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Azura is a great ship, sailed with her many times.
Despite being essentially a carbon copy of Ventura she is far better experience as sadly Ventura was pushed out for the low end "chav" market, cheap bums on seats and suffers because of it. Both ships themselves are just fine, but P&O sadly fail to enforce rules and standards on Ventura so it is basically a Billy Butlins free for all scrap. Kids run rampant, playing tiggy in the atrium on multiple levels, racing past reception (who do nothing). At night the kids run rampant down the cabin corridors at 1-2am n the morning, sometimes playing "knock and run" on the doors. I don't sail with Ventura any more as a result.
Azura however is a breath of fresh air. Modern, fairly big, sails well, lovely bars, great multi-level atrium, big theatre.
I would not personally have chosen a cabin on the top deck on any ship TBH. Done it before and been woken every morning at around 6-7am by crew putting out the sunloungers, thump, thump, thump. Hopefully that won't be an issue though as they may well leave them out all the time being in the Caribbean, sailing is I think pretty gentle so stacking them every night probably not required.
Royal Caribbean I've never been tempted with TBH due to numerous stories of mixed dress codes which can ruin the ambience. i.e. On formal nights, some people dress up, and others decide not to and roam around the atriums and shopping areas in casuals etc so the whole thing looks mixed up. Part of the cruising experience, for me, is for evenings to be "special" and a very far throw from a night out at your local Weatherspoons !
Best ship in the P&O fleet for me is Aurora. It's the glitziest and best attended for dressing up imo, (Oriana very similar but the ship sails like a cow imo). Aurora is the perfect size ship and has a proper wide prom deck which is a pleasure to sit on a read a book. Also has one of the best Crow's Nests in the fleet and wonderful restaurants. Anyways, have a great trip !
Good God, how far can some folk get up their own backsides
Have today booked a fortnight all inclusive holiday in Mauritius, for February 2017. Yippee, we will have such a good time I know, as we have been going to same place place for 10 years.
Good God, how far can some folk get up their own backsides
Good god all-bloody mighty !
Realist takes the time and trouble to post a fascinating and informative view about cruise ships. His opinion to which he is perfectly entitled.
I, and I'm sure others, found it interesting.
The Duke's been back for 5 minutes and posts this nasty crap !?
Realist takes the time and trouble to post a fascinating and informative view about cruise ships. His opinion to which he is perfectly entitled.
I, and I'm sure others, found it interesting.
The Duke's been back for 5 minutes and posts this nasty crap !?
I found in interesting as you can get a well informed view
Good of Realist to post about his findings on the cruise he has done. Everyone has their own opinion and what may not suit some is ideal for others.
I would say don't go on a cruise based on anything but what you expect to get from it. Then make up your own mind
I have only done 2 med cruises and a trip up the river Nile, so no great authority about most cruise lines, only been on Royal Caribbean ships the Navigator of the seas and the Splender of the seas.
What was an eye opener to me was how the crew remembers you. order a drink from one of the many bars and go back a few days later and they remember what you ordered before.
We tend to sit down after we booked the main costs of the cruise and study what day escorted trips are on offer. you can do the same cruise several times and still book different ones. Looking through the day out choices and costs really is the start of the experience. This does take a time but worth doing a you can see from my previous posts
Pompeii was amazing seeing it was originally all covered in ash from the volcano
One of the 27 craters on Mt Vesuvius
The flute player took 5 years to master the art in Sicily
Navigator of the seas centre street
In the evening the entertainment staff dressed as The Village People on the bridge over and threw down soft glowing balls for the kids
We have also been to China on a package holiday. What a different culture it is and well worth going. That however would be another holiday story as would going to the USA let along Tunisia -Egypt -or Brazil
Just keep away from the casino area but worth a visit to see all the gamblers at the slot machines.
Realist takes the time and trouble to post a fascinating and informative view about cruise ships. His opinion to which he is perfectly entitled.
I, and I'm sure others, found it interesting.
The Duke's been back for 5 minutes and posts this nasty crap !?
In your opinion. My idea of total hell, being trapped with complete and utter snobs who consider their ambience is ruined by the "working class", while they try and act out scenarios of being "Upper Class", while in fact being nothing more than working class and stuck up.
My worst hell on holiday is being stuck with School Teachers , their often appalling lack of manners and their air of superiority towards all . Then loud folk from the USA and and anybody with a accent that grates from north of Watford.
Sorry mate that is my opinion , I assume we are all allowed to have a opinion or is it only you.
Good of Realist to post about his findings on the cruise he has done. Everyone has their own opinion and what may not suit some is ideal for others.
I would say don't go on a cruise based on anything but what you expect to get from it. Then make up your own mind
I have only done 2 med cruises and a trip up the river Nile, so no great authority about most cruise lines, only been on Royal Caribbean ships the Navigator of the seas and the Splender of the seas.
What was an eye opener to me was how the crew remembers you. order a drink from one of the many bars and go back a few days later and they remember what you ordered before.
We tend to sit down after we booked the main costs of the cruise and study what day escorted trips are on offer. you can do the same cruise several times and still book different ones. Looking through the day out choices and costs really is the start of the experience. This does take a time but worth doing a you can see from my previous posts
Pompeii was amazing seeing it was originally all covered in ash from the volcano
One of the 27 craters on Mt Vesuvius
The flute player took 5 years to master the art in Sicily
Navigator of the seas centre street
In the evening the entertainment staff dressed as The Village People on the bridge over and threw down soft glowing balls for the kids
We have also been to China on a package holiday. What a different culture it is and well worth going. That however would be another holiday story as would going to the USA let along Tunisia -Egypt -or Brazil
Just keep away from the casino area but worth a visit to see all the gamblers at the slot machines.
Thanks we have done several trips to India, Bali, Malyasia, Penang, Hawaii including Las Vegas. China I would definately like to see. It's all been long haul and thought cruising would be a more relaxing option.
Can I ask if you have ever been on a cruise? You of course are entitled to your opinion. I was wondering how you came to that conclusion. Maybe a bad experience on one or just an idea of what a cruise is about.
I often find that someone gets very anti something without actually having done it but reads only bad reports.
Also what is your idea of the perfect holiday
I was the same as you, very much anti cruise, must have been the biggest anti cruise person in history until I tried it for myself.