Azura Reviews

Caribbean cruise on Azura 8th-22nd March 2014. First time with P&O, usually cruise with Royal Caribbean or Princess. First rate vessel. Food and service very good. Thank you Frankie our stateroom steward. No complaints really, except the dreadful habit some people have of putting towels on sunbeds and leaving them there all day and not using them. Notices should be placed stating this is totally un-acceptable, otherwise, great fun. Cruising with P&O again, Ventura, around the Med in June. Enjoyed Azura very much, would recommend.

Just returned from 14 nights in the Carribean aboard Azura. This was our first cruise and our impressions are as follows: Flights between Barbados & Gatwick on Thompson 787 Dreamliner good both ways, have to pay extra to be sure of sitting together. Transfer, embarkation and disembarkation all smooth. Our cabin (balcony, deck 15) was comfortable and steward was excellent. Easy to relax on balcony (when the adjoining guests weren't playing loud music and doing bad brummie kareoke!) The food was good in Penninsular restaurant along with good service. Buffets where OK but busy at peak times. Entertainment ranged from excellent (Headliners) to so so (Changez) with lots of good acts, but all venues where crowded and often impossible to get a seat. Visited a good range of islands (couldn't get into St Vincent due to wind - this is a very big ship but sensitive to wind apparently) and enjoyed good shore excursions and excellent snorkelling and cat trip in Barbados. The best bit of the experience was going ashore and meeting the locals who where courteous and friendly. Azura is huge, but unfortunately felt over crowded most of the time. There is a steep extra charge if you want use the less crowded section at the forward end of ship. All in all we would love to come back to Carribean, but not on this ship.

I have been on many cruises on the Azura and Ventura and I have had the best holidays ever. The service is first class, and the food is excellent. I would not consider travelling with any other cruise line. Looking forward to travelling on the Brittania on her maiden voyage.

I have been on many cruises on the Azura and Ventura and I have had the best holidays ever.The service is first class, and the food is excellant. I would not consider travelling with any other cruiseline. Looking forward to travelling on the Brittania on her maiden voyage.

Sailed on Azura before Christmas. Ended up in a four-berth inside cabin converted to a double bedded room. The redundant upper berths were left folded against wall, giving you only inches to get into bed. These berths should have been designed to flush into the ceiling or walls. Warning, anybody less able will find it extremely difficult to move around in these rooms . This ship is only a few years old, poor design.

We have done many cruises and have noticed quite a decline in standards, not sure whether this is because the ships have got bigger and they are more crowded. Have always enjoyed the films but they showed the same film morning and afternoon on all the days at sea. After three days I had a very sore mouth from eating extremely hard toast, having done away with the machines where you could toast your own, must admit this did cut down on the queues but not really successful as the toast was so awful. We had a lovely cabin the best ever even better than a mini suite which we had a while ago, the only downside was a nasty smell from the bathroom, it was a big bathroom which was great and a walk in shower with a grid on the floor for the water which must have stagnated at times. We had a word with our cabin boy and he said it does happen and he would sort it and he did and it was ok for a few days and then it came back and he kept having to do it. We have had better food on Princess with a better choice and the entertainment was not up to much this year. Headliners were great as always, young and energetic but the rest were nothing to write home about. Iglucruise were as always really efficient and Thomas Cook flight was good going out but awful coming home night flights are never easy and the food was truly awful. 

Just returned from Caribbean cruise first time on Azura, must thank Iglucruise for arrangements, first class flights were fine with Thomas Cook. Not so good coming home which was a night flight and rather noisy not much chance of a nap on this flight. Have done a number of cruises so we are bound to compare and we found this ship a bit too big for us, but the staff were courteous and helpful. Entertainment was not really up to much, Headliners are always excellent young and energetic we saw them three times, didn't rate the rest. We were delighted with our cabin, booking at the last minute we didn't expect a lot but it was the best cabin we have ever had even better than a mini suite. Just one downside the bathroom gave off a rather nasty smell on several occasions, we mentioned this to our cabin boy who nodded and said it does happen and would sort it and he did. Having said that it didn't spoil our holiday, we enjoyed most things although the food and choice was not as good as it used to be. We met a nice couple from Scotland, although we had a table for two and so did they we were close enough to chat and we really enjoyed our chats each evening in the Oriental Restaurant...Sam was a lecturer and he was on his soap box most evenings and we covered a range of topics...did not get their email address so Sam and Margaret if you read this hope you arrived home safe and Margaret that you are well.

Have just returned from two weeks Carribean cruise aboard Azura, being our first cruise we didn't know what to expect. We were very well treated by all staff. The ship was brilliant, entertainment excellent and ports of call absolutely beautiful. Glad to say I will definately be going again. Thank You P&O.

Have just returned from two weeks Carribean cruise aboard Azura, being our first cruise we didn't know what to expect. We were very well treated by all staff. The ship was brilliant, entertainment excellent and ports of call absolutely beautiful. Glad to say I am definately going again. Thank You P&O.

Cruise from Southampton to the Caribbean in November 2013 the crossing for first 3 day was up and down. After that the weather was nice for 5 days and in the Caribbean very hot. Great trip!