Ocean Village Cruises, Ocean Village Caribbean

I absoulty love ocean village itis such brilliant criuse ship to go non. i will neve forget my two holidays on ocean village. Oceanvillage makes so much obertunities for everyine and i love you ocean villag. really do. i was almost in tears when at the end of my holiday, i knew that you were selling to australla (it isnt to late not to isnt it) me and my family would defiantly have another holiday with ocean village if you wernt selling. Food, entertainment, staff are absoulty brilliant!!!

Thankyou for the great holidays you have given to me. thanks again xxx <3

A wonderful holiday was spoiled yesterday 13/10/2010 when Ocean Village fell at the last hurdle of getting it's Glasgow passengers to the airport on time to catch the Thomas Cook flight TCX827L home. They got us to Palma airport barely one hour before we were supposed to be in the air. The check in girl was incredibly slow. It took her half an hour to check in three couples and two families of three. The security took half an hour. By the time we cleared there it was after our flight time so we ran to our departure gate to arrive fifteen minutes after take of time. When we boarded we realised the plane was two thirds empty. It took another hour for everyone to board. The plane then lost it's take off slot and we left two hours late. This was the most stressful airport experience we have ever had and it was all the fault of Ocean Village. They can not even blame the traffic as it was fine. We should have begun leaving the ship at 8.35am for a 10.55am flight but nothing happened for 45 minutes. Ocean Village really need to address there timing. I have never seen so many distressed passengers boarding a plane. Everything else was so well organised on the rest of the holiday.

This was my first cruise. Being only 18 I was a bit concerned that the cruise would be rather boring and full of 'older' passengers, however, it was brilliant! There was a great mix of old and young alike.. the entertainment was brilliant, especially the tribute acts and comedian Kevin McCarthy. Food was gorgeous in all places, we mainly ate in the Waterfront restaurant as it was cleaner than Plantation. The Bistro was well worth the extra money, shame James Martin wasn't onboard. The cabins were extremely comfortable and all the staff were extremely cheerful and helpful throughout the cruise, I can definitely see why Ocean Village gets rave reviews for its staff. The flights were great and the luggage transfer even better... check-in your bags at the airport then you dont see them again until later that evening at your cabin!

I would highly recommend Ocean Village to young and old alike :)

We are in our late forties. This was our third caribbean cruise with OV1 - we wanted to celebrate her final visit to the wonderful caribbean. Three and a half thousand pounds (plus) not well spent which is a shame.

Unfortunately, both she and some of the staff seemed very tired and weary.

The ships FEMALE photographers definately needed an attitude adjustment, we watched as they sneered and tutted at older passengers, and constantly made snide comments between themselves when people refused to pose at the end of the gangway e.t.c.

The 'entertainment' team was extremely poor......in the whole 2 weeks only the Annie Lennox tribute (which was the ONLY tribute act) was worth watching.

It seemed like the whole cruise was rather hurried,like the crew & staff wanted the final caribbean cruise overwith. We witnessed one of the lead 'entertainment' team snap at an elderly lady in the lift because she had pressed the wrong button !

We were going to re-book with OV for the Med this summer, we'll be booking with another cruiseline.

NB:

THE CABIN STAFF, BAR STAFF, WAITERS, WAITRESSES AND MAINTENANCE STAFF ARE A CREDIT TO THE SHIP....ALWAYS POLITE AND CONVERSANT AND NEVER TOO BUSY (EVEN THOUGH THEY ALWAYS ARE) TO THROW YOU A SMILE - MANY OF THE CREW, AND OV STAFF SHOULD LEARN FROM THEM !

Our first cruise and we were a little dubious as it was for 23 nights! We were on OV2, the ship was lovely and kept very clean, staff were always friendly and helpful. Some of the entertainment was mediocre but some of it was excellent Robbie Williams and Freddy Mercuty tributes were really good. Food was excellent with plenty of choice, fantastic desserts. We ate at La Luna a number of times because the food was so good and the prices really good. Ports of call were great (St Kitts, Antigua, Dominica, Malaga, Eygypt, Heraklion, Turkey, Palermo, Rhodes, Limassol etc). We enjoyed it so much that we've booked the 25 night repo cruise for October this year, I will be sad to see this brand go to Austrailia

i have been on ocean village 3 times,all over new year.they were all brill, but this year was best yet,food super,staff brilliant,places visited superb,pity they are taking it away.why cant other lines take thier place,for people who dont like cruising.the entertainment was fantastic,the annie lennox show was amasing,as was freddy mercurey,who we were talking to on the way home at the airport.shelley was brilliant,even though she wasnt feeling 100 p/cent,acrobats great.the waiters,and deck staff were so friendly,especially,avinash who was from mumbia,chona and james both from the philipines,we told them they should come to england and teach our young people how to act.the captain on the second week was a really funny guy.

My recommendation is to use the local buses and trains when in port.

PALMA-use bus no 1 just outside port (5min) to go into the centre(1.5euros)then bus to caves and train to Soller.

TUNIS--TRAIN (10 MINS) toSiddy Biso and Cartage (10 euros return)

CIVITACHIA(ITALY)-Train(10mins ) to Rome 9 eros ret)

GENOA-walk into city(10min) -telecabin to top 1.5 euros.

SAN RAFAEL-TRAIN (20MIN) TO MONACO,NICE, ST TROPEZ

Barcelona---port bus T3 1.5 euro to city-metro around city 10 journeys 7.5 euros

NAPLES-Tram no 1 outside port to station-to Pompey and Sorento 7eros ret

livorno-train to pisa and florence 3.6euro--VILLE DE FRANCEtrain to montecarlo and florence 5euro,10 euro

This was our fist time cruising and was a little concerned from some of the comments we received beforehand about it being 'too' informal. However, we had a fantastic time. You could dress up if you wanted (we did), you could eat when you wanted, do as much or as little as you wanted - it's all about you. We chose to take part in the excursions at every port and we are so glad we did, as these were excellent value for money and very well arranged. We ate in The Bistro once and the food was to die for, however, the food in The Plantation Restaurant was also excellent and so we didn't feel the need to eat in La Luna. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly and the ship was very clean and tidy. Another good thing was that gratuities/tips were included in your holiday price, so you could tip if you wanted to rather than it being added to your bill automatically. We are now waiting for the Winter 2010 brochure to come out so we can book a 14 night Caribbean cruise.

Went on the Ocean Village I to the carribean over easter for two weeks, the worst holiday i have ever had !! Ended up in hospital suffering with a very severe illness - have since found out was because of the ongoing water trouble onboard ship the whole fortnight. Had a dreadful haircut in the spa hair salon.

the ocean village ship was clean, spacious and the staff were friendly, helpful and worked hard to please. i thought that the food was lovely and didnt feel the need to spend extra money in la luna or the bistro. the week could be as relaxing or as hectic as you wanted.