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Advantages: Great fun and loads to do
Disadvantages: weather out at sea

Pride of Hull and Pride of Rotterdam. During 2004 I have had the pleasure of 3 minicriuses with P&O from the port of Hull. The first 2 times we sailed on the Pride of Rotterdam and the third time we sailed on the Pride of Hull. P&O are the first to point out that when these ships were launched they claimed the title of the biggest ever car ferries and still keep to this day. Whilst P&O enjoy this I would not be surprised if Irish Ferries were a ... Read review

Advantages: World Class Act
Disadvantages: Bay of Biscay

P&O Cruise aboard The Oriana – 11 nights. OR205 12th to 23rd May 2002 - “Canaries Collection” Southampton Madeira Tenerife La Palma Lanzarote Lisbon Vigo Southampton O~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~O P&O Cruises operate some of the finest ships afloat. They are tailored very much to the British and Anglophile market. The emphasis is heavily towards understated stylish good taste rather than the glitzy Vegas razzmatazz. ... Read review

Advantages: cheap break, drink and cigs. freindly staff
Disadvantages: People being sick all over, expensive food, jacuzzi never open!

In February of this year some friends and me decided that we needed a cheap break away. I looked around the Internet and came across a site called www.firedup.com. This site has since closed down but at the time they were offering a mini cruise to Spain for £35. The ship was called the Pride of Bilbao and leaves from Portsmouth on the Saturday and arrives in Spain on Monday and then you have little time off the boat and then back to Portsmouth ... Read review

Advantages: See lots of different places without packing and unpacking
Disadvantages: Too much food if you have no willpower.

P & O have had such bad press lately I thought I would write down my experiences with this company since 1980. The first cruise with P.& O. was on the Canberra in 1980, visiting several countries in the Mediterranean. We went with a couple of friends and had a wonderful time, feeling and being treated like royalty. It took us two years to save for this trip and it was worth every penny. The excitement of leaving Southampton with "You are Sailing" ... Read review

Advantages: A real value for money holiday of a lifetime in which you will be completely pampered
Disadvantages: Perfectly calm crossings cannot be guaranteed

I should like to dedicate this op to all those who have not been on a cruise before or been on a P&O cruise on the Oriana. If you read this from start to finish you too could want to be spoilt for life. I hadn't cruised with P&O before this trip and it has definitely changed my understanding as to what is real value for money on a holiday. My biggest problem is in trying to be brief - I could write a book on this voyage but I will spare you that! THE ... Read review

Advantages: Civilised Relaxing way to get to Spain with your car.
Disadvantages: Expensive and having to put up with winging Mini Cruisers.

Remember this is a 'Ferry' not a Cruise ship as such... If you board this boat expecting to be on the QMII then you will be very dissapointed...but then it is (as I say) a Ferry and an excellent one too. I have travelled on this Ship about 7 times with my car over the years, its far bigger than the Brittany one that goes to Santander..and much more to do on board. I reccomend paying the extra to get a Club Double with windows, for this you ... Read review

Advantages: Informal, 24 Hour Dining, Plenty to Do and See
Disadvantages: Sunbeds

Having never cruised before, having read a bad review regarding Ocean Village and knowing that Ocean Village was being marketed at "People that don't do cruising", I was unsure as to whether this was going to turn out to be a nightmare week on a floating Butlins. I couldn't have been more wrong. This was a Mediteranean cruise, starting in Majorca and taking in some fantastic destinations including Tunis, Rome, St Raphael and Barcelona. Ocean ... Read review

Advantages: A fantastic sailing experience, from beginning to end
Disadvantages: That it had to end!

...pleasurable break away courtesy of P & O North Sea Ferries, I felt that I would like to share my experiences with you all so that you can judge for yourselves whether or not a minicruise is for you. To set the scene, I had booked myself and my fiancee onto the Hull to Rotterdam Return Motorist MiniCruise sailing at 21:00, driving my little Citroen Saxo over to Europe. I had also booked cabin accommodation, with a Standard 2-Berth Bed Outside Cabin ... Read review

Advantages: Friendly staff, clean
Disadvantages: Tiny swimming pool

This ship was very good value for its price. First of all I'd like to say that some people expect this ship to have massive rooms and 100 different places to eat, but can I remind you that the pride of Bilbao is for mini-cruises, meaning that it won't have as much services!! I went with my sister and mother from Friday to Monday, with a booking with Gold Crest, which was excellent and Gold Crest provides the transport to Portsmouth, where the ... Read review

Advantages: Among the best holiday experiences of a lifetime!
Disadvantages: Price a prohibitive factor for many

The story I am about to tell is one with which many of the older contributors to this section will aprreciate and identify with. I might well only be 21 years of age, but I am sufficiently astute to recognise that P&O Cruises is not the company it was back in 1988 when I took my first cruise! Lord Sterling of Plaistow...now there's a title that should strike fear into any adversary...well, maybe not! Hardened cruisers of my parent's generation will ... Read review

Advantages: Good Food, lots of nice places to visit
Disadvantages: Plenty of them, just take a look at this review....

A review of my honeymoon, on the Ocean Village and why not to do it! I booked a honeymoon cruise onboard the Ocean Village cruise ship, for a one week cruise around the Mediterranean, I had to pay just about full price, just under £1000 each for a outside cabin with a window on the "D" Deck – the view from the window was obscured by a giant lifeboat just outside. We knew about the lifeboat blocking the window prior to our cruise, but I could ... Read review

Advantages: excellent value for money
Disadvantages: cabins a wee bit pokey

...a journey courtesy of P and O ferries! I went with two friends on one of the mini cruises and wasn’t quite sure what to expect as had never been on one in my life! The cost was very reasonable, for a 3 day break to Holland £86. What did this include, well the ferry obviously!, 3 evening meals, 3 breakfasts and a cabin. We docked at Hull and first impressions were my god, large or what, the boat seemed to be enormous and was quite worried ... Read review