Ventura - First timer, veteran & family verdicts on P&O's latest ship (Telegraph)

**Ally** · 08-04-2008, 02:10 PM

The three reviews can be found here....

Voyagers’ verdict: first-time cruiser on P&O’s Ventura - Telegraph

Voyagers’ verdict: family cruisers on P&O's Ventura - Telegraph

Voyagers' verdict: veteran cuisers on P&O's Ventura - Telegraph

**Ally** · 08-04-2008, 02:34 PM

Well all three verdicts are fairly bad...which shouldn't be too surprising considering Ventura has had a patchy (at best) introduction to P&O.

Personally, I hope that P&O start listening and start getting Ventura working properly before they even consider having a sister Ventura class ship join the fleet.

I know it can be annoying when P&O regulars compare Ventura to the other ships in the fleet, but when you are used to a certain standard (which on the rest of the fleet is pretty good), then it should be understandable that complaints and comparisons are being made when the new flagship falls flat and doesn't live up to the hype.

In some respects the hype was perhaps overbuilt for Ventura, she certainly is not popular and those who are first timers on P&O who sail aboard her could easily be put off cruising on the other, better, ships of the fleet.

P&O's standards slipped and will continue to do so til they get the Ventura sorted out. As flagship, she is what people will judge the company as a whole to be and right now she is very poor.