jaceyar

Our main bugbear with P&O is the endless repetitive itineraries - particularly those in the Caribbean. We have rather overdone the Caribbean cruises over the years and have enjoyed most of them on the lovely Azura although also once on Britannia and a 28 day bean feast on the lovely little Adonia. We've visited the ABC Islands, Grand Cayman, Trinidad & Tobago, Isla Margarita, the Amazon, Ocho Rios and the St Maarten, St Lucia, St Kitts bunch (repeatedly). Often we booked a B2B - 15 day islands then a few islands and back to Southampton. Now of course there is no variety between concurrent weeks so not much joy in a B2B. To add to all this anyone flying from Gatwick(?) or Manchester will fly in an old plane with no in seat entertainment. We've enjoyed the alcohol laden TUI flights in their lovely Dreamliners immensely. Perhaps P&O now realise why most cruiseliners don't include flights. I think that's possibly on the cards.¹

We did Arvia's first TA out to the Caribbean this January. We had lots of FCC from Covid cancellations so spent it on a Premium balcony cabin on the aft. No complaints about the cabin, it was comfortable and being aft had a huge balcony. We couldn't believe when walking around how awful some of the cabins were with totally exposed balconies that people walking by could look into. The MDR was awful - you felt you had to be out of there asap. So so noisy too because so many hard surfaces. The Olive Grove we liked above the others, the other Diner type not so fond of. We loved the Quays and often lunched there and liked the chairs and tables just outside. Many would find having to book everything on an app difficult but P&O don't care at all about their traditional customer. It was made clear to us that we were not their target customer. The Dome is a complete waste of money. The acoustics are shocking and chairs sparse and uncomfortable. As somebody else said, remove it and make it an outside deck. There was definitely a shortage of staff onboard too - the younger ones not too bright. I mourn the cruises we've loved on P&O - the fabulously funny sailaways, the cheese board trolly, the quoits competitions etc etc. We now cruise mostly on Azamara. We followed the lovely Adonia and love each cruise with them - inclusive drinks, amazing itineraries and fabulous food and beverages. P&O you've lost your way....

Where are you from in E.Yorkshire? I grew up in Cottingham and went to school in Beverley. Jacqui

We booked a Veranda cabin for 25th Feb & 7th March B2B. Invited to upgrade on 24th Jan. Bid £520pp for a CC Suite. We are Discovery. Success today for 25th sailing. The 7th March cruise is full I think, so may not be successful for that one. 🤞