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Overall Rating:5
Fabulous Holiday!

CUNARD CRUISES / Queen Victoria / Baltic
By Sherlock, Trentham on 3rd Sep 2010
Cunard - Queen Victoria - 1 - 15 August 2010 - Baltic Cruise. I have just returned from the Baltic with Cunard. Once again this was a fantastic cruise. My state room was 8147 which was very...
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Overall Rating:5
Ventura, fantastic first cruise

P&O CRUISES / Ventura / Mediterranean
By Hammond, Wakefield on 3rd Sep 2010
We sailed on Ventura Western Mediterranean 14 – 28th August 2010 This was a first cruise for myself, Wife and 2 teenage daughters, we chose Ventura because it was advertised as a family...
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Overall Rating:2
Nice Ship, shame about the Crew

P&O CRUISES / Oriana / Northern Europe
By Bryant, SWINDON on 3rd Sep 2010
After over 20 cruises, we eventually got round to trying P&O on a 7 night cruise to the North of Spain, West of France and Guernsey. This ship is now 15 years old and starting to look a bit tired...
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Overall Rating:5
Wonderful cruise

CARNIVAL CRUISES / Carnival Miracle / Bahamas
By Jonas, Sittingbourne on 3rd Sep 2010
We were a party of two adults and two teenagers, The nationalty was mainly amercian (we were sailing from New York). The balcony cabin was spacious even when the beds were made up!! The children...
Caribbean Cruise Sale
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Overall Rating:4
Mediterranean Discovery - We Enjoyed It

ISLAND CRUISES / Island Escape / Mediterranean
By Buchanan, Camberley on 3rd Sep 2010
Holiday Overall We have been on the Island Escape several times before, but the ship did look a bit run down. I believe it is due for a refurbish soon. However, it is clean (on the whole) and the...
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Overall Rating:4
Mediterranean Discovery - We Enjoyed It

ISLAND CRUISES / Island Escape / Mediterranean
By Buchanan, Camberley on 3rd Sep 2010
Holiday Overall We have been on the Island Escape several times before, but the ship did look a bit run down. I believe it is due for a refurbish soon. However, it is clean (on the whole) and the...
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Overall Rating:5
Istanbul to Athens, the long way round

AZAMARA CLUB CRUISES / Azamara Quest / Mediterranean
By O'Connor, Leigh-on-Sea on 3rd Sep 2010
This cruise was out of Istanbul. We arrived there independently to make the most of this fascinating city. Embarkation procedures were smooth and speedy. We arrived in our stateroom to find a very...
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Overall Rating:5
Beautiful Oriana!

P&O CRUISES / Oriana / Canaries
By Hughes, CAMBS on 3rd Sep 2010
It's hard to find anything bad to say about our experience on board the Oriana. The only disappontment we had was a couple of the excursions we did were not to our liking...
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Overall Rating:5
indie classs

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES / Independence of the Seas / Mediterranean
By jeffrey, lenzie,glasgow on 3rd Sep 2010
cruised last year on indie of the seas, real class ship quality staff amazing , and look 4ward to going back next year.if ur gina do a cruise go in style with the indie
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Overall Rating:3
Adventure of the seas

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES / Adventure of the Seas / Mediterranean
By Madle, Ashford on 3rd Sep 2010
As a first time cruiser I was very happy with the quality of services and accomodation on this trip. The food was excellent and facilities good. I was very dissappointed with the lack of available...
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Overall Rating:2
helpppp!!!!

THOMSON CRUISES / Thomson Dream / Mediterranean
By emily, nottinham on 3rd Sep 2010
help, i need to complain to thomsons, i paid for an upgrade of £322, for an outside plus cabin on deck 9, our cabin was only 10x10, i did complain at the time after seeing other cabins on our...
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Overall Rating:2
Alaskan Cruise - HAL ok but prefer P&O anyday !

HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISES / MS Zuiderdam / Alaska
By Davis, Swindon on 3rd Sep 2010
I agree with previous reviews about the cruise terminal in Vancouver. We waited for almost 3 hours to board the ship, did not see one HAL representative until the final check in desk...
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Overall Rating:5
First Solstice Class cruise Superb

CELEBRITY CRUISES / Celebrity Equinox / Mediterranean
By Auchter, Fombell, Pennsylvania on 3rd Sep 2010
We are Americans who took our first E. Med cruise on our favorite cruise line--Celebrity Equinox July 16, 2010. Ports of call were Messina, Athens, Mykonos, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Santorini, Naples &...
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Overall Rating:5
what a lot of food

PRINCESS CRUISES / Ruby Princess / Mediterranean
By woodley, welwyn garden city on 3rd Sep 2010
this was our second cruise with princess, this time aboard the Ruby. Cabin stuward absolutely fantastic. all other staff attentive without being in your face. The cabin is as desrcibed and was ample...
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Overall Rating:5
A flawless Experence

CUNARD CRUISES / Queen Victoria / Mediterranean
By Skelton, London on 2nd Sep 2010
We set sail on the 15th August on the Queen Victoria, as we drew into the dock my heart began to beat faster even though we'd sailed on her before the sheer splendor of her graceful lines takes the...
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Overall Rating:4
Sailing to the Midnight Sun after a bad 2009

FRED. OLSEN CRUISES / Black Prince / Northern Europe
By Dickson, York on 2nd Sep 2010
My wife and I had booked a cruise on Fred Olsen for September 2009 to celebrate our Golden Wedding Anniversary. Unfortunately we had to cancel due to life threatening medical problems for both of...
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Overall Rating:4
Embarkation Nightmares

CUNARD CRUISES / Queen Mary 2 / Transatlantic
By White, Uxbridge on 2nd Sep 2010
Having booked our own flights to New York we had to make our own arrangements to transfer from JFK to Brooklyn. Good documentation helped our yellow cab driver to find the location which was not the...
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Overall Rating:4
Queen Victoria Baltic cruise

CUNARD CRUISES / Queen Victoria / Baltic
By Kiernan, Wirral on 2nd Sep 2010
This was our fourth Cunard cruise and we had a really great time on the Queen Victoria, the restaurant service was excellent. We loved the excursions but they were a little overpriced and not really...
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Overall Rating:3
THOMSON DESTINY???????

THOMSON CRUISES / Thomson Destiny / Mediterranean
By BERRY, DONCASTER on 2nd Sep 2010
thomson destiny???? WE HAVE BEEN ON THE DESTINY TWICE ONCE AS A 24 YEAR OLD COUPLE AND ONCE WITH A 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THE DESTINY IS A NICE CALM BOAT IT IS VERY RELAXING NICE BARS AND RESTRAUNTS...
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Overall Rating:5
Cruise to Cobh

ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES / Independence of the Seas / Mini Cruises
By Thompson, Witney on 2nd Sep 2010
Having read some of the previous reviews about poor behaviour on this ship and some poor comments about food in the main dining room, I was a little apprehensive about our time on board...