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| Food - quality & variety | 7.5/10   |
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| Entertainment on board | 6.3/10 |
| Value for Money | 6.5/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 6.8/10 |
| Overall Rating | 6.9/10 |
Full review by
Guest.
on 31st Aug 2008
User Rating : 3
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Good Points: Lovely ship
Bad Points: Cabin only done once per day. Variety of evening meals very poor if you were not a great fan of curried food.
General comments: This is the first cruise I have came home from and complained to my friends I was really looking forward to it but was terribly disappointing. Food was nothing to write home about and the actual desk staff were not the friendliest I have met. The below deck staff that I saw were very friendly but the rest need to be retrained in customer care. The shows were mediocre and the tours well it was hardly worth getting of the ship as you were hardly in port.
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Review by
Sophielou
on 22nd Aug 2008
User Rating : 8
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My teen daughter and I enjoyed our first cruise and will go again. We had no complaints with the accommodation, food or restaurants which we found to be of a high standard. I feel the entertainment team were all very young, rather full of themselves and rather patronising to passengers above the age of 30 - which I am. Also all the entertainment seemed to keep harking back to the 80s and 90s with tribute acts and comedians well past their sell by date! I am assured that the teen club was cool ...
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Review by
GaryESmith
on 19th Aug 2008
User Rating : 2
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Traditional cruising experience lost on Ocean Village Ship in my view.
Informality taken too far for me.
Cabin Staff, Waiter seemed inexperienced.
Overall we paid for a cheap cruise and got poor service in my opinion, and too many chavs for my liking.
I would not recommend this cruise to my friends.
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Review by
Whale Watcher
on 11th Aug 2008
User Rating : 8
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We really were cruise virgins when we went on a Villas & Vino cruise on OV2 in June 2008 so were unsure what to expect. We were very pleasantly surprised - the organisation was first class and our cabin was comparable to a good 4 star hotel.
The food was much better than we expected and the James Martin Bistro was excellent. The wine package option is a great idea - you can have a selection of bottles of wine delivered to your cabin (there is a fridge) and it's then available for pre-dinner dri ...
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Review by
Tolfreey
on 9th Aug 2008
User Rating : 5
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The staff on the Ocean Village (apart from the last day) were great, the entertainment was varied and there was plenty of it.. I felt the trips were in the main overpriced. I paid a large sum of money which would have been better spent on a cruise line that insists on certain standards from its passengers. To be sat near beer-bellied men and women inappropriately dressed or shirtless whilst trying to each my evening meal was off-putting to me to say the least. After all we couldn't eat in the Ja ...
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Review by
Guest.
on 24th Jul 2008
User Rating : 10
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I cannot wait until the next cruise, I shall certainly book another one with Ocean Village. Its very easy going, no need for all the dressing up lark, plain casual smart clothes are all you need on OV. Maybe we did experience the best and worst of cruising. On route to Palma from Corsica the weather turned a bit rough, eighty percent of the ship were feeling sea sick and not many turned out for their evening meals, nor did they go to any of the bars. People who were experienced cruisers spoke of ...
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Review by
Guest.
on 20th Jul 2008
User Rating : 6
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Great way to see the world and I would advise you to make the most of your days ashore so that after your dinner you are ready to go to bed as the nights can be hard to put up with.
The Blue Bar is ok for a quiet drink away from the hammy/camp shows and the staff throughout the ship are very friendly - although there is a wiff of insincerity and towing the company line from some!
Overall I think my time on the Ocean Village (Olives & Ouzo/Temples & Tavernas) was good but the price of trips and d ...
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Review by
waldo1919
on 18th Jul 2008
User Rating : 1
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In my view the Ocean Village ship is looking tired and could do with a refurb. Also I think they should maybe stop promoting of selling karma spa; auctions; gifts, and let the passenger decide. Another thing they could do would be to have a entertainment programme at the ready if the ship can:t dock. - All just thoughts..
We travelled on the 25/12/07 and incurred very bad weather conditions. We did not dock at Progresso. Many passengers were poorly due to the weather conditions. But they didn't ...
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Review by
Guest.
on 12th Jun 2008
User Rating : 10
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Been on lots of cruises but Ocean village is the best food excellent it may have been bad back in 2004 but is extremely good now
Ocean village was great about to go on my 3rd ocean village cruise.
Very clean and food is great with good sized cabins
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Review by
Urs
on 31st Jan 2008
User Rating : 8
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All in all I feel Ocean Village was really good value for money, with lots of islands visited in a short amount of time, and the good points far out way the poorer points.
I did hear people complaining about dress being too casual, and having to carry your own tray at dinner etc.but thats what it's all about, and had they had done their research properly there wouldn't be any surprises.
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Review by
Guest.
on 9th Jan 2008
User Rating : 4
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this is our 2nd visit on the boat - and we were really disappointed - it was a bit like butlins at sea ;-(
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Review by
nolighterlife
on 30th Nov 2007
User Rating : 2
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Being in the catering industry myself, I was shocked at the poor standards of food delivery, hygeine and temp. control in the 'informal resturants' . after spending many nights guiding my family around what I thought was the 'safe' options, i made a complaint. We had a curry night, our prawn curry was half warm half cold!! this was before we had had to stand with trays for 5 mins waiting for a vacant table, then had to wait another 5 mins for a member of staff to clear the tables, then had to ...
nolighterlife's full review | 344 words
Review by
grahamh
on 16th Sep 2007
User Rating : 9
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On board of Ocean Village we had a great week getting away from it all, catching sights of the Mediterranean. If you desire, and with almost guaranteed good weather. Well done Ocean Village you looked after us well, without intrusion. Excellent cleanliness and food of good quality 24 hours a day.
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Review by
AlfMyers
on 1st Jul 2007
User Rating : 4
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All in all, I found that there were some good points and some bad points but there weren't enough good points to override the not so good.
A lot of it came down to small details that can on their own be over looked, however there were so many of them it becomes hard to do so.
In my view this had the potential to be a really good holiday, however it turned out to be just alright. Which considering how much we paid, I feel a little cheated.
It didn't help to have this followed up by the f ...
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Review by
susanne612
on 9th Jun 2007
User Rating : 1
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The worst cruise I have ever been on, will not be traveling with Ocean Village again, I even got covered in black gunge from the shower in the cabin. Public toilet areas were disgusting. I thought Ocean one was disappointing in March but decided to travel with them again in May/June as the new ship was given such hype - it sounded wonderful, it ended up being the holiday from hell, even the flight home was delayed by over 2 hours with no explanation.
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Review by
Dawn Thwaites
on 20th Dec 2006
User Rating : 10
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My husband and i had a wonderful cruise on the Ocean Village in 2005 so good that we are doing another Transatlantic crossing in April 2007, I would highly recommend this cruise to anyone who likes informality, if you prefer posh dining and formality this is not for you. This cruise line is definitely not for older cruisers.
We loved it!!!
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Review by
mike walker
on 28th Oct 2006
User Rating : 2
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The staff on-board the Ocean Village cruise were friendly and the ship was clean. Unfortunately, there was a lack of variety in the menu, only basics for salads, poorly cooked meat dishes - overcooked and tough, and the tours were overpriced. There was also a very hard sell on drinks by waiters.
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Review by
churchcottage
on 18th Oct 2006
User Rating : 5
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I've only every cruised with Princess before, and there is really no comparison. I guess you do get what you pay for.
The food on the Ocean Village Beaches and Basilicas Mediterranean cruise was good I thought, but the restaurants were really noisy; a bit like eating in a canteen. The Waterfront was better, but still not great. The Bistro, you pay extra for this one, was fantastic, with good waiter service and great food. We ate there three times, and it does add up to quite a bit at the end ...
churchcottage's full review | 193 words | 1 comment added.
Review by
daljan
on 3rd Oct 2006
User Rating : 5
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There was no control over the restricted areas for no smoking.
The indoor bars were far too smoky, even though smoking was restricted to the right hand side (starboard).
Could not find a place to sit quietly and read on board the Ocean Village, and there was booming disco music even at 07:30am. We had to retreat to our cabin which was nice and big.
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Review by
sharon foster
on 27th Sep 2006
User Rating : 10
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For a first timer to cruising this would be highly recommended. If you have cruised before on a 'higher class cruise' you may be disappointed. It is aimed at 'fun loving' not stuffy people. Most of the bad reviews will have been left by these sort of people, as they expected too much for the money. The staff were excellent, and they were very hard working and aim to please. The cabin was spotless. Towels were changed daily - room cleaned and bed made daily, changed 3 times during 14 days. ...
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