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Wonderful Family Holiday
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Bentham, Wingate on 21st May 2013
Fantastic cruise. A welcoming atmosphere onboard with plenty of daytime activities to keep you entertained whilst hopping between the carribbean islands. On occasion we struggled to get a sun lounger...
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Cruising with a mobility scooter
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Kennedy, Barnsley on 20th May 2013
We have just booked two future cruises . One in August with Celebrity and one with P and O in January 2015 . A long time ahead but we had such a lovely time on board Ventura in the Caribbean in Jan...
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P&O standards are dropping
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Musgrove, durham on 14th May 2013
This was the 5th time with P&O and the 3rd with Ventura, the ship and food was good and clean, however not as good as previous cruises, We booked this cruise a year in advance as we were told...
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Great cruise, great ship, great time
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Dixon-Gough, Reading on 14th May 2013
Only our second cruise. The downside to any Caribbean cruise is the flight: an endurance test with BA (although I doubt whether it would have been any different with any other airline)...
P&O Last Minute
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Fantastic Fortnight in Caribbean
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By HOGARTH, swinton on 14th May 2013
we flew from Manchester and what a trouble free time we had, a gate was opened just for our cruise everything was wasy, we flew to Barbados, landed and were whisked off on coaches to the port...
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OUR VERY FIRST CRUISE.
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Thomas, Llandudno Junction on 10th May 2013
This was our first cruise and we decided the caribbean seemed a good place to start. We flew to Barbados and sailed back to Southampton visiting the islands of Grenada, St Lucia, Antigua, ...
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ventura 50th birthday cruise
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By couch, Liverpool on 5th May 2013
Had a 2 week cruise in November 2011 on the p&o ventura around the Caribbean starting from Barbados taking in st St Lucia st Martin Aruba st kitts Grenada all of which were delightful beautiful...
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Ventura
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Palmer, Portsmouth on 28th Apr 2013
This was our first cruise and we choose PO as they had a good reputation and reviews from other cruisers. We wanted to see the Carribean and Ventura fitted all our list of wants...
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Ace Ventura - caribbean delight
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Patterson, Ballynahinch on 28th Apr 2013
It is to my great shame that I have taken until now to write this review having sailed with my husband on the Ventura some 5 years ago in 2008 to celebrate our wedding anniversary...
New Getaways
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Caribbean and Trans Atlantic on Ventura
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Paynter, Headley on 26th Apr 2013
Have cruised with P&O before on Aurora and Arcadia so thought we would try the Ventura. Chose this cruise as it sailed back to Southampton so we only had one flight...
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Ventura- Babados winter weather dodger
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Walden, King's Lynn on 24th Apr 2013
I dodged some of the winter snow by going out to Barbados in February- I had a good time once we got there - the plane was delayed @ Gatwick for c.3hrs, those from Cardiff & Birmingham came out a...
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Ventura - excellent ship
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Lish, County Durham on 22nd Apr 2013
We stayed overnight in Manchester at the Bewleys Hotel (would recommend) then flew the next day and arrived at Barbados around 4 p.m. Transfer to the ship was all arranged and very well organised...
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Nice holiday on Ventura
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Didcote, Cheltenham on 17th Apr 2013
We recently took a 21 night cruise on board Ventura where we visited a number of islands in the Caribbean and then came back across the Atlantic to Southampton. Rather than write a review...
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Dropping the standards in the ocean
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Hancock, FROME on 16th Apr 2013
I was on Ventura for the March 2013 transatlantic cruise which was great except for subterfuge by P&O! Someone persuaded the Captain to stage a "breakdown" and divert the ship to the Azores...
P&O Kids
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Ventura/Caribbean/Transatlantic
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Stonehouse, Farnham on 13th Apr 2013
This was a 3 week Caribbean and Transatlantic Cruise on P&O Ventura with 12 days in the Caribbean and 9 days back to Southampton. We were allocated a BA scheduled flight to Barbados which was...
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Bravo Ventura - Caribbean & Atlantic Crossing
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Houghton, Farnham on 13th Apr 2013
Well done the Ventura. This was our first time on a large (3, 000+ px ship) so we were a bit worried. We needn't have been. The ship was fine, plenty of facilities, plenty of space, and...
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Cruising with the grand kids
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Bird, Great Yarmouth on 1st Apr 2013
We decided to take the daughter, son in law and grand children to the caribbean. So went for the sail back to the UK option to reduce the flights to one way in case the children did not like the long...
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a nightmare experience on P&O's Ventura
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Barlow, LIVERPOOL on 30th Mar 2013
We booked our Caribbean Cruise on board the Ventura last June to celebrate our engagement. Both my fiancé and I are amputees and cruise regularly and thought it would be nice to combine...
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A Caribbean Journey
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By Douglas, Juniper Green on 28th Mar 2013
Although we have been on many cruises we have almost always travelled with either Princess or Cunard as we have consistantly found them excellent. On this occasion however we selected a Caribbean...
New Getaways
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Ventura - What's not to like!
P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Caribbean
By White, Greater London on 26th Mar 2013
Recently returned from a 3 week cruise on the Ventura. Heading out from Gatwick with an hour delay on a First Choice plane we upgraded to premium cabin due to my tall other half...