Ventura Reviews

My Husband and I have booked with Iglu many times now, even have family doing the very same thank you Alex.  This was our twelthcruise we went in July 2014, Ventura is a fabulous ship, great food, even nice to be able to have late night snacks, i,e chips, curry, pizza etc. Cabins spotless, entertainment great, no complaints at all. Just had our 13th cruise on Marco Polo and boy so disappointed..made me wish I was back on any P&0 ship or R/C .

My husband and I have booked with Iglu many times now, even have family doing the very same thank you Alex.  This was our twelthcruise we went in July 2014, Ventura is a fabulous, great food, even nice to be able to have late night snacks, i,e chips, curry, pizza etc. cabins spotless, entertainment great, no complaints at all. Just had our 1th cruise on Marco Polo and boy so disappointed, made me wish I was back on any P&0 ship or R/C .

Carribean cruise 14 nights 6th December 2014 cabin with balcony very nice islands lovely. Dance teachers were fabulous.The food was awful I survived on water melon and cheese breakfast.The ship was freezing air conditioning very cold had to wear jumpers and coats.  Flights and service from Iglu Cruise were good.

Just enjoyed a wonderful 2 week Caribbean adventure on P&O's Ventura. A splendid ship with super crew. We enjoyed the Freedom Dining experience and the Headliners shows were terrific. P&O's organisation of the the flights to and from UK, the transfers to/from Venture and the port calls worked flawlessly. A really fantastic holiday, thank you.

Very good holiday. Will always use Iglu. Ventura is a wonderful ship.

Fantastic time was had by all.

We have just returned from a Caribbean cruise and would like to say that the cruise was very good with excellent weather for two weeks and food onboard was better than we have had before and was very good value for money.The only down side for us was the people onboard, we have cruise for many years and understand times are changing. In the past we have met some very nice people who have retired like us and are patient and consideriate and enjoy the simple things of life.

I hadn't been with P&O for a few years and although I think the standards have probably dropped with regards to food in the main dining rooms, the dining in all of the speciality restaurants was excellent. East was fantastic, as was the Glasshouse, with Whites being up to Michelin star standard. The cabin we had A534 was roomy with a good balcony, and kept spotless by our steward Remy. For me, the thing that sticks out are the staff, we have got to thank Joel, Abhi and Hendricks in the Glasshouse, for making our holiday so lovely, and Kristina, Das, Kindness, Petra and Irving in the Casino for giving us so many fun filled nights with great banter. We also had the fortune to be on a fixed dining table in the Bay Tree with 6 wonderful companions, including 4 Swedes, who I hope we can keep in touch with. The only downside, which lots of people have commented on is during sea days trying to get a sunbed. The English certainly can't talk about the Germans any more regards towel hogging. We noted sunbeds reserved with nobody on them for up to 4 hours while people were looking to around to find beds. This has to stop P&O! All in all a nice ship with lovely staff, and mostly lovely people we met. The islands we have been to on a few occasions were great to explore. I don't think I would venture again at the start of November as it is still coming towards the end of their rainy season and showers were prevalent.

Ventura is a well run cruise ship which endeavours to maintain high standards. The actual cruise itself was excellent value. This was our third cruise on the Ventura and enjoyed every minute. Never been let down by P&O especially if you realistically valuate cost of cruise and high standard achieved.

Having enjoyed several previous cruises on Ventura and Azura we were very disappointed with our latest 24 day cruise. Ventura is in need of a good refurbishment. She is looking tatty and worn. Food was not up to the previous high standards. alternative restaurants aboard have increased there prices and were very expensive. There was a lack of sunbeds due partly to closing off part of deck 16 so P&O can charge hundreds of £s to use the retreat. This caused friction and lots of moaning from passengers, which spoiled the atmosphere. If you like to sunbath then you need to be up BEFORE the sun to leave your towel on the sunbed! Even though P&O advise that saving of sunbeds and seat is not allowed. To watch a show either in the Arena, Havana or Tamerine we needed to be in our seats 45 mins before show or there was no chance of getting a seat. So a lot of waisted, boring time spent just waiting for poor quality entertainment. A high proportion of activities arranged onboard were just another opportunity for P&O to entice you to spend your money, to push producrs and squeeze every last penny out of you. Not to entertain or enhance your cruise. Worst of all for us was P&O's inability to police there own "No Smoking Policy" expecting passengers to police the policy for them. This also caused lots of upset. We will think very carefully who we book our Christmas cruise with. Sadly P&O are not the premier cruise line they once were.