Revealing My Experience: P&O BRITANNIA Post Refit Review 

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Amazing video as always!

Great review, it does seem as if she needed a few more days to be ready for paying passengers again. I wish someone at P&O would take a look at other cruise lines to see how buffets should be and yes, to develop a fully functioning app too.

Great to see Britannia freshly polished and ready to go again - she was one of my first experiences with P&O, and I was really impressed - she’s looking in great shape now! Also, interesting that you felt she scored higher than Iona on your league table - I love the size of Britannia as a ship, and reckon I’d potentially prefer her too. Great video, Tom! ❤

Thanks for the great review, I booked my first cruise on the Britannia yesterday to go to the Fjords for next year. Hoping it will be good as I’ve only been on Iona before and I’ve treated myself to a solo balcony cabin which looks really good on your video.

Great video Tom! We've never covered solo cabins before, but they look very practicle for someone looking to cruise solo. Shame to see P&O couldn't finish everything on time for the refit, they should defiantly leave the ships in dry dock for longer when it comes to refits.

Love Britannia. ❤ Nice to see the refresh ahead of her anniversary cruise next year. They’ve done a good job. Thanks for showing us the updated areas. Shame they were still finishing up some of the bits, but that’s the downside of the first cruises after a refit - you never know if they will get it all done in time. 😂

Great video as always Tom. Shame they couldn’t finish the refurb but it still looks great all the same! 🎉

Yes we agree Britannia is looking freshened-up. Nice springy carpets. However, obviously faulty air-conditioning although upon complaints they never acknowledged this. Temperature varied dramatically in different zones. Horizon buffet was unacceptably freezing! Passengers were wearing jackets, hats, scarves etc indoors!! Furthermore not had any feedback upon writing in to complain.... shame on your customer service P&O!!!

Looking forward to this one! That’s interesting about the embarkment, wow, we were so lucky when we went on Iona, we walked straight through, took no more than 15 mins or so. We don’t know what it was like before the refurb but this is looking good. The atrium is interesting, it’s very square but looks lovely. Interesting to see the solo room, shame about the TV service, did the price you pay take into account that you were a solo traveller? That food looks great. Love Sindhu. We really need to try more of the speciality restaurants. Shame about the buffet too, ah, we loved the Quays. Ice cream filled doughnuts? Interesting haha! 3 out of 5 for food is ok though. Lovely shout out to the two chaps who work there. An hour and a half for food, ooh, that’s not great. That show looked great, not seen Gareth Oliver live but have seen him a few times on various things. Northern Europe cruise, oh yes, this is what we did. We’d love to do the SS Rotterdam, in fact, we’d like to do Rotterdam again, we loved it. We’d have loved longer in Bruges, £600 not too bad to be honest, the value for money is really good. Really enjoyed that, top stuff!!

We are on the same ship right now, agree with you 100%. Food in buffet was cold but all in all its a great ship 😢

Looks beautiful, can't wait until I'm on her for her 10th anniversary cruise which will also be my first cruise

Fair review

Watched this review with interest. Still didn't impress me enough to try another cruise on Brittania. Cruised to Norwegian Ffords pre refit. Dreadful. Embarkation delayed by 3 hours due to fire onboard. Filthy cabin (spilt sticky coffee down units). Couldn't get in to dinner even though I had been allocated a restaurant - solo traveller and they said there was no room for one person only. Had to go for buffet for whole cruise. Sculpture in atrium badly scratched, looked plastic and cheap. 1st day at sea, toilets throughout the ship were blocked and not available - very difficult. Decks etc looked more MDF cheap and dirty. Spa was extremely expensive and had to book for the week, not hourly or daily. I did as I was looking for a holiday treat. The steam room was luke warm and the sauna didn't heat up at all. The pool was the only working item in there. I tried to complain at customer services but the girl just stood and stared blankly at me. No action taken. I completed the survey and awaited a response - nothing. I cringed when they repeatedly said the ship was their "beautiful flag ship..." They should have been totally ashamed. I totally regretted booking the cruise and felt I should have received at least an apology for the disaster of the long awaited holiday. Never again on P&O.

We were also on this cruise, cruised lots but first time on Britannia and we were disappointed. Lovely ship, good food but lacked entertainment compared to other p&o ships and found ourselves a little bored. Expected a deep clean to of been done through the re-fit, but our room was filthy 😕

Did you tell them when things weren’t working we love the glass house as well

Being fairly new to cruising and hating flying I do like it. I have done Iona and Arvia which I thought were amazing, clean spacious and great food especially the Quays and the Diner. I am going on Britannia soon in July and have to say I am a little worried as there is no Quays or Diner... the Quays especially does great food and no messing with apps or times, just turn up eat and out. I am worried about the lack of entertainment as well as there is no 710 club as in the Iona and Arvia which is brilliant. One thing I never understand though.... when people say they prefer a smaller ship? Why? It's all the same in the end. If one ship holds 6k then there are more food areas and more entertainment than the ships that hold 3.5k

We did the translantic back to Southampton just before the refit, alot of problems . toilets out of order taps not working aircon leaking and smelt Appalling ' also noticed that the waiters never had tablets which only made there jobs more difficult

P&O Vs Royal Caribbean ?? Great review as normal

Great review ty, think I'll give this ship a miss now.

I think you've answered my question but can i just check? Everyone joins that big queue you show at 1 min 10 seconds? Then P&O staff come along and bring you forward if you're at your boarding time?

Looks lovely but shouĺd set sail when finished! I would go on Brittania I go ocean view for price i find Brittania expensive as no ocean view

Any idea how full the ship was? That can make a difference? I think po need Annwyl app and bracelets or similar to Princess for paying.

Would it be a problem if you hav'nt got a smart phone. We were regular cruises before covid but everything seems to be done in an app now which we hav'nt got access to.

I was also on the cruise, would give the scores out of 10 not 5.

Embarkation tion?!?! ;)

Really don't care for the disgusting communal urinals, sorry hot tubs! The limited included food outlets are frustrating, I would like to have seen a "quays" added somewhere. £600 for 5 nights is a bargain, I've just forked out £880 for 2 nights return crossing between Kiel/Oslo

Concerned about the food options as a vegan