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Item: Arvia
Rating: 2.8
Author: Seannyboy

Arvia Cruise Review

Seannyboy

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5

Mediterranean

Sail date: May 14, 2023

Ship: Arvia

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Poor experience overall. I wouldn't recommend arvia to others. Really disappointing as we love cruising with P&O.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Biggest queue I've ever seen

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Terrible. Buffet and 6th street diner the real low points. Had to eat in glass house and keel and cow every night.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Poor. The skyropes staff horrifically rude.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

The guy and girl that were singing in the skydome need singing lessons.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

Some amazing staff. Most unhappy though due to culture of bullying.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Reasonably well maintained just a real strain on the crew to keep up with it.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Small, not good storage.

Ship tip

Change your booking. Apparently there are thousands of outstanding complaints at head office.

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Ports of call

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Florence/Pisa

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Large queues again.

9 Comments

RossiIsGod 1 year ago

Clearly a different Arvia to the ship we were on, the only complaint we had was that there were not enough sun loungers. I’m particularly surprised about the remarks re the storage in the ‘stateroom’, how much luggage did you take. Watch the vids on YouTube.

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Tom1032 1 year ago

I go this Sunday on Arvia. I hope it's gotten better. The Iona I think was great so maybe they are the same currently. Fingers crossed.

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Seannyboy 1 year ago

Received significant Compensation and feedback from P&O on how Improvements will be made to the ship so fingers crossed for any future passengers on her 👍

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Monkey55 1 year ago

Weird that..when everyone else finds the food,cabin,ship on the whole excellent.

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Mitmit 1 year ago

This is concerning to hear, due to go on Arvia in Sept

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Itspeace4me 1 year ago

Thank you!

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate your comments

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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