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Oriana Cruise Review to Canaries

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 3

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Oriana

Canary Islands and Portugal

Sail date: March 09, 2018

Ship: Oriana

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: A118

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed the cruise overall, despite suffering some seasickness due to the rough weather. In hindsight, March was probably not the best time to travel on a Canaries cruise and we would prefer to travel to the Mediterranean if we ever did another cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Wonderful food, service and dining experience in all the restaurants.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Dancing, talks, library and entertainment

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Marvellous!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Nothing was too much trouble for any of the personnel.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Good. Yes, everywhere looked clean and well-maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Comfort, size and cleanliness first class but the position of the cabin meant that during rough weather, which we experienced, it wasn't the most comfortable place to be as it was on Deck 11 and forward.

Ship tip

Lovely ship, but try and choose a lower deck more in the middle of the ship.

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

4 out of 5
I visit Southampton frequently, so did not do an excursion.

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5
Loved Madeira. Did a coach excursion.

Tenerife, Canary Islands

3 out of 5
Over-rated. The tourist bus around the port is very expensive at 22 euros per person.

Gran Canaria

4 out of 5
Liked Gran Canaria but didn't do an excursion.

Lanzarote

4 out of 5
Did not do an excursion, but it was an interesting place.

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5
Full of history. Shared a taxi for 4 people, better value than excursion as taxi can get through all the narrow streets whereas a bus or coach cannot. Had a very knowledgeable local driver.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Not brilliant. Two suitcases were far apart and hard to locate and the pull-up handle on one had been broken by rough handling.
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