Adonis in the Caribbean

[simonpjd]

First time on Adonia and a pleasure to sail on this little beauty. By the second week it took ages to get anywhere as we kept meeting new friends. Don't get that on the moving block of flats. Also out of ten ports on only one was there another ship in , small ports to ourselves. Antigua was not good with another 2 monsters full of Americans everywhere.

First time we noticed quite a few of the staff were, how to put this, quite large. We are used to many pax waddling around but now it is staff too.

No silver service anymore, in our view an improvement as service is much faster, veggies match the main course and meals still hot.

The headliners did a gentle cabaret type show in the Crows Nest. By far the best show they did. Really showed off their talents better than the somewhat frantic shows in the Curzon.

Four tender ports and they did have a couple of failures but nothing too bad.

Two weeks of good eating and only put on 5 lbs. nearly all gone already hurrah. We are doing an Oceania cruise on the Riviera in September. Will be interesting to see how much better they are, if at all.

Flights, no upgrades available out of Gatwick. That would have been nice on an eight hour flight.

Overall well done P&O. People can moan, and by heck they do, but it is a great holiday.

[simonpjd]

Fat fingers sorry.

[sagaris]

Hi Simon,

 

Like you we did our first cruise on the Adonia in February - Caribbean and Amazon.

We were a little unsure at first as we had done previous cruises on the Oceana, Venrura and Azura, but we loved it.

It was by far the friendliest ship we had been on and the most relaxing, no rushing to get to the shows, ports to ourselves, no mad scrambles for sunbeds or in the buffet.

She is a beautiful little ship more like a country house than, as you said a floating block of flats.

She wouldn't be to everyone's taste but we wouldn't hesitate to sail on her again.

I really hope that P&O spend a bit of money refurbishing her and don't sell her.

 

Molly

[Scorpio41]

We cruised on the Adonia last year through the Kiel canal. I loved her small size and the friendliness of the ship OH was not so keen.

We are on the Britannia next, its going to be a big shock after the last cruise, but you cannot criticise until you've tried it.

 

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Edited March 25, 2015 by Scorpio41
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[Zombatar]

We are on Adonia next February in the Caribbean. We booked it ages ago and then last year decided to see what little ships were like (We had always cruised on the "blocks of flats"!!) and so we went for a week on Azamara Quest as it is one of Adonias sister ships. What a disaster!!:eek:

 

It was the worst cruise we had ever been on and mainly down to the overcrowded ship. We could never get sunbeds, the pool was blocked out by overweight children and most of the American passengers were ultra critical of anything European and very, very, very loud. :mad:

 

Since we returned home we have debated about cancelling the Adonia cruise which would be a shame as we both love the Caribbean and the trip takes in many ports to which we have never been before. We are really encouraged by the positive reviews on this site and have decided to hold off on the cancelation until our next cruise this summer on (yes it's another:D big ship!!) Britannia around the Canaries. We would be interested in any other comments about Adonia from those that have been on her.

[Scorpio41]

The P&O Adonia is adult only.

I think until you've tried P&O smaller ships and the adult only cruising experience don't be too quick to judge. :)

 

I prefer a smaller ship but I have sailed P&O's bigger ships and soon I'll be sailing on the Britannia. Each ship has it's own merits, the smaller ships go to different ports which the bigger ships cannot go and the bigger ships have more facilities and entertainment.

 

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[sagaris]

I think you will find the Adonia totally different to the Azamara - no Americans and definitely no children - overweight or not - as the Adonia is an adults only ship:).

 

It is a complete contrast to the bigger ships.

 

Although she was full when we sailed, you never felt overcrowded and even on sea days we were able to get sunbeds. Obviously there is not the choice of entertainment venues etc, but the cruise taken as a whole was really relaxing and really friendly.

 

As I said previously, we were a bit unsure because we have only sailed on the bigger ships, and it did take a couple of days to get used to the fact that we didn't have to rush about e.g. to a show after dinner.

 

We will still sail on the bigger ships, but would definitely sail on the Adonia again.

 

Molly

[Flying Doc]

We are on Adonia next February in the Caribbean. We booked it ages ago and then last year decided to see what little ships were like (We had always cruised on the "blocks of flats"!!) and so we went for a week on Azamara Quest as it is one of Adonias sister ships. What a disaster!!:eek:

 

It was the worst cruise we had ever been on and mainly down to the overcrowded ship. We could never get sunbeds, the pool was blocked out by overweight children and most of the American passengers were ultra critical of anything European and very, very, very loud. :mad:

 

Since we returned home we have debated about cancelling the Adonia cruise which would be a shame as we both love the Caribbean and the trip takes in many ports to which we have never been before. We are really encouraged by the positive reviews on this site and have decided to hold off on the cancelation until our next cruise this summer on (yes it's another:D big ship!!) Britannia around the Canaries. We would be interested in any other comments about Adonia from those that have been on her.

 

Don't cancel! We too have just returned from Adonia's Caribbean cruise. We had only been on the big ships before and we too were a bit worried about how it would feel to be on such a small vessel with limited options. We needn't have been - it has a lovely ambience, friendly and charming. The staff were outstanding. It is delightful to have so few fellow passengers so you all recognise each other. We never ever felt anywhere was crowded, were able to visit some exquisite little ports of call (most notably Mayreau and Bequia) and we're now hooked. Wouldn't dream of doing the Caribbean any other way (and booked for the Amazon next year).....