P&O Ventura Reviews

Summary:  Not great. A couple of years since I cruised with them—gone downhill.Noisiest ship yet! Constant loud music. Difficult to use lifts many scooters. Only 1 speaker on board. Very little Xmas cheer. Food good plenty of choices of eateries. Cabins comfortable. Staff wonderful

Summary:  This was my husbands first cruise. Spoke to Iglu for advise on what cabin and facilities to book. We really enjoyed the trip. Super ship. Great entertainment. Fantastic food. Wonderful staff. We enjoyed it that much we booked another cruise.

Summary:  Excellent ship. Very rough weather across bay of Biscay There were too many sea days in relation to port days, which in hindsight was not to our liking Restaurant service was the best we have had on one cruise ship

Summary:  After shaky start (courtesy of storm Diana and bay of Biscay) my husband and myself had great time on Ventura. The crew were wonderful, very friendly and helpful, nothing was too much trouble. Food was, on the whole, very good, and as you would expect, plentiful. Entertainment was varied, but the resident Headliners, although good dancers, were not fantastic singers!! We enjoyed the ports of call (Madeira and Canary Isles). It was our first time with P&O, but would certainly book with them again.

Summary:  Having sailed on most of the smaller P&O ships, we decided to try Ventura. It was certainly a good experience but we will go back to the smaller ships. We found that public areas like the theatre and self service cafe were almost always overcrowded to the point of being unable to find seats. Also, the standard of cleanliness in the self service cafe was poorer than we had previously encountered. Nevertheless, we were delighted with our cabin and the service provided by our cabin steward. Also, bar service was excellent. Ventura is well worth trying if you are looking for value for money but if you want just that little bit more, then you should probably look elsewhere.

Summary:  Although we enjoyed the cruise, there were one or two aspects that were not favourable. When we got to our cabin we noticed that there was chewing gum stuck to the ceiling, we alerted the steward to this, but the gum was still there when we left the cruise. When we pushed a suitcase under the bed, an empty plastic bottle came out the other side, and some of the lamps in the cabin were dusty. We booked a drinks package, but had to wait until the evening before accessing it, and we were half way through our dinner before our wine appeared. Service generally throughout the ship was slow. I had an argument at one of the bars when a barman refused to serve me a cocktail, when I pointed out that it was on his menu he to,d me I would have to wait for it. After a twenty minute wait I approached him again to be told I woul still have to wait whilst he served everyone else, against I argued and he eventually did serve me the drink.

Summary:  3 night break to Brugges Christmas markets. Brugges as always is a delightful place to visit with plenty to see, cultural, touristy or shopping. The ship was clean on the whole, cuisine was fine as was the entertainment.Trying to reboard after the excursion was a fiasco as was the unstructured disembarkation - random queues and poor communication. Attire was apparantly random with tee-shirts, torn jeans and trainers evident, even when dining, so disappointing for those of us who made an effort. The captain's communication was bizarrley casual so rather unreassuring to my travelling companion who had never cruised before and may not again. His over relaxed style possibly influenced the overall onboard atmosphere - a shame. Definitely wish I had not bothered.

Summary:  Excellent First time Cruise. Everything and staff were top quality! Sadly the weather was,nt too kind but for November what could one expect?

Summary:  Quick and easy embarkation. Balcony cabin was all very clean and plenty of storage space. As always, staff were very helpful and obliging. Great shows in the evenings and guest acts were all good too. No real issues or problems, going on same ship again in April!

Summary:  Recently took my son and his partner to Bruges for the weekend. Ship lovely And Bruges was as beautiful as ever. However the food on Ventura was nothing short of appauling. Beach house with it's £10 per person supplement and the Indian restaurant not sure if it's called East or Sindu with its £20 per person supplement was really poor value for money. The buffet restaurant was poor too, best meal was the main restaurant on the day of disembarkation. We have done about a dozen cruises of the past 4 or 5 years to various destinations mainly with P and O but also with Princess and Most recently Celebrity. We have noticed quite clearly that the standard of food on P and O has deterioated over the last few years, maybe in the push for greater profits. I believe it will backfire unless they take a serious look at this. Both Princess and Celebrity for just a little extra cost are head and shoulders above P and O. Nothing ever happens though nobody ever bothers to contact disgruntled passengers to discuss these events.