Summer Short Break, 31st August 2012

Cruised the Caribbean on Aurora November to December 2011 my wife and I have cruised before on other cruise liners but I found the Aurora faultless there were the usual moaners on there who will find fault with the food the drink the accommodation smokers waiters etc etc the bar prices were excellent its not a moan but they don’t sell session lagers only Stella which is head banging lager we could bring our own booze on board and the duty free was so cheap great deal if you bought it on board you kept it to drink or take home. Made some great friends on board still in contact the waiters were great we had a good laugh with them the captain was a star he went round the ship talking to everyone even came and sat for 20 mins with us on the deck upstairs where we all smoked. One unfortunate thing that happened on the cruise was the left hand side of the ship was for smoking but on the way to the Caribbean the sun was on that side so all the non smokers came to this side and whinged because they wanted to sit there without us smokers around. The entertainment was great the crew were great they put on shows as well. Great selection of food highly recommend this ship and we are sailing on it again

WE also were on the 5 weeks cruise departing from Southampton on Nov 2011, the ship was as steady as a rock I’m told this is one of the steadiest ships on the ocean no matter what like the seas are, we also met many new friends on this ship we had an excellent time, the 5 weeks past before you knew it. Food was very good we tried various restaurants, we were allocated the Meridan dinning room and had a table for 6 and everyone got on extremely well so much so we have already been to visit one of the couples, on our table, we also sampled the cafe Bordeaux which was very pleasant for lunch or breakfast very civilised compared the the orangy lideo, the best shows were put on by the staff, and yes as I see in other reviews the pantomime was the tops. I totally agree, we were on a deck and you didn’t here a thing you just thought you were in a 5 star hotel, staff were very polite and helpful, we have just booked another P&O cruise on the ORIANA going back out to the Caribbean in April.