Ocean Village Cruises, Ocean Village Review

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Guest's Review of Ocean Village Cruises, Ocean Village Caribbean Cruise

20th Aug 2008

Overall Rating

2 stars
  • Value for money
    1 stars
  • Nights on board
    7
  • Cabin Type
    Regular
  • Food - quality & variety
    2.5 stars
  • Date of Cruise
    Aug 2008
  • Itinerary Name
    Med
  • Group description
    Couple
  • Entertainment on board
    1.5 stars

The main plus point was the friendliness of the staff who really went out there way to help. The cabins were very comfortable with the air conditioning and were cleaned frequently. The showers and wash facilities were good also.

For me overall the entertainment wasn't up to much - cheesy music in my view and karaoke on most nights. There was a casino and cinema on board though I didn't visit often. They did have a comedian on a few nights, I saw one guy and he was really funny - he liked to take the mickey out of some people but maybe not everyones' cup of tea...

The food was quite good but too much of the same stuff over the week - not enough variety especially at breaky time and they didn't have any brown bread (I'm fussy). The ship has 4 restaurants, 2 of them you have to pay in. One restaurant is stamped by James Martin and the food there is tremendous with the prices good for the quality of food (we paid 125 £ for 6 with drinks included though a few on water). It's pretty much 24 hrs eating available if you want it as there is always one or more restaurants open.

The big down side in my opinion was the prices attached to the OV tours at the stop-off destinations and they didn't offer any assistance / advice for those who wished to do there own thing. OV did what they could to get you to part with more cash through their tours. For example, in Tunis, they charged 24 £ to take you on a bus to a beach which was 5 minutes away. Beforehand, OV didn't let on that you could walk to the beach. This was the theme for all stop off jaunts.

The destination tours themselves were way overpriced in my view for what you got. The tour guides tried their best but we just couldn't really follow all of what they said due to the large sizes of the groups and the very limited visiting time available.

The deck every morning / afternoon was mobbed with sun bathers all crammed in like sardines! The captain had to come over the tannoy on the 1st day asking people not to leave towels over the deck chairs.

I think this cruise would appeal to families more than anything as it's more kid orientated but for a twentysomething I'd give it a miss. You can get so much more for your money and see so much more if you organised a trip yourself and that would be my recommendation.

In summary:

BUTLINS ON A BOAT in my opinion.

I was glad to come home.

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