Embarkation was long and exhausting. After a long flight to Barbados we were stood in rows on tarmac in very hot conditions for 30 minutes whilst waiting for buses to arrive. Then when we arrived at the ship stood in long queue whilst we were all processed!
The ship is clean to an extent. Smoking areas had cigarette butts and empty cigarettes packets lying around the floors but that says more about the passengers than the staff who just don’t seem to stop working and deserve a medal. Housekeeping work so hard and were the nicest part of this cruise, really lovely people.
Bar staff were in my opinion rude and customer service was poor.
Cabin was clean and well maintained. Housekeeping were brilliant and work so hard.
Soon transpired on this trip that despite booking early (big mistake) we got a very bad deal booking directly with P&O and people booking later or through cruise companies had a balcony cabin for less. Expensive lesson learned!