age: 46-55 |
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Returned home on Tuesday from a 10 day Baltic Cruise on board Arcadia. We have previously cruised with Princess, and having read the reviews on this ship after we had booked it, did debate whether or not we had done the right thing!!! We need not of worried, we had the most fantastic time. From the moment we boarded at Southampton until we drove out of the car park on our return, we had no cause for complaint. OK we did have a noisy air con unit in our cabin that we mentioned to our cabin steward on the Sunday morning, to find that on our return from a stroll round Ship, the unit had been replaced and later in the day the air con engineer called to make sure we were happy. What service!!!
We ate 2nd sitting in the Meridian Restaurant on a table for 6. Again, this was something new to us as we have previously cruised with family so always knew who we were sitting with!!!! We need not of worried, we were seated with 2 lovely couples, and although there was a mix of ages we got on fantastically, and most nights after dinner all attended the shows together. The food was very acceptable, and it was nice to have additional potatoes and vegetables to accompany the main courses, we had lunch most days in the restaurant but the times we did use the Belvedere we were not disappointed. We tended to have breakfast delivered to our cabin in the hope of keeping the calories at bay!!!!
We found the prices of drinks etc on board excellent and liked the fact that we didnt have to keep converting from one currency to another!!!!
The Headliners were the icing on the cake, what a talented bunch!!! They thoroughly deserved the standing ovations they got show after show. We didnt think much of the lady singer or the comedian.
Our cabin was spacious and kept spotlessly clean.
Yes, as other people have mentioned there was a large mix of ages on board, but it all added to the enjoyment of the holiday - we sat with some lovely people at various times, and some of the older ones had very interesting tales to tell!!!!but there was also quite a large number of "mid aged" people as well as some younger ones, and everyone seemed to be having a good time.
We did most of our exploring on our own, only booking one trip to Draygor - it is good that P&O lay on shuttle buses, and they remind you constantly of the time of the last bus back to the dock, the only shuttle bus we had to pay for was the one is Oslo, and to be honest, you could walk into the centre yourself. We did Brugge on our own via the shuttle bus and train, at a cost of about £3.50 each!!!! The train runs every hour and takes about 15 mins.
Would we cruie on Arcadia again?? Too right!!!!
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