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“Delayed due to a volcano eruption, which cannot be...”

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written by on 15/04/2010

Delayed due to a volcano eruption, which cannot be helped.
Due to fly out at 7.45 am so arrived at the airport for 5.15 as requested
However whilst all other airlines sent people home, imediatly, Thomascook held us at manchester airport for 9 1/2 hours and then Ocean Village held us for a further 1 3/4 hours, with only one £5 five pound food voucher each.It was clearly evedent at 7.45 that we would not be flying, but they effectivly held 100's of peole captive for hours with little information.
As I said the event cannot be helped but customer service goes a long way
I guess with Ocean Village cruises coming to an close at the end of this season they dont care anymore.
We are now left in limbo for a few days, unable to return to work or get on with life, until they, as the rest of the airlines decided, cancel the flights. The no compensation, as this is due to an act of god!

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“MY WIFE AND I HAVE JUST COME BACK FROM 7ntCRUISE ON...”

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written by KEVANDDIANE on 03/11/2009

MY WIFE AND I HAVE JUST COME BACK FROM 7ntCRUISE ON OCEAN VILLAGE TWO,, THE PALACE AND PYRAMIDS CRUISE GREAT ITINARY FANTASTIC ,WENT ON 4 TOURS ALL GREAT WELL PRICED RECOMMEND ANY, STAFF PLEASANT VERY POLITE CABIN VERY CLEAN ENTERTAINMENT AND FOOD COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR A SHIP THIS SIZE,DRINKS VERY WELL PRICED ABOUT SAME AS YOUR LOCAL,KIDS WELL CATED FOR ,IN ALL, VERY NICE SHIP,KEPT VERY CLEAN WE LOVED THIS CRUISE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GO AGAIN SUMMER 2010 ON SISTER SHIP O/V1 AS WEVE BEEN TOLD O/V2 IS BEING SOLD ON,BUT OVER ALL 8/10 WILL BOOK AGAIN IN 2010
THANKS O/V

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“Our Ocean Village cruise began on the 16th June, it...”

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written by laurenwoodward on 25/06/2009

Our Ocean Village cruise began on the 16th June, it was our first time cruising and we all had different expectations of what the boat would be like.

Food: Food was amazing, great variety, different every day with staff ready to help you, would go out of their way to ensure everything was ok for you and all requirements were met.

Cabin crew: When walking past cabins throughout the day, we was without a doubt ready to be greeted by staff, "hello sir/ madam" "good morning" "have a good day", this attitude towards passengers onboard ship was delightful, it made us and others feel very welcome, secure and pleased to have such pleasant people talking and showing a truthful interest in how we was.

Coming back after long days out to a beautifully cleaned cabin was lovely way to relax before evening entertainment began.

Kids club( AKA Base camp): The highlight of the holiday, enthusiastic, happy, fun, energetic staff, ready to participate in making the children ' s holiday as Fun as possible, with something different to do every 30 minutes. Base camp was open until 11pm enabling family ' s to eat out at restaurants or attend the evening entertainment alone if preferred, or (like many of us on the ship) having children that wanted to stay until closing. A night nursery was available for individuals if required.

Entertainment: Overall entertainment was outstanding, different activities throughout the day, evening entertainment was very well presented, different each night, not like standard carbaret that you may expect, variety such as; comedy, tribute bands, gymnastics including trapeze acts and shows on top deck.

The brilliant thing about cruising is you wake up somewhere new every day.

Ocean village was not a cruise that you was expected to be "dressed up for" and "posh" as some may say, its a laid back, friendly, enjoyable way to spend your holiday. with many trips to participate in if you like to.

I would not only recommend this cruise to families but also the older generation. 100% suitable for any age with something to do for everyone; whether its being around the pool enjoying a cocktail at the swim up bar, having a session in the gym (amazing views), relaxing in the spa, playing bingo, watching a movie in the cinema, eating at one of the restaurants, going on a cycle ride, or other organised trips or visits.



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“Ocean Village Cruises is the best holiday i have had....”

★★★★★

written by Beth x on 17/05/2009

Ocean Village Cruises is the best holiday i have had. loved seeing new places every day.i really did not want to leave. one week just is not long enough.

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“i have just returned from 2 week cruise in caribbean i...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 17/01/2009

i have just returned from 2 week cruise in caribbean i was very disappointedin cruise overall. we wanted a less formal cruise for a change but did not realise that all the facilities we took for granted were missing. this review is factual only really good thing was the really good weather, i would never travel on this line again even if it was free.

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“This was my 2nd cruise with Ocean Village, and I felt...”

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written by on 19/10/2008

This was my 2nd cruise with Ocean Village, and I felt the quality has deteriorated. Although OV2 was only refurbished fairly recently, it needs to be done again. The food in the restaurants wasn't as good this time. Deserts were pretty much the same, regardless of what they alleged it to be. We travelled on the Tapa & Toga's / Villa's and Vino trips, and I enjoyed all of the destinations. Considering the distance from Palma, and the time you spend there ( 1/2 day), I would skip out Tunis, and replace it with Scicilly.
It is easy to travel independently from pretty much all the ports of call for a fraction of the cost of the organised trips. Whilst I appreciate OV have an interest in selling their own trips, it would be useful if the did carry some info for independent travellers (i.e. location of train station/train times) - not everyone wants to spend their whole time traipsing around with 60 other people.
Would I go again? Probably not - but never say never.

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“On two occasions my sheets were marked, cabin steward...”

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written by taliacdf on 24/09/2008

On two occasions my sheets were marked, cabin steward very apologetic and changed sheets immediately. Complaints to reception elicited no response. Why is there only one electric socket in cabin!!! Staff in bars were rather sullen.
Substantially overcharged on two sales in duty free shop, on checking receipt before leaving shop we brought discrepancy to attention of staff who made us feel like criminals committing some kind of deceit.
Butlins on the sea, would not recommend to anyone. A waste of money.

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“We have just returned from a med cruise on ocean...”

★★★★★

written by on 20/09/2008

We have just returned from a med cruise on ocean village two and would like to congratulate all the crew and staff aboard ship on their excellent service. This is the first time we have cruised and will be cruising from now on as ocean village made our holiday

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“This is the first cruise I have came home from and...”

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written by on 31/08/2008

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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“My teen daughter and I enjoyed our first cruise and...”

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written by Sophielou on 22/08/2008

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 although towards the end of the week i think the kids tended to make their own entertainment as the music at the discos was not to their taste. Too much bubble pop and not enough rock. Overall though we enjoyed it far more than our usual apartment package holiday.

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“Traditional cruising experience lost on Ocean Village...”

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written by GaryESmith on 19/08/2008

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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Delteach's Response to GaryESmith's Review

Written on: 24/09/2008

What did you expect, all the advertising says informal and the price reflects the no waiter service, they never said you were going to get any did they.

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“We really were cruise virgins when we went on a Villas...”

★★★★☆

written by Whale Watcher on 11/08/2008

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 drinks in the cabin or you can take it with you to the restaurant.

The excursions were of variable quality and in future we may do our own thing when in port. Can't really comment on the entertainment as we were so pleasantly tired from the sea air and excursions that we went to bed early most nights!

The highlight was seeing some whales and dolphins one evening off the coast of France.

We enjoyed it so much we're going again next year!

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“The staff on the Ocean Village (apart from the last...”

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written by Tolfreey on 09/08/2008

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 James Martin restaurant every evening now could we?

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Whale Watcher's Response to Tolfreey's Review

Written on: 12/08/2008

Hello Tolfreey - agree with you about the sunbeds, although I did see some of the crew placing time labels on some 'reserved' sunbeds and I think they can remove towels after an hour has elapsed.
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<br/>We generally avoided the top deck during the day, having decided on day one that it was like a scene from Dante's 9th Circle of Hell!

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“I cannot wait until the next cruise, I shall certainly...”

★★★★★

written by on 24/07/2008

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 those conditions as the worst they had experienced, so ourselves have tasted the good and the bad.
This cruise was for our Pearl Wedding anniversary, room in a great location and great to wake up somewhere different each day. Certain trips can be done by yourself, but we only booked one and that was to Florence and Pisa.
The ship is clean, the staff are brilliant and the entire cruising experience has me now firmly in its grasp.

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“Great way to see the world and I would advise you to...”

★★★☆☆

written by on 20/07/2008

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 drinks onboard impact negatively on its value for money.
My son had an absolute ball!

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“In my view the Ocean Village ship is looking tired and...”

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written by waldo1919 on 18/07/2008

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 put any entertainment on 2 take peoples minds of things, which left us sat in our cabins watching t.v.

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“Been on lots of cruises but Ocean village is the best...”

★★★★★

written by on 12/06/2008

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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“All in all I feel Ocean Village was really good value...”

★★★★☆

written by Urs on 31/01/2008

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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“this is our 2nd visit on the boat - and we were really...”

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written by on 09/01/2008

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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“Being in the catering industry myself, I was shocked...”

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written by nolighterlife on 30/11/2007

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 ask for the table to be wiped of the previous occupant rubbish. They promote it as informal dinning! on the whole this was a regular problem, and something that was muttered about constantly around the pool, infact if you are going on board book the restarunts straight away, beacase, by towards the end of the cruise, everyone was so fed up with casual dinning, it was impossible to get a table in the restarunts. The service throughout the ship was poor,(with the exception of the cabin service, that was very good) and not what I expected, everything seemed too much trouble, even serving a coffee was hard work. would i cruise again - yes, but I'd definatley choose another cruise line.

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