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Item: Azura
Rating: 3.2
Author: michele1966

Azura Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

michele1966

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Central Mediterranean

Sail date: September 16, 2017

Ship: Azura

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 237

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We went with my sister in law and brother in law which only do P&O cruises they also said that they will not go with P&O again after doing 9 cruises.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Fine

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Some staff were better than the mangers. Our steward was very nice and room very clean but when we gave him a tip he didn't think it was good so didn't speak to us anymore.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

It was clean

Ship tip

Don't go on the Azura

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

4 out of 5

Ibiza, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

No we walked around by ourselves and had lunch out

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Heraklion

2 out of 5

Mykonos, Greece

2 out of 5

We spent our day at the hospital as my Husband had a accident around the pool on the Azura a day before we got to Mykonos and the customer services Manager want £120 before they wound look at my Husbands feet. Also they were going to let my Husband leave the medical unit with no wheel chair he can't walk only on his hills.

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Santorini, Greece

4 out of 5

Gibraltar (U.K.)

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

23 Comments

rob87 7 years ago

I do get where your coming from. but Southampton can only take so many ships. as like every other port. plus newer ship less co2 cheep running costs. brittania and azura both in for refit in 2020 to. and I know 3000 not much the record is going to be 6800 with different cruise line. guess only time will tell.

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amandasolts 7 years ago

Britannia is my favourite ship

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olldbob 7 years ago

Hope the new one is better than brittania . It has had a lot of poor reviews

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olldbob 7 years ago

3000 passengers is not big now days when ships hold 5000+. I think 3-4 ships will be sailing from southamton with the others stationed for fly cruises This is how it seems looking at next years brochure

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rob87 7 years ago

no honestly bob. I'd put a wage on it. look at what ventura doing now. and there no way there is room for 3 p&o big ships to sit in Caribbean. p&o are only a small English cruise line. where small market to carnival princess cunard. bare in mind they all got new ships coming out.

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olldbob 7 years ago

P&0 claim to be extending their fleet Now that they have sold arcadia it leaves azura and ventura as their mid size ships with brittania and the new one as their larger ships. If anything it will be one of the smaller ships that will be sold

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amandasolts 7 years ago

Here here Jenny 👏👏

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jennyvooght 7 years ago

Love p and o cruises ! Been on Ventura and Azura loved them both! I thought I couldn’t travel on ships as bad experience years ago but after being on both cruises changed my view and had wonderful experiences! Wouldn’t do anything else now! 😀👍❤️

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amandasolts 7 years ago

You will love it southendandy your get the cruise bug lol like us

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southendandy 7 years ago

We're on our first ever cruise in August 2018 on Azura.

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rob87 7 years ago

one of the big ships will after go. no room for it.

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amandasolts 7 years ago

Hope they don't sell azura mind

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rob87 7 years ago

lol why not aye. I'll be on it for the first Caribbean cruise or transatlantic one.

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amandasolts 7 years ago

Fingers crossed for 2020 I wana go on it lol said to my husband bout it and he fixes most things for me

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rob87 7 years ago

yeah. I'm looking forward to this new ship in 2020. just gutted as azura will be getting sold or took away from the Caribbean.

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amandasolts 7 years ago

We are on azura again in May just booked up for 2019 P&O all the way like you say you only got to say that things not quite right and am so sure it will get sorted. Defo got some good deals to that helps eh

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rob87 7 years ago

are thank you. sure I will. love azura. I find longs got good group with you. any little issue tell staff about it. they sort it no problem. happy days. I did this transatlantic cruise last year loved it. p&o are very good for there price.

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amandasolts 7 years ago

You will have great time Rob eh what's there not to like some people just moan for the sake of moaning crikey your on holiday get a life

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rob87 7 years ago

southendandy they not reply yet so not sure why they don't like p&o. I go Friday Caribbean can not wait.

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southendandy 7 years ago

So just because your steward didn't speak to you your never going on P&O again? Seams a bit petty.

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amandasolts 7 years ago

Really fine that hard to believe we never have any problems we always cruise P&O

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olldbob 7 years ago

Why and have they tried other cruise lines ?

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rob87 7 years ago

how come you feel like that? and was it on azura?

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