Ventura Reviews

Ship was tired and grubby, load of hen parties .. due to bad weather we could not dock at zebrugge and whilst this could not be helped there wad not a lot to dobon board ship. Despite all meals being included in price of cruise, because we opted out of ' black tie' dining and chose to not cue up in the cafeteria buffet, we got charged £20 cover + cost of what we ate! Joke ! Our first and last cruise experience. However could not fault the stewards and waiting staff.

I liked this ship, but then I’ve liked all the P&O ships I’ve been on. It has a lovely atrium and despite being a large ship it did not seem overcrowded. The rooms were on par with other ships in the fleet, clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly and the food amazing. Sadly due to bad weather we were unable to dock in Zeebrugge and our trip to Bruges was cancelled but, we still enjoyed our cruise.

We were immensely disappointed with Ventura. The decor was tired and the staff were less than welcoming. Really disappointed – we will not be sailing on P&O again.

Unfortunately due to the weather, we were unable to land at Zeebrugge port and had to stay at sea with rough seas which was a disappointment. Staff were friendly on the whole the only criticism was at peak times at shows the drink service was slow, buffet service had the same meal for two days but was lovely.

I rate this ship 6 - Excellent. Something for everyone in entertainment 5 star food and stateroom. Tea, coffee and biscuits in room, the White Company bathroom pamper set! How very British and how very lovely. This is the life!

We had a great week on the Ventura. The food was very good and the speciality restaurants Epicurean and Sindu were excellent. We enjoyed life on board and had a good time on shore. The weather helped as it was fine throughout. We enjoyed the Costa coffee and had a very nice meal in the Glass House. On the at sea days we went to the Chefs demo and to two of the Art Gallery talks as well as enjoying the two classical guitar concerts. Some of the shows were very good, the Magic and the Frankie Valley shows. Others were fair but the comic was awful. Overall a great time. Our slight complaint would be the formal evenings could have been improved by having some canopies offered around. One more important point was that the wait to get on the shuttle bus at La Rochelle was totally unacceptable and P and O must improve this return to the ship service. We look forward now to our next trip in April.

I had a lovely time apart from the toilet in my cabin had a problem that just seemed to get worse as the time went on. It seemed to flush when it felt like it and had a black scum line in the bowel and although the steward tried to clean it many times the problem came back time after time. Also it had a awful urine smell that just would not go away. The last day the toilet refused to flush and I had to leave the cabin without flushing having waited for 3 hours trying to flush it time and time again. Also our first stop was changed and wasn’t to impressed with the stop we had. Having said that I did enjoy it but think maybe I will try a different cruise company next time.

3

Very good cruise. Cabin was fine and we would recommend the superior deluxe balcony because of the extra space and shower over bath. We are dancers and found the atrium to be a little on the small side but overall we did enjoy the dancing. We would cruise on the Ventura again and would recommend this ship.

Nice ship and the food was really good. Liked the new show Astonishing but didn't think much of the Burt Bacharach show. He's American and thought they could haven chosen someone more relevant to where P & O are mostly based. I preferred the shows with dancing and tunes from well known musicals though even these get tired after seeing them a few times perhaps they could mix it up a bit.