P&O Iona Cruise Reviews (2024 UPDATED): Ratings of P&O Iona (2024)

3.1

advertised as Norwegian fjords cruise we only went into one fjord the rest of the destinations were modern industrial ports with the exception of perhaps stavanger where there was a small section of the old town at the other destination s there was nothing to do unless you had booked onto one of the very expensive shore trips.the dining experience was not good the "freedom dining" did not

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The P&O Iona 5000 passenger ship from Southampton on Norwegian fiord Cruise. Beautiful ship where it appeared to be uncrowded with plenty of room despite the large passenger capacity. Very good and varied food. Comfortable bed and balcony with 2 chairs and a small table. The spring weather was sunny and warm with light winds, the ship appearing not to move unless you looked at the scenery. Our

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Pros - - Never felt crowded. - modern clean ship.- plenty of bars. - Food was good, and enjoyed the choice of where to eat.- sizeable gym. - entertainment that I managed to see was good. The bookable ones in 710 I couldn’t get too. Comedian had me crying with laughter. - captain was actually funny when he would talk over the tannoy. - onboarding and disembarkation

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My wife and I saved up for a honeymoon cruise to Norway. Everything we saw suggested that Iona would be a luxury and peaceful resort at sea; it was our first cruise and we were both quite excited. We ended the experience tired and depressed.Firstly, the good. The cabin was really nice, we booked a Conservatory Mini-Suite which was spacious and afforded us some pretty sea views. We luckily

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Firstly, this is my first cruise and I’d rate it as 4.5 however obviously I have nothing else to compare it to.95% of elements either met or exceeded what I was expecting.The food was surprisingly good, especiallyThe Quality in the restaurants and the prices weren’t overly pricey for drinks etc.The room was amazing we thought, we thought the walls would be paper thin but that

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Frequent cruisers but first (and last) time we'd go with P&O. Generally the entire thing felt disorganised and designed to milk as much money out of you as possible. Appreciate everyone has a different experience and maybe ours was exceptionally bad but wouldn't book again based on much better experiences with other cruise lines.The drinks package appears to be somewhat of a scam. Things like

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Do not book in advance! We booked many months ago and the price fell considerably in the three months before sailing! No on-board credit or compensation was offered (P&O used to do this). Hold your nerve - there are plenty of last-minute deals available for this massive ship.The cruise itself was good. The food was good and the service in the Pearl restaurant was excellent. The same could not

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I sailed on P&O Iona on a solo cruise from Southampton to Norway at the start of May 2024 and overall I was very happy with the cruiseI was staying in an interior room at the front of the ship on deck 14. The room itself was nice and large enough for 1 or 2 people, the room was very similar to the internal room that I stayed in on the Costa Smerelda, which isn’t too surprising as it is the

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Our honest cruise review. For background, i have done 142 nights at sea on cruises since 2008. We were allocated a fabulous cabin in a great location, it was right at the start of the corridor so no long walks from the stairs or the lifts and perfect for skydome, taste 360, the horizon and the epicurean and crows nest was only up one flight of stairs so again very quick from the bar to the

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We have just returned from our first cruise. We travelled to Norway on Iona. We had read some good and bad reviews on our journey to Southampton, We have nothing negative to say about our experience at all and I struggled to understand other’s criticisms. From the moment we arrived In Southampton to leaving the ship, our experience was fantastic. The embarkation/disembarkation process is

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