Lovely cruise to Norway

Ventura Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 43

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Ventura

Norwegian Fjords

Sail date: July 07, 2019

Ship: Ventura

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Panoramic, beautiful and relaxing. Will do it again

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
We had freedom dining which meant we could go whatever time. We did have to wait 30 minutes one day as we required our own table. No waiting if we wanted to share. We meet some lovely couples. The food was lovely. The buffet restaurant had most things. Having previously been on a Royal Caribbean it did t have as much.

Tamarind Club

4 out of 5

Different if you want to try innovative meals

Breakers Bar

5 out of 5

Chips, pizza, burgers and hot dogs on tap!

Cinnamon Restaurant

4 out of 5

Lovely food and a big shout to Wilson

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
I used the gym and some of the classes. The spa ladies were knowledgeable and very good Jacuzzis were very hot but then nice if used on a chilly day/evening The ballroom, salsa and line dance were enjoyable

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Whitney Houston tribute was fantastic. My daughter enjoyed the runaway boys and the show Astonished by Stephen Mulherne was really good

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
Lacking for 16 year olds. Not a lot for them to do.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Room Stewart Raju was fantastic. He looked after our 2 rooms Fernando the photographer was lovely All waiters were attentive and there to help

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
It took a long time to get used to layout it was like labyrinth. It was clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
We had 2 inside cabins. Enough for what we wanted as we were hardly in them. I would say it could do with the tv being on the wall and a big bigger

Ports of call

Bergen, Norway

3 out of 5
We done the funicular and trekked up. We paid for the self tour. Lovely scenery. Word of warning we got there when it had just opened. No queues and straight up. Make sure you leave plenty of time as there’s 4 cruiser that docked at the same time! 6 passengers nearly got left behind ... 2 had to pay a penalty fee ££££

Flam

5 out of 5
We decided to take one of the walks and climb up to see the waterfall. Hard work but worth it! Next I would book the train and cycle down!

Stavanger, Norway

4 out of 5
Lovely to walk round. Clean and beautifully maintained

Olden, Norway

5 out of 5
Enjoyed everything! Beautiful We done the kayaking and we all throughly enjoyed it. If I could do something different would be to add the cable car experience.

Aurland

3 out of 5
Never docked here

Southampton (London), England

3 out of 5
Can’t comment as we boarded and disembarked

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Easy
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4 Comments

dengage    5 years ago

Ray if it's a bad sea day good time to watch movies it's the only time we do.

dengage    5 years ago

Been on Ventura so many times it like a home from home. IT'S NOT OUR FAVOURITE SHIP LOL

dengage    5 years ago

Had an interesting dip in the hotub in the conservatory one morning when it decided to empty it self and the water was shooting every where lol 😂😂😂😂😂

Ray1963    5 years ago

You don't go on a cruise to watch TV 😎🍷

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