P&O Brittania 21st July Med

Item: Britannia
Rating: 4.1
Author: Bazzo

Britannia Cruise Review

Bazzo

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

Mediterranean

Sail date: July 21, 2023

Ship: Britannia

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Have been cruising since P&O Canberra days , love cruising Arvia was great at this Easter but Brittania is not for us xxxxxxx in a brewery comes to mind it won't put us off I'm sure lots of people will disagree but that's their problem!!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

All went very smooth no problems

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Specialty restaurants fine ,MDR fine, Buffets in previous comments mentioned it as slopp I know I spelt it wrong it should have been sloppp!! One day a Chef on phone was saying but we have a budget obviously not as much as school dinners

The Beach House

5 out of 5

Nice food ,well looked after!

Peninsular Restaurant

5 out of 5

All fine food adequate staff lovely

Brodie's

5 out of 5

Good fun, lot's of quizzes

Sindhu

5 out of 5

Nice food ,well looked after

Horizon Restaurant

1 out of 5

Slopppppppp!!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

All stage shows good but have seen them all , guitarist in Brittania orchestra was brilliant

Atrium

5 out of 5

Great acts

Headliners Theatre

5 out of 5

Nice theatre

The Limelight Club

5 out of 5

Went twice ,different entertainer both times , great acts nice food, really well looked after by staff

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All lovely , you want them as your best friends

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Might have been top notch in the day but not a flag ship now ?? balcony doors not opening stained carpets,etc etc

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Done it

Ship tip

Some people liked buffet food but a lot of people talking on Facebook didn't !!!

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Ports of call

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

5 out of 5

Yet another full day Three massive cruise ships in ?? but we like Cadiz

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Ibiza, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

Should have arrived early AM arrived approx 1 pm all back on board 4 .30 am next day ??? Changed after we paid!!

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Cagliari, Sardinia

5 out of 5

Hurrah !! a full day, great

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Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5

Gibraltar (U.K.)

5 out of 5

Should have arrived early AM changed arrival time to about 1Pm after we had paid

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Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

Arrived approx 1 am instead of early AM again changed after we had paid

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Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Full day Magic place

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

Utter chaos!!!!

6 Comments

Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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EmEvans2411 1 year ago

Oh we loved Britannia, went on a Baltic cruise on her last summer and had a fantastic time. We were on Arvia at Easter this year and although the ship is lovely, it's just too big for us and we found the restaurants just couldn't cater for the amount of people. Plus Noro virus hit the ship and my daughter got food poisoning from uncooked chicken. We are back on Ventura next year but not heard great things recently about her but I guess we all have our likes/dislikes about the ships.

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Dinkymaid 1 year ago

We’ve just come back from this cruise too! Bit miffed about times in port being altered too but still great ports to visit weren’t they. So hot! I never enjoy the Horizon buffet on any ship tbh, find it chaotic and noisy so avoid other than late at night for a hot chocolate 😊

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harribags 1 year ago

We were on Arvia at Easter too 😊. Absolutely loved it! We're on Brittania in 2 weeks. I've heard a lot of good things about Brittania but we've only been on the new bigger ships so we'll see. Thanks for your review

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Itspeace4me 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing.

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising details. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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