P&O Ventura Cruise - 1 week onboard

This is the BIG one! Grab a drink, some nibbles, sit back and relax! My longest vlog ever; well, there’s a whole 1 hour Iberian cruise onboard P&O Ventura to cram into 1h12 minutes! It’s autumn, it’s my mum and sister’s 1st ever cruise, it’s our 10 year wedding anniversary, it’s my sister’s birthday! This is a day by day vlog starting with embarkation, first impressions, a quick peep at a balcony cabin and a superior deluxe cabin, every single meal on board (buffet, main dining rooms, grills, Sindhu, Epicurean - yes, a food heavy vlog and no apologies for this - we loooove food experiences when we travel), our days in Cherbourg, Oporto, Lisbon, Vigo, the bars and lounges on board, lots of lovely passengers who came to say hello (thank you!), all the great stuff and some of the very bad, unfortunately.

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[HarleighCesar]

Amazing vlog. Your dad is right there with you every time. I have no doubt ❤

[davidmottram]

Ooooh Jamie. Great vlog, very informative. We had the very same experience on the Ventura in July. Fantastic food, terrible queues, lactuster, and diminished entertainment. I, too, was asked to leave the red room for the same reason. Ship now tired looking. It's all very sad because it used to be one of our favourites. When we got home, we cancelled our next Ventura cruise. You're fast becomming our favourite cruise vlogger. Your warm personalty shines through. Your interaction with your fans on-board is to be applauded.

[gillianphillipson]

I love how you thank Jesus for your lovely life experiences.

[jillycormier]

What a brilliant vlog Jamie! My husband and I are new to cruising and we are doing the very same cruise for our first one in October 2024. You've given us an insight to what expect on our maiden voyage. Thank you!

[clairepapadatos]

Whatever the heck, it was absolutely fabulous to see your mum and sister, plus, of course, the amazing Mafoo!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Love and best wishes to you all, Claire and rescue 'furry family', Berlin ❤❤❤❤

[bobzthecat]

Your mum is so sweet. Cherish her as long as you can as i lost mine and she reminds me so much of my mum, the hair, the expressions and even the way she walks

[carolemarven]

We sailed on Ventura on her 2nd sailing back in May 2008 on our first ever cruise and have been hooked eversince. We have tried to do at least 1/2 a year. Ventura was a lovely ship and the entertainment was top class back then. Our last cruise on her was 6 years ago and still very good but now after watching a few of your videos how things have changed. Ventura looks like a ghost ship on some of them with hardly any sunbeds etc. I hope things improve and more staff get hired. I think most people are cruising on the newer P&O ships which Arvia reminds of a larger version on Ventura when new. I hope Azura doesn't get left behind either because of the newer bigger ships. Great video and just subscribed.

[BChecker]

So entertaining 😀 you are such a natural. Lovely personality and funny. Just subscribed 👏👏👏👏

[ritahartline]

First time watching you and I subscribed! Will go back and watch others. Your Mum is quite adorable.

[mizzprettyhuston]

Your mum & sister are beautiful ladies. Thank you for another awesome video 😊

[cruiseforever]

What a delightful video, Jamie. I hope you all told your mother how lovely she looked with her new hair style. What a complement to you how comfortable she felt getting her hair done. You were so thoughtful giving them the larger cabin. I’m sorry for all the issues with their first cruise.

[emmaludlow]

Wow, that was quite a marathon Jamie and loved every minute (apart from the cringy bits with me in 🙈). Despite it being so busy, me and Andy still enjoyed the cruise and would sail on Ventura again. It's just a shame P&O overbooked it and put their crew under such strain.
We loved the ports and managed to get into dinner by going early and sharing tables, but this was definitely a compromise. We kind of gave up on breakfast in the MDR and used the buffet instead.
Hazards of school holiday cruising for sure, looking forward to the days when we can sail in term time.
Such a shame it was your Mum and Marie's first cruising experience though as it's not normally like this. It was so different from our cruise on Aurora in the summer where service was exceptional 👌.
Thanks for your honest review Jamie xx

[xquvrqk]

Aloha thats awesome your moms 1st trip, I'm going on my 1st every in April 6-13 2024 from florida to carabean island for moms 80th birthday, luv ur work mahalo

[lynnedayer]

We have had some brilliant cruises on Ventura, pre covid. Not managed a P&O cruise post covid, we were booked on the maiden voyage next month but it been cancelled. We have booked an alternative cruise on Ambassador Ambience, small ship and it leaves from our local port. We cruised earlier this year on this ship, she is an old ship but the pubic areas are lovely, we certainly did not have the queuing issues you experienced on Ventura.

[jlizardi]

Love it! Happy Anniversary guys! Nothing better than traveling with mama! Blessed. Sad P&O failed so many times. The ship is almost exactly as some Princess ships' I loved.

[kels-gprf]

Great blog, you really captured the highs and lows of this cruise.
We nicknamed it the queues cruise 🤣

[janeking]

Enjoyed this, thank you. Ventura has had a bit of an upgrade since your cruise 😊

[sheilaUK]

Thanks Jamie, another great vid - really enjoyed it - Happy belated tin anniversary to you and Maffoo x

[ritahartline]

I have cruised many many times on every cruise line but P&O and seeing what problems you had I will not chance it to probably waste my money. Thank you!

[alisont]

Great to watch thanks Jamie, that itinerary was the last one I did with my Dad on Ventura October 20 so lots of memories and yes we had the stormy seas from Porto but didn’t get the queues.