UNPLEASANT smells that made areas off limits! P&O Azura Let’s Talk SHIP - Episode 2
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Same deck as you guys semi obstructed in the 400's where the mystery stink was in corridor and cabins, so here goes....We were on Azura in January and on deck 8 mid ship. We actually smelt the whiff all week and not just the corridors, it was strong in our cabin. Day of boarding reported it to reception, no one came to check it out. Day 2 toilet overflowed and no hot water. Day 3 no water at all. Reported no action taken. Day 4 a gamble if there was water or not, engineer came out late evening and managed to get tepid water which lasted a short time only. Got to the stage if we needed the toilet had to go find one outside the cabin. Constantly told by reception they knew about plumbing issues in the cabin from previous occupants and would not move us.Last night before due to fly home there was finally hot and cold water. Got into the shower water was tepid again, stepped out to get something turned around to see steaming water coming out the shower head and the tap to turn it off was red hot, needed the towel to turn it off. The stink was so bad almost threw up. quickly got changed . bolted to reception and showed her a photo of what shot up from the shower tray drain. in minutes 3 engineers in masks at 4am tried to fix it. raw sewage came out the drain. asked to see health and safety duty officer, told well you go today complain when you go home. 2 weeks it took uk to investigate and check repair logs etc. Customer services rang and offered 380 in compensation but had to be in on board credit only, had i been scalded told it would have to be sorted out with insurance claim for injury. They admitted the cabin should not have been used after a history of problems before.So much for select fare and the cabin recommended by their sales team.
Awww thanks for sharing that, such a shame you had such a poor experience. Thankfully we only had the smell in a small number of areas to contend with.
We are going on Azura in November around the canaries for a week, its the first time my partner will be going on a cruise and he is so looking forward to it, we love watching your videos. Love how you guys fairly comment on the positives and negative aspects. Great video looking forward to more especially on Azura 💛✨️✨️
Awww thank you for the lovely comments! Lots more to come - we had a fantastic time on Azura and sure you will too! 😀
Thanks for a great vlog! I’ve been on Azura twice (and booked again in 2026 in an ocean view cabin) and briefly smelled the Azura whiff on deck 16….it went away when the wind changed. Didn’t smell it on the prom deck though. I love the buffet and planet bar! 😊 ❤
Glad you had a great time! Azura is a lovely ship the perfect size in our opinion 👌🏻
I was on a Princess Cruise from San Francisco to Mexico that had such bad smells people were getting sick. The ship had been docked for a few days for repairs before we boarded. It was a year before Covid, when muster had large groups of people in one room. It smelled like they were cooking rotten fish. Everybody was leaving the muster room during the drill it was so awful. Then for about the first couple days of sailing, there were areas such as the art exhibit and certain hallways, that smelled of an outhouse. We hadn't even gone to a port yet. I figured whatever was causing the stench was dumped at sea...
Ewwww, that makes ours sound not too bad at all in comparison! That sounds yucky!
Always enjoy your chats guys👍
Awww thank you 🥰
Awww guys so waiting for you to be on the ship! These vids aren't as good for us as being on board so looking forward to you coming from the ship soon... ❤
We will be looking at more of the once this let’s talk ship series finishes. We conscious not everyone likes the vlog style videos, seeing us enjoying and like these information based ones, so we’re like to do a little of both to keep everyone happy - stay tuned and we’ll be brining you more!
Still catching up on your videos, thanks a lot Lads.
Thank you 🙏
Hi there chaps. We have sailed princess grand class ships a lot and when the weather is a bit windy the 'wiff' is noticeable. Although on our Azura repositioning cruise last October we only noticed it once. Even With all of this we absolutely love this class of ship. Just big enough
Good to know! 💯 agree, didn’t put us off the ship and it’s a perfect size!
Going on this lovely lady on Thursday this week, booked her yesterday!!! Went on Azura last April too :)
Hope you have as brilliant time as we had - your as last minute as us booking. Enjoy! :)
😆I’ve been in Azura a couple of times a yes have smelt the smell going through the Malabar 😂😵💫still hasn’t put me off either in her again Oct 19th for the Caneries 👏👏can’t wait loving the vid’s by the way very helpful, my friends are staying in the cabin you were in so was nice to see 👍
Ohh same here, wouldn’t put us off, just walk quickly past 🤣
Ohhh, hope they enjoy it. We thought it was a good one!
Completely agree with you with the buffet. It’s also really weirdly designed, we found it really hard to navigate especially when it was busy. Luckily, we never got the poo smell or any smell! 😂
Yeah, being the small area, with the usually people aimlessly wondering as normal, it is even more difficult to navigate haha! Glad you didn't get the 💩 lol
I was on Ventura last year didnt notice any smells at all. I loved Ventura
Awww, thats good to know :D Hope you are keeping well! :)
❤ We cruised on Ventura in 2017, and Azura 2019. We did prefer Ventura, agree with u on the Crows nest. In 2019 we did find Azura a little dated, following our 2018 cruise on Britannia, we were more aware of things like the shower curtain in bathroom, small cabin TV, missed the Horizon buffet, etc. The whiff however - wow. Tbf, in 2019 it wasnt present in the front of the ship but EVERY time you walked along past the photo place & Sindu towards Manhattan it was like a farmer was out muck spreading. So yep, the whiff is certainly something p&o are aware of & have been for many years, I believe its a design fault with the ship. I never noticed any smell on Ventura in 2017.
As you know guys we were in the Canaries on a jampacked Iona whilst you were on Azura. It was our first megaship experience and I was really interested to hear your comparison of the passenger experience. We really found the snaller ships more personable, we definitely prefer club dining. Im afraid despite being a beautiful ship Iona felt like Butlins on sea and it felt odd to be going out dressed for a formal night when so many other passengers were dressed far more casually for evenings than we were used to. We’ll be avoiding the megaships in future - we are back on Britanna next year which seems to bridge the gap between modern and dated without being too many people . Sending lots of love and thank you for another great video, MJ x😊
Ohhh it’s been a while since we’ve been on Ventura so we need to re visit her! Yeah, lots are saying that area has always been smelly.
She is dated, but saying that she was super clean, our room was kept cleaner than we’d seen on new ships but that tiny tv needs to go 🤣
Big ships are good for facilities and variety but these smaller (though still big) ships have more character and the service from staff is better, as you say more personable. The big mega ships are more resort ships which is why they may feel more like a Butlins we guess!
Awww thank you, glad you enjoyed the video 🤗
We had an obstructed view cabin on Ventura more of a view but much prefer how your bed and furniture was laid out. We had to kneel on the bed to look out!
Ohhh, yeah, wouldn’t want to kneel on the bed, this one was handy as you could sit on the window
@@CruiseMonkeys much prefer your layout!
Hi, Sorry I’m late (again) …. (Teeny tiny new puppy in the house, so I’m not getting a lot of “free” time lol) Anyhoo….. I just wanted to say how much I’m enjoying your channel. The Azura looks like a nice laid back and pleasant sort of ship. Your cabin looks lovely, I like that it’s not too obstructed, as you still have the daylight and a bit of a view. . . As for the smell…. Well she is working hard 24/7 without a break to give all on board the best time that they could have, so the poor lady is bound to get a bit wiffy in places… I mean what a workout!!😆
Awwwww 🐶 bet the puppy if keeping you busy!
She is a lovely ship, we really did have a fab time and the cabin was great, amazing how much that natural light helps you feel less claustrophobic.
Hahaha, yeah, this is true, we all get that way after working hard 🤣 didn’t spoil our cruise and we’d happily jump back on her!
@@CruiseMonkeys He’s a cheeky little Chihuahua and weighs less than a bag of sugar ( the vet said she had guinea pigs bigger than him !😆) but he’s very demanding right now ( and spoilt) Anyway, keep up the good work lads. I love how you cover all kinds of cruises to suit all kinds of tastes. It’s much appreciated 👍🙂
Loved the Pooh discussion because it is funny watching your reaction BUT the nerdy side was it a design flaw or the cause was interesting as well❤
Hahaha! It seems that it’s definitely been a recurring issue on Azura from comments so would say a design flaw, thankfully others have said the other ships in the class, particularly princess ones don’t suffer!
Great video and beautiful ship. My one cruise was on the Emerald Princess which seems very similar. Beautiful, nice choice of venues, but not overwhelming. No smells on The Emerald. I follow several Princess FB groups and have seen no consistent reports of bad odors. Now and then ive seen mentiin of an individual temporary problem that has been addressed. Wonder whether there was some construction error or shortcut with this ship. Problem would have been fixed by now if it was not intractable.
Thank you - yeah she is a fab ship. Good to know the similar class of Princess ships don’t suffer from it. Yeah, it must be some design flaw particular to Azura as many saying her sister Ventura doesn’t really suffer either.
Always interesting to hear how everyones experiences have been, just booked Azura for August/September earlier this week and looking forward to it!
Interestingly tho, did look at a Princess cruise for Alaska in May and was like "oh that looks familiar with the bar by the pool, oh Grand class, that explains it!"
Also did you wave to Explorer across the port? 😁
Ohhhh have a fabulous time! You’ll find it very familiar we think if your used to the Princess versions 😀
@@CruiseMonkeys Not been on Princess yet, but saw Azura in person when I was staying in Tenerife in December while holidaying there and became curious since! But totally considering Princess for Alaska next year!
Most of the time the fwd part of the promenand deck is.closed due to wind
Awwww - we did notice it closed quite a bit
I love Azura- cruised in the summer when it was was incredibly hot. There was what is sometimes described as a 'shippy smell' in certain areas- but not at all an issue for me. I think- and I may be wrong- that the pumping system for the waste water mixes up with the kitchen extractor and gets into the aircon. I noticed it a bit around the buffet on Iona last week as well- not sure it's an Azura specific thing or if there was some other problem at the time you were on.
Yeah it’s a shippy smell. We avoided the areas so it didn’t really bother us at all, seems a common complaint on Azura.
We was on ventura last year never had any issues with bad smells on that one
Ohhh good to know 👍👍
Hi Guys, great video. I have a cruise onboard P&O Arvia in May and will be my first ever cruise. A question regarding "Formal Nights" Which dining venues require you to dress up? Is it just the MDR or is it all the speciality venues as well. My intentions is when formal nights are on i would like to either eat at "Keel & Cow, The Glass House or the beach house and just dress in trousers and a collard top or shirt. Thanks, Chris.
Ohhh first cruise, how fab! Arvia will have 1 black tie a week. The dress code is only enforced in the following, so you’ll be fine in the keel & cow or glass house:
Main dining restaurant
Epicurean
The Chef's Table
Sindhu
Green & Co
The Crow's Nest
Anderson's
Enjoy 🙌
I love the grand class, it is a ship that makes sense to me, did you know that for about 5 days Grand Princess was the largest cruise ship in the world , which now seems crazy.
they are the perfect size and design! :)
Hi Luke & Gavin,
Azura is an ideal sized ship, looking forward to watching next video, does Azura still have the artists in back of ship nightclub performing "takes " of George Michael, Cher ,etc?? They were so good .
The perfect size! No guest tribute acts on ours but we did have guest comedians and magicians 👍
Interesting. We cruised on Azura in early 2017 and there was a smell of poo around Malabar. Our assumption was that there was a problem with plumbing from rooms situated above and it was just transient, but we went on again six months later and found the same smell in the same place. Subsequently, when mentioning Azura to Marie I have to confirm that yes, Azura is "the poo ship". That said, we went on her last year again for the third time and didn't smell anything. Regarding other Grand-class ships: no, we've never smelled anything like that on either Ventura or the many Princess ships we've sailed on. As I mentioned to you on Instagram recently, we're big fans of this class of ship and for similar reasons you've mentioned here with just the right size being the main one. Definitely get yourselves on one of the Princess ones as soon as you can, though.
The “poo ship” 🤣 From comments here and elsewhere on the video, it is definitely smelly more often than not, but some have said they’ve not smelt it. Good to know the princess ones don’t suffer, many have confirmed that too!
We do have some FCC burning a hole in our pocket for princess after sun cancellation, so we’ll see what ships are where and what we end up on - but we would love to try an older one as the size of these are perfect!
@@CruiseMonkeys Not sure how this would work out with your work commitments, but just saying that we're going to be on Caribbean Princess in November doing the Italy to Florida 16-dayer; eight days in the Mediterranean with Italy, Spain, Morocco, Madeira, and Tenerife stop, then eight days at sea, and it's a ridiculously cheap price.
@MarkMariesTravels ohh that sounds wonderful! We’ve a slight issue, only 8 days leave left until the end of December and 3 of them need to booked between Christmas and new year 🤣
Bar the smell which I didn’t experience, I thought your review was very similar to mine.
She’s a great ship, the sight-lines are fantastic! However I wasn’t wowed by the Planet Bar or the buffet. But that’s why I cruise, to experience different things and see what I prefer
You were lucky 😉 Yes, she really is a great ship! The Planet Bar has grown on us but still far from favourite. It is a shame about the buffet, it’s popular so no excuse not to have a bit more rotation/choice.
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Was on her in 2022 & although I didn’t personally smell anything awful, I did speak to other passengers who had. I know she’s in for a refit next year, here’s hoping they can hopefully address the smells , the dado rail & the telly. 😀
It was our second week we seemed to notice it! Yeah, it would be nice if they could, though it is probably unlikely, particularly the dado rail, but the TV's are a must, think even Aurora has bigger TV's?!
I have travelled on many Grand class Princess ships, Grand, Sapphire and Diamond and have never noticed a smell in those areas.
Good to know, thank you, we really want to try the equivalent ships on Princess
I was on Azura in January and didn’t not notice any smells. 100% agree with the buffet though, very repetitive and bland. Rest of the ship though was lovely.
Seemed to be the second week we noticed it more so! Yeah, even with the smell and the bland buffet it was still an amazing cruise, just small things 👍
Ref the smell we had the same experience on an older Celebrity ship.
Seems to be common on older ships ☹️
Aurora has a free sauna
Thank you, that’s good to know! We’ll be giving that a try next month!
Azura and Ventura have free saunas and steam rooms. I didnt think Aurora di. I have been on Aurora twice and am on again 26th April24 for 19 nights, will check this out.
I've not been on any P&O ships but have been on Crown, Regal, Sapphire and Sky Princess, not noticed any smells at all.
Good to know 👍👍😀
Was the ship at capacity when you went and what were wait times at bars like. If this is coming up in later let's talk vlogs feel free to ignore me!!
We believe so as after we booked the cruise went to sold out! Some deck bars busy but never a real wait, always seats available, plenty of servers - it’s what we loved, this ship didn’t have queues you get on bigger ones, lots of staff and they got to know you. Fantastic!
My only other experience of p&o up to press was iona in school holidays. Didn't have drinks package but would have been p***ed if I had as u couldn't get served. Might go for it on azura tho. Thanks guys x
No smells when I was on for 14nights from 2oth Jan 2024. Good cruise but no show in showlounge on one of the Tenerife nights, and only one guest speaker, normally 2 on P & O. Ship was well run, good Captain. Outdoor screen a bit disappointing. I wanted to watch fa feature film one afternoon and with the bright sunlight and kids splashing in he pool I just gave up after 5 min.Food was consistently good.Nice ship
Good to hear! Sounds like overall you had a good time! We have to say, we really did enjoy this cruise and we didn't let the little things like the odd smell spoil it :)
Sorry lads , it's not difficult for the staff to know what you're drinking when you've already ordered 14 😂
Hehehe ohh we do try and keep them on their toes but changing things up sometimes ;)
Had a bad smell on a ship smell like sewage
That’s the one!
On her now no smells
Ohhh good to know! We seemed to notice it on our second week, particularly on the prom deck! We still had a fantastic time, hope you are enjoying as much as we did 😉