Arcadia Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Found the people on board this cruise to be rude and ignorant for the most part. We did meet a few nice couples but few a far between. As it was a round the world cruise most had been on it from the start and we boarded for the last leg. Nothing for younger people to do as all geared up for the older, retired ones. Would not do this again.

We have sailed with P&O on a number of their ships, this is what lead us to book this cruise. If you are looking for a cruise that looks after the UK cruiser then P&O is definitely for you. Would we book another leg of a world cruise, definitely yes but there are a number of things to consider with this type of cruise. • Large amounts of sea days back to back, we had a 6 and 5 day run of sea days • Average age of the customers is generally higher than on normal cruises • Entertainment tailored to type of cruise and age of customers • Customer familiarity with the crew most noticeable in the buffet and main restaurants as they have been together for the last 3 months or so, it can make you feel left out. • Numerous special event for world cruisers only, so parts of the ship often restricted (bars and restaurants etc) This aside we did enjoy the trip home from Dubai especially sailing through the Suez canal and the trips in Israel ( the reason for booking the trip) We like the smaller ships ( around 2000 passengers) as they are usually more friendly. Our biggest dislike is P&Os Great British Sail Away, complete with Union Jack waving, but majority of the ship joins in so we go with the flow with it. So if you live in the UK and want a great British cruise with a main stream cruise line then P&O certainly deliver no matter what ship you travel on.

We had a great cruise but we were disappointed with our meal in the Ocean Grill. The staff were really friendly and helpful. We have booked another cruise on Arcadia for June next year.

Cruise July 23 from Southampton with Arcadia was our first adult only. The best shows I have ever seen in a cruise ship had to get in early to ensure a seat. Booked excursions to Rome and Pompeii which did not disappoint. Only disappointment was the size of the jacuzzis at the back of the ship far to small. Other than that, had a great time.

We had an amazing cruise and loved every minute! Arcadia is a great ship, great ports, great food, great entertainment no complaints or negatives at all!

Really good cruise, fantastic weather, ship is looking tired tho, entertainment was really good too

fantastic cruise with p&o again. All staff on the ship are a credit to p&o. very clean and tidy. excellent food. excursions well organised. no complaints at all. Thank you to p&o and all the staff for a great holiday looking forward to the next one.

Excellent cruise. Staff friendly and couldn't do enough for you. Food was excellent to. We had a very relaxed cruise. Our first time on Arcadia, we will definitely be going again.

This was the most amazing cruise it was a lifetime dream for my husband and I and it surpassed our dream. Met wonderful people and had the best time ever. The crew were fantastic and ports of call amazing.

Another great 4 days aboard Arcadia - looking fresh inside and out after her recent refit. She’s a lovely ship - my favourite of fleet. Great food, lovely public spaces, lots of live music throughout the ship all complimented by a very happy staff and crew. Seems there were a few plumbing issues onboard (no different to any ship from time to time) but none of these were a problem to us and didn’t tarnish our cruise at all. Looking forward to being back on her to Norway’s Fjords in July...

Final review of Arcadia: having booked J718P and J719 as our first Back to Back cruise and also fully aware that this was the first cruise since a soft refurb my overall impression of Arcadia is that she is quite possibly the friendliest ship in the fleet! We did have some issues in our first cabin on E Deck with water temperature, however they did only last one night for us and it seems that we were one of the lucky ones in this case as the issues did persist into the next cruise and were a lot worse for some other passengers. Our new cabin for the second part of the trip on C Deck was fine a slightly smaller balcony but as the weather was not favourable was not used in the main! The ship is fresh looking and the buckets become unnoticed by me on Day 4 Of our cruise. I want to say a massive thank you to Jordan and the Loyalty team for their outstanding service, Lhen on reception who’s smile goes a mile and to anyone who encountered the ever happy and bubbly Nino outside the Globe toilets I’m sure you will agree he is an amazing ambassadors for customer service! In closing, would I cruise on Arcadia again, YES! Would I do a B2B again YES! Am I booked again with P&O for 2018 YES but on Ventura to a warmer climate!

Great overall but needs some improvement, looking forward to seeing the refit , have rebooted for 2018 in October, let's hope they have improved, thank you

18 days of relaxation in the sunshine. Food in Ocean Grill was superb and worth the supplement.

Overall the cruise was very enjoyable with a fantastic cabin, interesting ports, enjoyable entertainment and hit and miss food (mostly miss imho). Service was ok but not out of this world. Its not the fault of the crew, they are hard working and friendly but are chronically overworked and dont havevenough time to stop and chat properly to you like they used to. The ship is old but nowhere near as bad as some reviews suggest. It's going in for a refit in Nov 24 and I'm sure it will be even lovelier after a freshen up.

The itinerary of the cruise was great, really loved the excursions, especially land of the Trolls, Beautiful West, blue lagoon. We saw some amazing scenery. The ship just didn’t have any wow factor to it and the food was disappointing but we had a great time. The lunches on the excursions were good as were the guides. We just felt that post covid you can tell the cruise companies are trying to get their money back with just the little nice touches missing. The entertainment was good overall. Our first time with P&O not sure if I would go again with them. I think it would depend on the ship and destination.

Arcadia as beautiful as ever and her crew were outstanding

impressions were good . Welcome lunch was lovely. As we walked round ship saw crew spraying swarm of flies and ladybirds ! Ship needs refurbishment desperately but most areas fairly good. Staff need to cheer up. Felt ignored sometimes. Would sail again but not until after refurb

Food and service was good some facilities are very tired

Really nice weekend break, nice ship and fantastic food.

Great cruise apart from the stormy beginning, the ship was great we prefer the smaller ships. The itinerary was changed and we missed a port due to bad weather but neither spoilt the cruise. The added port of Alesund turned out to be great as we had an excursion cruise on the Hjorundfjord where the scenery was incredible. We had excursion from Tromso to Sommaroy Island which also great.