Worst Cruise Ever
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มิ.ย. 2024
- You know I am usually very positive and try my absolute best to enjoy my holidays (obviously, otherwise what's the point?) but my patience was definitely tested on these 3 cruises at times! Here are my worst 3 cruise experiences over the last 15 years. I know some of this will be controversial, but hey, these are real experiences and we all experience things differently. Have you sailed any of these lines / ships and what were your experiences? Or maybe you have sailed a different line / ship and had poor experiences? Drop your stories below!
In the meantime, I think 3 dodgy cruises out of over 50 isn't too bad :D
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I really love your honesty Jamie. That's what we need!
Always 🙏
@@TravelBlogJamie I know. That's why we love you ( and love Jesus 🙏)
@@annemariecheadle5162 jesus loves you too (but not as much as I do)
Jamie, I loved, loved, loved this video! Have watched others on Queen Victoria but they didn’t match this one. Next year going on their 14 day Mediterranean cruise and now have lots of hints on what to do. And you are so funny. Thanks for entertaining me.
Thank you 🙏
I was on Ventura the same time as you in October 2022 and I agree with everything you said. We christened it the queues cruise. I gave Ventura another chance end of April 2023 (not school holidays this time), and had a fantastic time, nothing like the first time.
That’s great to hear! I’m still not ready to book again after that experience unfortunately
Thanks Jamie hope I’ve made the right choice.I am surprising, my wife has just had two new hips in the last year with a cruise on the MSC virtuosa to the Canary Islands
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I knew the Ventura one would make it!!! It was waaaay too busy, but thank goodness we had lovely ports and weather.
Yes plenty of good too ❤️ Can’t wait for tomorrow! Eeeeeek!
After doing many Airtours Sun Cruises and Thomson (now Marella) I decided to go P&O to the Caribbean on Oceana & Arcadia (when brand new). I found the service slow and food no better than to more budget type cruises. Although the P&O vessels were shiny and new their cabins or food were no better. I'm still a Marella regular cruiser with good food and all inclusive drinks. It makes budgeting much easier and the Marella cruises are very relaxed. Roll on June until my next one. Good video again.
I have to sah the food we had on Iona was mostly excellent and some exceptional. Enjoy your next cruise!
Hi Jamie,
Oh heck! Totally disappointed at the service you received, or lack of,,,
Let's hope things have improved, we go on Brittania in 2xweeks so hope so ....
Enjoy Arvia look forward to your review of your holiday 😊
Thanks Jane - cant wait to join Arvia tomorrow!
I’m off on my first cruise on Ventura at Christmas! Not even canapé gate is getting me down 😊 Though I need to do some training for all the walking involved. Hopefully the staff issue will be sorted by then as the rest of your cruise looked amazing.
Canapé-gate would have been much more bearable if we didn’t have those long queues every day
Quite informative, thank you. Yes, Ventura had some issues during our Canaries cruise in January, but it was so good value for money that we forgave it😊.
Glad you enjoyed!
I did the 4 day Silhouette cruise Aug 23. Took me 4 hours to write my feedback!! Stayed in Aqua, loved Blu restaurant but lots of other things I didn’t think up to expectation. Seems to be a lot of people who are so brand loyal they don’t notice or see any issues, but Celebrity is currently a one and done for me! Overall liked, not loved and need to love given their new price structures!!!
I need to sail with them again some time now that I’ve left a gap
Your usual informative video. I was sorry to hear your Marco Polo experience. CMV was my favourite when they existed! My own favourite was Magellen, not too big, huge cabin, friendly crew, always delicious food. I was booked on Columbus but then Covid struck. And, of course, CMV were no more. The only time I have had to send a meal back was on Cunard Queen Victoria! One expected better! The waiter was devastated when the replacement was also just as bad (over done tuna - like shoe leather) and again sent back. My alternative choice was better and he was relieved to have finally found me something acceptable. Watching all your videos to help me decide who to go with next. Keep up the good work 👏
Oh I’d love to hear who you sail with next, Betty! Let me know 🙏
Hello Jamie. Sorry!!!! Only just seen your response to my comment. Where does the time go? In answer to your question: due to your very positive and informative reviews, my daughter, Michaela, has now booked us on Borealis next May. I much prefer smaller cruise ships, the mere thought of trying to negotiate round one of the new monsters out there - shudder. I know they look spectacular but not my cup of tea. By the way, Michaela is a cruise agent (handy, you say?) and has just returned from a promotional trip on QM2. She mentioned that the food had not improved and it was all rather not what it used to be. My son and his wife were on Ventura earlier this year. Bon voyage and keep up the good work 👏
Hi Jamie,
I just got back from an MSC virtuosa cruise visiting the Northern Pearl - my dad is ex merchant navy and my mum passed away in January this year so my sister and I though it would be good to book a cruise for him and I to visit Rotterdam, where he was during his merchant navy days in the 60's. So we we're both very excited first time cruise goers.
Was absolutely blown away by the amount of staff , the amazing ship , the friendliest staff ever and the view's from the balcony. So days 1-4 were lovely. The only gripe I had was the temperature of the hot food at meal times. I only had hot food once , pizza , because I waited until it came out fresh.
Day four we visited Zeebrugge, made our way to Bruges - we had a nice traditional small breakfast of ham and egg.
Then dad was ill ( not there food)
He proceeded to projectile vomit mainly in the loo.
I managed to get him back to the ship where the next three days he was ill , I caught it , Rotterdam came and went, we couldn't leave our cabin. The Thursday the captain said we've got a stormy crossing back to Southampton...
Then Friday we couldn't wait to get home , Saturday dad tested positive for covid.....
Thankfully we have a sense of humour and dad said. At 78 he loved the adventure...
Question is can we claim back on our insurance for sickness ( didn't see the ship doctor) and missing our holiday???
Hi Sonia - I’m really sorry to hear this but I don’t think it would be wise for me to comment on your insurance claim as I don’t know what policy you took out. They are often very different. Have you read through your policy / contacted the company?
Another great video, just glad you didn't mention Marella. We are going on their xmas cruise this year. Hopefully it will be up to expectations. 😎😎😎
Ha! We Love Marella - it doesn’t pretend to be anything other than it is!
@@TravelBlogJamie Thanks. Let you know how it went.
Let’s all get grumpy together! 😂
We’ve only been in Celebrity once but my advice is complain!
We had a soiled toilet on embarkation so complained.
We were compensated with a bottle of champagne from housekeeping, a bottle of wine from guest services and an invitation to attend the cruise into Dubrovnik on the helipad.
We also never had to wait for a table at dinner despite pagers being given out to others. By the second evening we were just waved in on sight with a “good evening gentlemen you know where your table is”
We were in an inside cabin too.
We always give the feedback whilst on board to see if anything can improve. Not on that particular cruise!
We preferred Britannia to Ventura - we sailed on them a few months apart but that was 6 years ago. Found queuing a bit slow on Ventura and the dining experience was better on Britannia, Ventura seemed very cramped in comparison. Not been on Celebrity but sailed on Marco Polo. Marco polo was maybe 8 years ago and I must admit we didnt have any issues other than crossing the Bay of Biscay! We were lucky that our table of eight all got on together, a table nearbye started with 8, then 6, then 4, then 2, then zero! We prefer freedom dining.
We also prefer Britannia too! I don’t think we would have sailed Marco again after our experience 😂
Interesting to watch. Have you been back on Silhouette since? Surprised by the Ventura problems. We did Amsterdam 4 nighter on her in August 2022 and didn’t experience any big issues with the restaurant queues. Probably no more than 20/30 minute wait on the busiest night. Such a shame for your mum and sister too.
Not since, no. Put us off. We’ll try their newer ships at some point
We sailed with CMV six times, five times on Magellan and Columbus - both nice ships. The ships were old but the food and service were excellent. We never got to do the Marco Polo because it was only sailing from Bristol. We did a one night cruise on Astoria from Poole to Portsmouth. In order to board the ship at Poole we found ourselves faced not with a gangway but an actual ladder right up to deck 5 and this was a cruise line that catered mainly for over 60s. My husband is disabled and had to be pulled and pushed up the ladder by two crew members, one in front of him and one behind and I had to climb it myself holding two small suitcases and a suit carrier. The food was good and the sea was calm but that is the best thing I can say for that ship. Apart from the public areas it didn't look like it had been touched since 1948. We cruised on Ventura once and we thought it was fine. We sailed on Iona two years ago which is a lovely ship and we are on it again later this year and are booked on Arvia and Iona next year. Our favourite cruise line is Cunard though.
Cunard absolutely appears in my ‘best cruise lines’ video - love it
I just sailed on the Silhouette for a short cruise at the end of March 2023 from Miami. I had the best experience. Nobody tried to sell me the drink package, the staff was lovely, and the food was great. We got fresh cutlery at dinner. It might make a difference from where the ship sails and the crew at the time. But, if I had your experience I would have been very disappointed, too.
I’m pleased yours was better! Nobody wants a poor experience 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for buying a mic! Audio is SOOOO much better!
P.S. Not surprised that ventura cruise made the list! 🤣
Yes, I got there 🎤 😂
I believe you where Ventura is concerned ( haven’t been on the other two 😂) but we did the same cruise October 21 and we had no hot water . I had to keep asking to get anyone to look at it and eventually two engineers came and had a look . They said they’d fixed the problem but they hadn’t . I had to ask several times to get the house keeping manager to come to the cabin where he tried to convince me the water was hot …. It really wasn’t you had to have it on full to get anything like a warm shower and the sink wasn’t even warm . It was tweaked again and it was slightly warmer . They did in the end offer to move us but it took endless amounts of complaining . We have been cruising for around 17 years this is the first time we’ve ever complained on any ship . They sent us a bottle of wine as a good will gesture but having to argue that water isn’t actually hot was mind blowing . Other than that though our cruise was fine it was at reduced capacity though and it was really chilly in some areas we found . We’ve been on Iona and Arvia since and both were much better .
Exactly this - just listen to the feedback and put it right, don’t make it worse! Acknowledge where there’s a problem and endeavour to do something about it!
Our very first cruise was on Celebrity Infinity and I agree that this was definitely a cruise that try’s really hard with up selling we didn’t want a drink package as at that time we didn’t drink 🥤 We did find the buffet was very good but we didn’t know that we could use the mdr 😅
Ventura has always been our go to ship 🚢 but we had a similar experience when they changed it to a strictly cruise , we will never do that type of cruise again ….
Never tried the Marco Polo and thank goodness for that!!
We should have been on the ambassador cruise last week but I cancelled it as they added a drinks package for £70 a day each which we didn’t want!! It was more than the cruise itself and customer service would not remove it but thankfully after the posts I have seen about this line I’m definitely not thinking of booking with them again!!! 😊
£70 a day??? Woooooow!!!
Oh no! We are booked on Ventura next year. Jamie do they do the rise and dine breakfast delivered to your room? Like on Iona? We ordered it every day this cruise just gone. It was brilliant.
Yes they do, with a £2.50 tray charge, but we find the menu limited on rise and dine (fruit or carbs). I’m sure things will have settled by the time you are onboard ❤️
After cruising with celebrity for many years we had a similar experience on an Alaskan cruise..The food was the worst we ever experienced and the aft smelt strongly of sewage. A shortage of staff didn't help ..Needless to say we never sailed with celebrity again.
Oh wow! I’m seeing a few stories like this today!
All three were so disappointing , I hope you do try Celebrity again, perhaps an edge class. I wonder if P&O , staff their new ships more generously , having cruised with them on Britannia and Iona last year, they did not seem very short staffed. Never waited longer that 5 minutes in MDR for any meal. Cabin staff asked how many cabins they serviced each day, I was told 14-16 but they then had another job in the evening, staffing bars. What a tough life , always grateful to them.
Yes very difficult jobs they do! I hate knowing they are stretched so much 😫
We did Arvia in June, we really enjoyed it but found it was not as child friendly as it could ahve been. The kids club supervisor was miserable my daughter reffered to her as Miss Trunchbull she made me laugh as she clearly wanted another job on the ship and this was the only option available.. The period between 9pm (or 9.30 can't remember I had cocktails most of the time) & 11pm has no snacks which had us going back to the cabin then marching up to the late night buffet in our PJs a couple of times , it did look really odd on formal night but sometimes its good to make an impression. Other than that it was a really great cruise and we have planned another P&O cruise for mid March and we have also worked out how to fix those problems for Iona. We will eat later and leave the kids with the grandparents so it should be perfect :)
Thanks for your feedback 🙏
In view of our positive experience with CMV we did book a Christmas Markets cruise with Ambassador las December. After battling our way to Tilbury in monsoon conditions, the ship, the Ambience, did not sail due to problems with the lifeboats and we all had to get off the following day. We got a full refund. Was not impressed with either ship or food. They do a Round Great Britain cruise that we did with CMV that I would like to do again so we may give them one more try just in case it is better next time.
I think always worth a try!
We have done Ventura once already this year and it was fabulous, no issues whatsoever. Nicer than Iona which we also enjoyed. We are booked again in Oct 23 so will note if things have changed.
So pleased to hear you didn’t have the problems we encountered
We are also booked for October sailing on the 7th. I'm a bit worried with some of the comments, but fingers crossed, it will go plain sailing( excuse the pun)
Your Ventura cruise was also our worst ever. Spotted ourselves on the video too.
Hey Mike 👋 It was such a shame
AHH! Just booked for Ventura next month then found your vlog😱. Going to think positive thoughts until we board on 6th May for 10 days to Lisbon via Vigo, Porto and Cherbourg...wish us luck! 😁
I’m sure it’s going to be fine (and not school hols either!)
I don’t think it’s much better now. Apparently Ventura is a training ship so you either end up with inexperienced staff or staff who are moving on to other ships. The ship itself is lovely and you’ll have a good time. Just don’t buy the drinks package unless you’re a heaving 12 drinks a day person
We've been on Ventura twice in the last year, and, although there were signs of a staff shortage, never had to wait more than 10 minutes for a drink or food service. We didn't have any problems, so cannot comment on customer service. For the price, we couldn't fault it. We are going back on 6th May too ... see you then.
@@g0hjq well I’m very pleased to hear this and I wish it were our experience (far from it).
@@g0hjq Still looking forward to it immensely See you then!
Our mini cruise on Ventura in January to Hamburg and bruge was not good at all. Budget food in buffet, ran out of popular beer after 2 days, not enough staff and too windy to get into Bruge so missed it. I don’t think I’ll do another mini cruise, I didn’t enjoy it at all. Xx
Oh what a shame! We’ve had some wonderful mini-cruises ❤️
Just got off Ventura on 20th June 2023 and regret to say it's still as bad. Queues, pagers, waiting for service in main dining room. Bars packed and difficult to get served if you are lucky enough to get a seat. First time on P&O and last time.
We didn’t have those issues on the newer ships but we won’t be back on Ventura in a hurry
Hey Jamie - This is brilliant! Well done for putting it together. I also had a horrendous dinner expereince on Ventura pre-covid, again on a short cruise. However like you our IONA trip last year was great!
It’s a shame isn’t it! We are currently on Arvia and it’s wonderful so far!
My worst 3 cruise experiences in the last 15 years! Yikes 😳
I was on the same Ventura cruise as mentioned… I had booked adjoining cabins, only to find they had us on different sides of the ship. They said they were full and could not change it….that was a LIE….as I had booked the cabins next to one another so I could babysit easily it meant I had to have a cot in my cabin as well now and that meant no hanging space, so all my clothes were under the bed, and I ended up with the little one staying overnight for a lot of the cruise..
I found the customer service personnel were totally dismissive, I even had one tell me they did not supply travel cots onboard when we had one already, but on the other side of the ship…in the end my cabin steward resolved it.
It was a very disappointing cruise and I have completed 70/80 cruises….
I have been back on the Ventura since and had a nice enough time. No waiting for service in any area but still finding customer service personnel arrogant and dismissive….such a shame, as they are front of house and should be superb.
They absolutely should be superb, agreed!
Marco Polo was our worst cruise. Food was good, but cabin awful. Cheap foam mattress, very noisy, broken heating and shower.
Next Queen Victoria. Worst quality main theatre shows and shockingly bad service at the afternoon tea.
Finally Iona. 75% full but felt rammed. Large numbers of out of control kids, main theatre shows repeated throughout the week, paper thin cabin walls. Biggest puzzle was finding people not wanting to socialise in MDR. A few times after waiting for others to join us at a shared table we were moved to a two person table as nobody wanted to share.
We had a wonderful time on Iona and Queen Vic - fabulous cruises for us!
Honestly, we would rather have dinner on a table for 2. Our work lives are so hectic we like our time together on holiday.
Okay to start with I've cruised off and on for nearly 51yrs now.
I can only talk about P&O as it's the only cruise company I have ever sailed on and and worked aboard.
I'd say that the change started around 10yrs ago when cruise lines started to reduce fares in order to fill ships to capacity.
The introduction of newer ships and requirements of teaching establishment's for P&O crews based in Goa in India I think became an issue. I've been told that the centre for training no longer exists.
The recent global pandemic slaughtered the cruise industry and consequently resulted in many collapsing.
Now up to date. In January this year I boarded Iona which in my humble opinion is a beautiful ship and I personally couldn't fault it, however I had a balcony cabin mid-ships 12nts and only paid £699.
I paid more for cabins 10+yrs ago so that standards and expectations are not going to be met.
I personally would love the old days of cruising to return but times, ships and people have changed and expectations.
Happy cruising everyone 😁
After 30 cruises with P&O this Ventura cruise was our worst. Since, we have sailed Iona and currently on Arvia and both experiences have been fabulous and as good as what we used to experience with minimal waits and excellent service: for me, the Ventura cruise was solely about not having enough crew and yes o agree, some training needs im some areas. Thanks for your comments.
We had our first-ever cruise this year with P&O on Iona (we loved it) so we've booked 2 weeks around the Mediterranean on Arvia 2024 after watching your vlog 🤣£4880 with £1020 onboard spending. I'm not sure if we got a good deal or not 👀any thoughts on it ?
That would depend on how many of you travelling and type of cabin! Our Med cruise cost £1400pp (we tend to stick to £100pp per night on P&O as a rule of thumb)
We went on Ventura in Sep 19 and found the same (even out of school holidays), compared to Oceana (😢) which we had sailed on a few months previously we couldn’t believe the difference in atmosphere amongst the crew and wait times for things- just felt there wasn’t enough staff anywhere. Have just booked 2 weeks in the Med on Arvia for our next trip (our first post-Covid trip) and have been watching your vlogs from your recent cruise- so glad to see that Iona and Arvia seem to have really good service and be top notch in terms of organisation and generally can’t wait to get back on board 😊
Yes similar experience it seems - a real shame and friends of mine just had a similar experience on Britannia too. More crew needed!!
Oh no we are on the ventura in May- hope its improved 😢
I’m sure it will be much better ❤️
Worst cruise by far was as a teenager on Independence of the seas. There was no lifeguard at the pool and the waters got very choppy which made the water in the pool incredibly choppy and was throwing people from side to side. While trying to hold on my hand got stuck in some railing under the water level in the deep end of the pool and I nearly drowned. Thankfully a cruiser sat by the pool intervened and helped people out but the actual cruise line never even noticed.
I’m surprised your parents let you in the pool if it were that bad tbh
@@TravelBlogJamie they had gone off doing there on thing leaving someone else in charge of me who then got drunk and fell asleep. As you can tell bit of a dysfunctional family ...
Jamie, did you get 'canapegate' resolved? I also had a DREADFUL cruise on Celebrity Silhouette - again on a 4 day taster cruise. So bad I wrote to the MD of the UK office of Celebrity who (well her PA) wrote to me and refunded the cost with 25% off my next cruise - fair enough, still not a favourite of mine although they do the BEST bread basket a dinner ever (I like to give accolades where deserved!)
Well they eventually gave my money back but only after wasting an inordinate amount of time lol 😂
OMG! I'm going on the Ventura in 4 weeks, so at least you've prepared me for delays. I had one lousy cruise on the Thomson Destiny and a couple of iffy ones on the Marella Dream, but they didn't put me off the Marella brand. The spirit & celebration were wonderful and the explorer is even better. Sometimes you need a bad experience to appreciate the good times.
Yes this is very true Paul! I like value for money: if I’m paying more for the luxury brands, I expect more. Simple really!
P&O have gone downhill terribly,we were on Ventura and enjoyed it but that was years ago,The Glass House (or equivalent) had fab food.Think I'll stick to Cunard
Our last 2 have been fab (including the one we are currently on)
No,no,I'm NOT jealous 🤨 have a great time
@@Smellynelly67 thanks 🙏
I was commenting on previous Vlog, the 4 night Cunard cruise!
Confused 😐
We have also sailed with Celebrity on the Silhouette and the upselling is ridiculous and relentless! Shame really as beautiful ship but some staff do need people management training so agree with some of Jamie’s comments 😅
Oh so it wasn’t just us then?! And it still happens?
It was a little while back to be fair but comments did resonate 😊
@@issajones4388 thanks for sharing
Thank you Jesus…I mean Jamie!!! Great vlog as always 👍
@@issajones4388 😂😂😂
We are on Arvia on the 16th April. Prey it’s nothing like Ventura 🤞🏻
We are on tomorrow! Will let you know!
Have a great time
An interesting video Jamie. I was really surprised to hear about Celebrity. I've never sailed with Celebrity but it's on the list to try if an itinerary meets our requirements. I think I'll push them to the bottom now.
I’ve seen some similar comments about Celebrity on here today actually. I just think for a premium brand they should be, well, premium! I’ll try again some time.
Really worried now, as we are going on Ventura in July for a special anniversary 😕
I’m sure it will have improved by then ❤️
Such a shame your Ventura cruise wasn’t the best. We sailed on her over Easter last year and had a great time but we had booked fixed dining so maybe we got to avoid the worst of the queues!
We had the issues at breakfast time too though 😩
@@TravelBlogJamie We don't usually make it to breakfast, so avoided those ones too 🤣
@@sistersontheseas I couldn’t manage my diabetes without breakfast so I’d literally die 😂😂😂
@@TravelBlogJamie Definitely don't follow our example then! 😫
@@TravelBlogJamie There's always the buffet. It's usually busy at breakfast, but manageable
worst ever cruise was a few years back on a ship called SUNDREAM (Sun Cruises) we were chillig out on the pool deck along wih quite a number of passengers when the funnel started belching out soot we were covered in black soot needless to say we were not happy but we can Laugh abouy it now thanks for the video
Oh wowsers!!!
Hey brother are you on Arvia now???
Fave cruise, Azura, Greek islands. Worse Cruise, Iona, Norway was Again amazing but food was appalling!!!! CMV, Columbus…. Food was amazing much much better than on Iona …I hear Ventura had a quick refit??
A small refit yes but won’t be booking on her again for sometime!!
We have mostly cruised with Cunard. Really good. Once with P&O, also not bad. And once with Celebrity. Awful, never again.
I’m not the only one with that poor experience then?
@@TravelBlogJamie we couldn't believe on the formal night (black tie) that they let people in the dining room wearing tee shirts + jeans, drinking beer out of bottles at the tables. Classless.
@@markstarmer3677 oh that wouldn’t worry me. It was the food and service that were poor for us.
@@TravelBlogJamie another piece of the jigsaw of standards plummiting.
I was on the Marco Polo once and it was enough. I wanted to go to Cuba. This review is actually kind. It was dreadful, truly dreadful. The amazing thing was that people were actually booking again. Hence nmy review on trip advisor.
I am not sure how I would have managed on a longer cruise 😂
Hi Jamie I have been over ten cruises and every one were all enjoyable lovely food and people cabin crew were fantastic I don't have any complaints on any one
Having passed the 60 mark it was bound to be the case that not all of ours have been as successful
We used p&o in Feb this year ,no lines ,,breakfast in the free style was no problem, I think you expect to much
I’ve cruised with P&O over 30 times 😂😂😂
I’m also on Arvia right now - no lines like on Ventura. They didn’t have enough crew. I’m sorry but waiting 1h40 to get a seat for dinner is not good enough and it’s odd you think it’s ok
I think you comments are justified. We pay a lot of money for our holidays x
Yes completely agree with you!
Oh no! I’m on Ventura at the end of the month (Vigo Lisbon)… I’ll stick with Waterside buffet and take my food to my cabin if it’s busy. The canapés debacle was atrocious customer service. Really enjoyable video 😊
We had great cruises on Ventura previously so I’m hoping it was a one off! Sure you’ll be ok and would love to hear how you get on!
We had booked dining in bay tree every night at 8.30. I've always had freedom dining before but in this case I'm glad we didn't.
@@inghamsgocruising my mum would have not managed that tbh - she wanted to be in her cabin asleep by 9 bless her
We are going too….. end of May. Hope crew numbers improved
@@willsgrandad fingers crossed
Canopygate, did customer services not pass on you cannot eat seafood did you disclose it? I actually can't remember on our recent booking form if there was a section for allergies, some thing they should have if not. My first cruise was a 2 weeker on p&o uganda for a school trip, they converted it from a cargo ship, to a 2 class vessel. then to a schools education cruises, dorms of 20 per cabin shared toilets crap food, 3 tier bunks, dorms were in the old cargo hold!!! 900 traumatized school kids.
I booked it over the phone - I booked specific Canapés and told them no fish / seafood
We were on Silhouette in 2018 and wouldn't sail with them again.
Oh not just me that had a bad experience then?
@@TravelBlogJamie We felt like we had joined the circus! Gameshows and paper airplane competitions in the main staircase, beside where the quiet room is.....no quite area whatsoever!
Food was really nice, but not a lot of difference between buffet and restaurants. Good for buffet I suppose, if you could get a table. And the "Ryanair ish" constant selling was unbearable at times.
@@Caroline-se7gh the selling was unbearable
We had the very same experience on a 5 day Celebrity Infinity cruise in 2019. Pushy selling, disorganised dining room and difficulty ordering GF breakfast items. We had an inside room and the beds were very uncomfortable. Almost cot like. The worst was our cabin steward. She complained about being unhappy in her job and that she couldn't wait to go home. Also on disembarkation day she asked if it was alright to change the bed and get it ready for the next guests while we were at breakfast. She would then come back to clean the bathroom after we made our last pit stop to brush teeth etc before we left the ship! All I can say is yuck! Not the service we were expecting for sure! We did enjoy our ports and dinner table mates. That is what helped enjoy our time on board.
Oh I’m so surprised - I thought I was in the minority. Thanks for sharing this - I think they have some work to do!
That was funny when you said behave
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Ventura lovely cabin But appalling food not fit to eat and staff where overworked and managers could care less
I have to say we had excellent food onboard
Shame about Ventura. I saw another recent vlog showing how bad it is now. Hopefully p&o's coffers are filling up after the huge losses from the pandemic and they can show it some love. It's "Butlins on a boat" at the moment. RE: waiting hours for food - I would have sacked it off and gone to the buffet. It made good reportage on how bad the service was, but also felt like cutting off your nose to spite your face!
The buffet was absolutely heaving though and I couldn’t put my mum through that
@@TravelBlogJamie Haha true! The buffet in its full sweaty throes is a sight to behold.
@@breadyegg she’s not too mobile so it would have been bad news.
What losses? As they did not operate they cold not have had losses.
A bit of a dilemma, do i book a cruise now (P&O), as price fluctuations are currently £200 lower than previously published, or do i wait until I'm onboard the ship & hope a more beneficial option is available; what's your experience with booking cruises onboard the ship?
I don’t book onboard tbh - I usually book when cruises are first released for loyalty benefits! I think The main benefit of booking onboard is a low deposit and being able to change the cruise I would say
@@TravelBlogJamie Thanks Jamie, i appreciate your timely feedback.
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Prices for everything, drinks packages, excursions etc are more expensive once you’re onboard.
This is such a shame as celebrity was our first cruise ever and couldn’t have been a more different experience from yours. It was fabulous however we did have a balcony. The service was excellent and great food. The only thing I found weird was the jewellery shops at ports but overall it was a great experience on Solstice. This was 2019.
Oh I so wish this was our experience 😩😩😩
@@TravelBlogJamie it just means you need to go back 😉
@@traceybartlam7737 I’ll give them another go, yes
Jewellers at the ports are the best source of free drinks , my good lady loves her bling and while she is looking I am always offered a cold beer ,happy days
Jamie, we’re elite plus on Celebrity so obviously we’ve cruised a fair few times with them. However our last two cruises were very disappointing, we found the standards we had come to expect has sadly declined.
Oh that’s disappointing! I was just getting myself geared up to sail with them again. Those drinks packages are savagely expensive 😯
@@TravelBlogJamie I know but they didn’t used to be that expensive.To quote our US friends some cruise lines are “Nickel and Diming “ us but giving less in value. I’m closely monitoring and comparing the value of the cruise companies we usually use. Some of the perks are not as much of an incentive any more so my loyalty to them will now not be the primary factor for booking with them.
@@trishcoppock9177 It’s fine paying more when you’re getting the Extras I think, but otherwise it’s bad value
@Cleejack hope you have a great time ❤️
@Cleejack that sounds amazing!!!
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I am never interested in any travel situation where I have to dress to suit the whims of other people or organisation.
Who's paying for the trip - me or them?
And you absolutely don’t have to
I'd be furious. It's not minor at all
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I am a Gay Christian, so yes thank you Jesus. This videos are handy nice to see a gay couple travelling, I just need a nice compatible boyfriend to come with me, so over to you Jesus, Thank You Jesus. 😎
Wishing you well