Oceana Review

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Never again with P & O

Review for the Middle East Cruise on Oceana
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caz26
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Mar 2019
Cabin: Inside Twin with Shower

Chose this cruise because of destination, (Arabian Gulf) and the warm weather. The guests were mostly retired, and talking to many of them, only sailed with P & O, never anyone else, "because P & O are the best". Nonesense.

The Oceana is a tired, smallish vessel, and P & O expects their clients to want to go to bed early, and indeed many do. By 11 p.m. the ship was quite deserted.

We were (eventually) given first sitting and we had a nice table for 8. The service was good, but the quality of the food left a lot to be desired. I do believe they had a glut of squash, asparagus and mushrooms, because that was on the menu all the time.

Cabin Review

Inside Twin with Shower

Cabin OC

Adequate. Sequins on the floor on arrival and still there on departure.

We had to request more shampoo, which should have been given automatically.

The stewardess never took the used face cloth out of the shower, just left it hanging on the shower handle.

Port Reviews

Khasab

Felt like the end of the world, a small village. They dropped us off at a "mall" which actually, no exaggeration, was a local supermarket which smelled of Jayes Fluid. Couldn't buy a coffee, as cards were not taken.

Sir Bani Yas Island

Didn't manage to get a tender until about 2.00 p.m. as one of the lifeboats broke down, and rather than lowering another, P & O managed with only three for about 2000 people. Last tender back was at 5.00 p.m. to get the 2000 people back. Not good enough P & O.

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