What can I expect?

[Deeliteful]

Hi all

I have just booked. Cruise on Azura to the Norwegian Fjords in May. (I was booked with RCI) but this cruise has saved me £1400 (solo traveller!)

I haven't cruised with P&O for many years now so what can I expect?

My recent cruises have been with RCI or Celebrity and there are pluses and minuses of course.

Do P&O now have a proper casino or is it still a little room with blackjack and roulette? Do they still serve Stilton with a spoon from a whole cheese?

Is the entertainment any good? I'd the good still good?

Lots of questions I know and some very subjective but love to hear your thoughts.

 

Thanks

 

Pat

[Monorail Orange]

I've not sailed on Azura, but I'd imagine her casino is the same as the rest of the fleet. A selection of tables and slots.

 

I fine the entertainment enjoyable, but that is certainly something that is down to personal taste.

 

As for the cheese, I believe they still have the round of stilton but it's very much a streamlined version of itself. ie. it's a quarter in height of what it used to be.

[Deeliteful]

Wonderful predictive text, final question should be is the food still good?!

[daiB]

The little room with a casino in must be Oriana, Azura is bigger but not as big as on American ships. It has 5 tables and lots of slots.

 

 

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[Monorail Orange]

Wonderful predictive text, final question should be is the food still good?!

haha not to worry!

 

To ansert that question...well, again this is a little subjective. I've seen people say its not great, but me personally I find it still as good. Admitedly, its served plated up now, so there's a little less choice on veg, which is a step back. Then again, I've seen people say that they perfer it.

 

I'm a little on the "fussy eater" side of the fence, and usually I do find something to have. The only time I struggle for choice is the gala night when (on Arcadia) its MPW's menu.

 

Buffet wise, I find they still offer a decent selection. Its just a matter of getting around that lunch time rush. ;)

[groovechick]

Entertainment is very subjective. On our first cruise on Aurora to the fjords, we found very little to our taste and spent a lot of time reading and playing cards in the evening.

 

Azura the following year was much better - a couple of good singers, a very funny pianist/comedian, an excellent Freddy Mercury tribute (as a Queen fan my husband went expecting to hate it and really enjoyed it) and Elio Pace. I didn't even bother to go to the Phil Collins tribute though, because we heard his sound check and it was so deafeningly loud I couldn't bear it.

 

The Headliners production shows on our 2015 Christmas Britannia cruise were fantastic, absolutely stunning. Ventriloquist Gareth Oliver was very, very funny, an OK magician, an OK Beatles tribute, a not so good Freddy Mercury tribute and a poor comedian. We went to his early show and he clearly struggled to keep his act clean, he said his late show was definitely "adults only", so we didn't bother.

 

I suppose what I've taken a long time to say it that the standard seems to vary greatly from cruise to cruise and depending on one's personal tastes.

[Deeliteful]

Thanks for all the info so far. No matter what, I have never had a bad cruise, I always enjoy myself but some cruises are definitely better than others :-)

[elmsliebev]

when we were on the Oriana a couple of years ago we had to ask the waiter to hold back on the port-soaked Stilton - it was amazing but he just kept dishing it up!

[Deeliteful]

when we were on the Oriana a couple of years ago we had to ask the waiter to hold back on the port-soaked Stilton - it was amazing but he just kept dishing it up!

:) Sounds good to me