Terry
Smith’s Site |
A disappointment. We
got on board and found an industrial heater in our cabin. No explanation.
After a while we switched it off and took it outside (we couldn't shut
our cabin door). Took my shoes off and found that the carpet was soaking.
Complained and they said that the sprinklers had come on (why wasn't
the bed wet then?). Sorry, we're full, no other cabins. We spent the
night there (with towels covering the carpet) but the smell got worse
overnight so we complained again. Now there was a cabin (although it
was a downgrade!). The cabin we had chosen was amidships (because of
Edna's sea sickness) and this one wasn't - result, the worst night of
the trip and Edna sea sick. Explained to Reception that we realised
they didn't have a spare cabin but when we got back to England.....
Asked us to see the Deck Manager (again). Our original cabin was now
ready. About 20 yards away from it, the smell! Tried to tell us it was
disinfectant (they should change their brand) but it was the same smell
as when we left it. We'll stay where we were (but wait 'til we get back
to England....). Surprise, surprise. They now have another cabin (had
they thrown someone overboard?). Day 3 and we're moving cabin again.
Of course, every problem now was exaggerated in our eyes. The Cabin
Steward made mistakes every day (it wasn't just us, everyone we spoke
to who had this Steward had problems). The Dining Room staff weren't
up to scratch (I'm writing this in retrospect, we've been P & O
since and the Cabin and Dining Room staff were fabulous). We kept getting
messages and invitations for other people (obviously they'd upgraded
others to make room for us). To cap it all the Oceania had a virus on
board which caused a panic and the self service restaurant was changed
to non-self service. This (apart from cutting down the room and making
queues longer) was not, of itself, a big problem but it impacted on
the Dining Room as many of the staff had to transfer to the self service
causing slow service in the Restaurant! To get back to the cruise! We visited Gibraltar, Port Said, Limassol, Marmaris, Piraeus, Cagliari, Ibiza, Malaga.
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Adonia 2003 |