First Experience of P&O & Brittania - yes I would go again

Britannia Cruise Review to Europe

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 92

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Britannia

Spain And France

Sail date: May 25, 2019

Ship: Britannia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: D416

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

For a first trip on Brittania was happy with the experience and would certainly consider another trip, although would choose a time without so many children as we did go in half term.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
A disaster. Due to late arrival from previous trip resulted in need to arrive 5 hours later. P&O I believe managed it well but were badly let down by CPS who need to look at their contingency in dealing with issues such as occurred, although I know there were unique circumstances but the whole experience left a bitter taste, was finally glad to get on board at 9.45.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Horizon buffet, the normal scrum but delivered what it is there for. Penninsular looked after us well and food was mainly good with a few small let downs. Sindhu was excellent, both service and food. Afternoon tea in Epicurean was lovely

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Gin tasting experience was good

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Vocal xtr3me were excellent on both occasions but did not experience much else other than the normal performers in the bars who provided nice background tunes

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Nothing short of excellent in all respects, even manged to get smiles out of the often surly looking staff on the reception desk

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
It provided what was required and what expected

Ports of call

Cherbourg

3 out of 5
May have been better if visited on any other day, Sunday lot of places closed

La Coruna, Spain

5 out of 5
A lovely Spanish town, easy to navigate on foot and not too busy with lots of quiet back streets to wander

Santander, Spain

4 out of 5
Also easy to navigate on foot, a pleasant stroll along the sea front

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
All went smoothly resulting in earlier than scheduled disembarkation
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2 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

olddbob    5 years ago

It seems a bit of a marmite ship but we thought it was ok.. would sail on her again with the right itinerary

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