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Britannia Cruise Review to Scandinavia

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
Britannia

Norwegian Fjords

Sail date: June 18, 2017

Ship: Britannia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: A316

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

First of all, Britannia, I have read many reviews about the ship, It does have it's faults however, generally it is a thing of beauty, the superior balcony cabin we had was beautiful and I've never said that about a cabin before, but it was just as well as we spent most, and I mean most of the cruise in it.

Fjords Cruise, we actually saw One Fjord and that, only if you were up at 2.00am to transit it inwards and missed your dinner and the show to see the outbound transit !!!

Yes, the weather was not P&O's fault, and it was bad, but ,in my opinion, the ports of call were not fit for purpose with the exception of Stavanger and Bergen.

The cruise title is a complete misnomer and I note they are still running this B717 cruise through next year.

I heard so many complaints about the itinerary from other cruisers it was ridiculous.

When you look at the itinerary description in the brochure they have been very clever and I have told them so in my feedback form so that we have no recourse for breach of contract. but. I really do not understand why P&O seem to be following a CHEAP, for them, itinerary and charging top dollar to it's customers.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Reasonable, not the best We've had by far.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
good generally, guest speakers worth a go.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
shows in general very good.

Children's Programs

not applicable

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Excellent, and respectfull.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
exceptional cleanlyness, but for the newest ship in a company that have been supplying cruises fo 170 years there are many design issues. Design over practicality I'm afraid.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Beautiful cabin but a LOT of noise generated from the deck above.

Ship tip

Go to breakfast and lunch early, and be aware that the lifts system is totally overwhelmed at all times , so you need to leave plenty of time to get around, especially for dinner.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

2 out of 5

Stavanger, Norway

2 out of 5
quite a nice town, expensive for souvenirs.

Olden, Norway

1 out of 5
unless you want to see a glacier, don't bother to leave the ship.

Alesund, Norway

1 out of 5
waste of time nothing to do not even many shops open to waste your money in.

Bergen, Norway

2 out of 5
Would have been quite a nice stop but it was raining and the cloud base was below the ships funnels.
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2 Comments

kpoole51    7 years ago

traceyjayne    7 years ago

Can you explain anymore what was bad ?