I have just recently returned from our 2 night Christmas cruise to Bruges on the Aurora, its a lovely traditional ship that was built in 2000 and is very well equipped. The focal point of the ship is the five deck high atruim leading to a variety of facilities. Children are well provided for with fully supervised childrens and teens clubs offering disco parties, competitons, games arcade, computers and outdoor pool games.
There is plenty of open deck space for people to sunbathe, i would have loved to have been able to have a swim in the pool and a lie in the sun but at -4 in Bruges i had to give it a miss this time. The ship also has a wrap around promenade deck. The Limelight Theatre provides west end style shows and the Curzon Theatre has musicals and cabaret
The Dining rooms are very impressive with two main dining areas the Eqyptian designed Alexandria aft of the ship and the Moorish designed Medina which is midship, there is also Marco Pierre Whites bistro Cafe Bordeaux and The Orangery for breakfast or lunch.
Our party ate both nights in the Medina Restaurant but unfortunately i was not very impressed with the food and service, after ordering steak rare it arrived extremely well done, the service from the waiters was also slow and it took over 20 minutes for our table to receive our first drinks. Our table also felt we were very rushed by our P & O waiter who removed plates whilst other's at our table were still eating and giving other's their second plate of food. Not good service for a 4 star cruise ship!
Dress Code is casual and comfortable during the day. Evenings range from smart to casual to semi formal. Formal evenings require a suit or dinner jacket for men and cocktail dress for the ladies.. We had one semi formal evening and one formal evening.
I was very lucky to have a balcony deluxe cabin which was very spacious with a nice balcony, decor very nice, bathroom was also to a very high standard with bath, shower and WC and complimentary White Room shower gel, shampoo, conditioner and hand cream. Our Cabin porter Caetano was great he couldn't of been more helpful during our stay.
There are lots of bars to choose from too on the ship, including the Crows Nest which i loved, its a very traditional bar aft of the ship with great views out to sea, drinks are very reasonable with a glass of large white wine costing £2.85, pints were also nicely priced at £2.35 and cocktails between £3.50 and £4.60
All in all i would highly recommend the Aurora for a lovely cruise holiday they just need to iron out a few problems with the dinner service.
Any questions you would like me to answer on my cruise please ask
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