Ferry good indeed! (P&O Ferries)

Member Name: Flibble

Product:	P&O Ferries
Date:	11/04/02 (361 review reads)
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Advantages: Good services on board, Quick crossing

Disadvantages: I get sea-sick :(

Well, after returning from my first holiday in god knows how long, I thought I’d write about my experience on a P&O ferry. We went to France for our holiday – and it was great. I just can’t be faffed with work at the minute; I’m stuck in that ‘This time last week I was doing this…’

Anyway, after a 12-hour coach trip (which really dragged on) I awoke to the site of the P&O Ferry we would be crossing the channel on. After a brief wait to actually get on board the ship we were soon onboard and having a look around. The first thing that struck me about the ferry was the sheer size of it. With many floors full of something to take your interest. On board I found a good selection of restaurants, a children’s play area and of course the shops all offering cut price drink and cigarettes. I guess it must be the mentality of some people – a huge surge of them all grasping for massive boxes of Benson and Hedges in a ‘must buy cheap fags’ riot – very scary.

The shops on board all offered a wide variety of goods, ranging from magazines and books or CD’s to help pass the time to Cameras and batteries just in case you happened to forget anything. Now, as you probably expected, the prices here are a little more expensive than you’d pay in the high street, but I guess you are paying for the convenience really.

With our crossing underway (although I never heard any safety announcements which kind of made me a bit worried) anyway, it was early morning (about 6:00 am) and I was in need of some food. After a scout around I found a restaurant, here they offered a pretty wide range of food. You could plump for a full English breakfast (although I’m not the best sea-traveller in the world, and plumped for a muffin and a cup of tea instead) However, looking at the various menus you could have things such as salads, curries, burgers etc. Something for everyone rea
lly and also a pretty decent vegetarian selection too. Again, the prices weren’t overly expensive and the food itself was decent enough, not what I was expecting at all really.

There were plenty of seating areas and viewing decks if you wanted a stroll up on deck (not for me though!) and the crossing passed quickly enough (about an hour). The only downside for me was the journey time to get to Dover, I’d have much preferred to fly as it can be much much quicker – I can’t fault the crossing itself though and the ferry was very comfortable indeed which certainly helped the time pass much quicker.

If you fancy a quick, comfortable crossing to the European Mainland then I would really urge you to consider giving P&O a try!

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