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Ventura Cruise Review to Canaries

Dixsdolphins

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

Canary Islands

Sail date: March 28, 2018

Ship: Ventura

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 245

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Fantastic service but was a shame they ran out of Carling on day 8! Also drink prices are quite high, £19 for a bottle wine which is £6 in the shops and £3.95 for a can of Carling which was €0.99 in the shop in Madeira!! They no longer put your bill on your tv screen in your room, you have to queue up at reception to get a print out, of the printer is working!!!! Food was lovely & plenty of it. Cabin staff were fantastic. All the ports we visited were great, with open top bus tours right at the port entrance, which was great. Disembarkation was quick and early!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Fantastic service, didn’t have to wait long to board.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Take travel sickness tablets for the Bay of Biscay!!

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Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5

Funchal, Madeira

5 out of 5

La Palma, Canary Islands

5 out of 5

Gran Canaria

5 out of 5

Lanzarote

5 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

6 Comments

Purplecruisers 6 years ago

Try RCI if you think that expensive drinks prices lol.

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onlysail 6 years ago

I think drink prices are reasonable just like most pubs round here. I keep a daily tally on my spending anyway so not bothered too much about checking on tv which isnt available on most p&o ships anyway

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Ray1963 6 years ago

We went on Britannia last year you couldn't get your bill on the TV. The bar prices are the same as last year and £4 is cheap try drinking in London, as for wine you could buy a bottle of merlot for £16 last year. Most of all your on holiday enjoy yourself 🍷🍷

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RedPants999 6 years ago

Drink prices seem fair, who cares about the carling, at least you had some, us ale drinkers have zero choice unless bottled. More importantly why are they not showing bill on TV. They obviously can but choosing not to, maybe to encourage more spending on board especially with the reduced drinks take on limit. Shame on you P & O

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Tawsy 6 years ago

Drink prices seem reasonable, you would pay the same, if not more in a decent pub/restaurant here(UK)

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Great

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