Oriana Review

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Great itinerary (Greenland and Iceland)

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cruzin.cat
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jul 2018
Cabin: Inside Twin Cabin

A great cruise with one or two problems in the cabin (see cabin review under). The itinerary was excellent which is why we chose this. People moan about the ship but for a ship of this age it was clean and tidy and the stabilizers worked a treat in the odd rough sea we experienced. It's a nice size ship so you don't get the problem of overcrowding and thankfully it's an adult only ship. Maintenance was constantly being done on deck such as painting and varnishing which to me should not be done whilst there are paying passengers on board, unfortunately I suffer bad headaches from the smell of paint but it was hard to avoid such areas. It's way out of date with it's daily activities and shows compared to the new modern large cruise ships but hey ho, you can't have everything.

Food, as usual with P & O is boring old fashioned everyday cooking and most of the time, especially in the restaurant, it was dry. The menu is repetitive rather than an experience as on Celebrity ships. Since our last cruise they have reorganised the Conservatory dining experience whereby the food stations have been split into smaller stations which was much better as you didn't have to join a long queue to get your food. The timing of the afternoon tea always is a nuisance for us as coming back from being on shore around 5pm it's closed until 6pm so for that crucial hour when you are wanting a snack before second sitting dinner there's nothing.

The shows are the same boring old "Headliners" and comedy/music acts but the talks in the Theatre during the day and the port presentations made up for it. Nigel Marvin the TV wildlife presenter was on board and his talks were excellent and funny too.

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Inside Twin Cabin

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Small, infact too small to even get out of bed at the side, had to crawl over bed from top to bottom. Fold up bunk beds were also too low so hit your head on them numerous times. Four small wardrobes and not room for hanging stuff to hang without hitting the floor.

Four small safety deposit boxes which wouldn't even hold our cameras, teeny weeny narrow boxes opened with a key which we had to carry with us all the time and could easily get lost. Couldn't get our big cases under the bed, too low so had to put them in the teeny weeny wardrobes. Constant drumming (engines?) could be heard but in a way it drowned out any other sounds and in time became the norm. Paid rock bottom price for this holiday so suppose you get rock bottom cabin.

There was a terrible issue with the waste disposal system in our cabin and corridor outside, the smell was so bad that on the last night we had to move cabins. It was to F107. DO NOT select this cabin anyone as you will never be able to stand the noise when anchoring or docking, it was horrendous.

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