VENTURA | BAD MDR EXPERIENCE | CANARIES CRUISE 

I know my sister said never again , had awful meal on Iona 2 slices boiled ham and one spoon off mash our faces said it all the poor waiter ran and got us more it's not their fault its the top bosses who need to sort it ,on Virtuosa they said don't have steak it's too tough my sister went mad 🙈

I was on the Arcadia last month and the meals in the main dining room reminded me of school meals too. The only saving grace was that the portions were so small the ordeal was soon over.

I've cruised with MSC three times from Southampton and have two more booked. Ive considered doing P&O but on the older ships especially no-one has a good word to say about the food or service. When they're more expensive, its a hard sell. MSC is just a better value proposition. The portions are small, but I've never had bad service, can always find something to eat, they are accommodating if you want extra, to do a main as a starter. The upselling is what it is, but you get a turn down in the evening you don't get with P&O either and i've always had extremely smooth embarkations and disembarkation and you see some nightmare RU-vid vids for P&O. If you set your expectations right, MSC has much to commend it but i couldn't see cruising with P&O. Maybe Iona is better but idk.

Cruises have now in the last couple of years become the embodiment of you get what you pay for….cheaper cruise lines are now delivering a poor service

We did a couple of cruises with P & O last year and found the food quite bland and underwhelming - based on this we decided to splash out earlier this year and cruise with Silversea as they sell themselves as 'ultra luxury' - unfortunately the food was shockingly bad - limited choice and mainly served tepid to cold, the lunchtime buffet was just embarrassing - probably better choice and quality in prison Like you I am not a fussy eater but it was so disappointing, particularly as it was about four times the cost of the P & O cruises. It did make us realise that P & O weren.t as bad as we thought at the price you pay. Maybe this is the way the cruise industry is going i.e. just serve any old rubbish. We are going to try Cunard next month - if that's no better we either have to set the bar very low or we are done with cruising.

Oh no ,I took my sister on Virtuosa she hated it ,it was chaos 😑 makes us feel awful .

We cruised on the venture last year, sorry to say the ship and the food, has not gone down hill, its gone down the pan.

Oh dear 😢