Discover the truth about the UK’s largest cruise ship—our honest review of P&O Arvia awaits!
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Join us as we reveal our thoughts with an honest review on P&O Cruises’ latest addition, the P&O Arvia. As the current largest cruise ship ever built for the UK market, the Arvia offers a mix of energetic adventures, interactive family entertainment, dining experiences, and relaxing amenities.
In this video, we’ll steer through the ups and downs of this massive ship, looking at new features like high ropes and escape rooms, and some of the 26 dining venues such as the 6th Street Diner and the Olive Grove restaurants. Whether you’re a first-time cruiser or a seasoned voyager, we hope our overview will help you decide if the P&O Arvia is the ship for your next holiday.
Sister ship to P&O Iona, P&O Arvia has a capacity of 5200 passengers, 6 Theatres & Lounges, 5 Pools, lots of hot tubs and much more!
Chapters:-
00:00 – Intro to P&O Arvia
01:01 – General first impressions
01:42 – Let’s talk about food
05:05 – Activites
06:34 – Entertainment
09:37 – Sky Dome
10:27 – Gym & Launderette
12:34 – Final thoughts
Please note that all opinions given are based on our personal experience.
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Best wishes
Kerrin & Luci x
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27 Comments
Great insight, thank you-we will be off on a 14 night cruise on Arvia around the Med but not until Sept 14th 2025 -hope thwe time goes quickly, cannot wait!
Thanks for the info.
Me and the Mrs are going on the Arvia November 23rd. 14 weeks and counting:)
Caribbean cruise for 2 weeks.
It will be our very first Cruise experience.
Could you tell me what the dress code is for men, ie evening time?
Can i get into bars and restaurants in black jeans and T shirt for example or do i have to wear Trousers and shirt?.
We were curious about Arvia, and found your video and channel here in the cruise corner😄.
Really nicely put together video. Lots of relevant detail and images of the locations around the ship. Thumbs up from us 👍
Arvia the worst and most boring cruise l have ever been on , YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting Vlog we've not tried Arvia, but she does look like a lovely ship. We agree with you on the buffet, it was the same on Iona. It looks so similar to Iona, but with subtle difference. Cheers 🍻
We really enjoy P&O, had a great time on Iona and soon off on arvia. Its not as brash as many cruise lines and seem to consistently offer great fares and onboard value. We mostly like to chill, read books and tour cities on our cruises, so if you are looking for more stimulation it may not be the ship for you.
We are booked for Arvia next yr a 14 day Med Cruise it's our third cruise in 2,,yrs never been on Arvia before looks awesome .
How refreshing to watch a sensible and balanced review of Arvia. Of course not everything is wonderful but than show me a cruise ship that is, but some of the other attention seeking doom merchants make it sound awful and it most certainly isn't that…which is why I'm booked to go back again on her next year. Thanks.
Just a quick note to say we absolutely loved this video and wished it could’ve been a whole series because we want to see sooo much more from both of you!!!
Hi Luci! Love your videos! Quick note I absolutely LOVE your hair! SOOOO cute :)))
We’re been thinking of cruising with p&o as they seem a lot cheaper than Royal Caribbean. We have done several RC cruises and 1 Disney (which wasn’t for us). Is there much to do in the evenings on p&o compared to RC? How does food compare to RC ?
Enjoyed your vlog ,looks a lovely ship can never control the weather , plenty of different food restaurants, I'm looking forward to September 😊
Have you sailed on Arvia or are you planning to? Drop your comments below – your opinion could help others decide if it’s the right cruise for them!
Did you have the classic dinks package
Great video, we are going on the two week med cruise next July. We were on the Iona last year in Norway. We really enjoyed p and o as it sort of was a good compromise for all our needs (multi gen family ages 6-70)
Lovely video ❤ I’m going for 14 days in August/September and your videos have been very helpful 😊
Ive booked then Arvia for may next year for me and my four kids i was worried they might be bored but I've heard good things about the kids club. It's our first ever cruise i hope they enjoy it 🤞😊
You answered your own question about why the buffet is smaller. The Quays, 6th St Diner, Olive Grove…
Yes. Very disappointing buffet. Definitely not much variety.
Glad you said about seating was on msc virtuosa recently amazing looking ship but just lack of seating and feels to busy
I’m Going On This Same Cruise 🚢 In 4 Days and I’m So Excited!!!
Was on her in March, loved her and booked again for 2027
Yes I agree about the seating. It's so important. We went on a cruise and there was only a few seats. Spent the whole time trying to get one. Jennifer
We've sailed with P and O before. The last time, it was just after lockdown and you could see that lots of things that were cut back…trying to make their money back and thats fine..but as a result we never really enjoyed the voyage that much. Do you think P and O have recovered from the covid dip in profits?
We've decided on Arvia in 2027 and will be embarking at Southampton. We've always done a fly cruise before and it will be our first time actually joining the ship in UK. How is the routine for arriving and getting on board? is it straightforward? What time do you need to be there?
Very nice, thank you
I.ve just booked a trip on arvia for me and wife 14 nights.its our golden wedding anniversary on 1st may 2026 . 26th april to 10th may. And its our first ever cruise. Any thoughts.?
Booked this ship September 2025 as a solo passenger, 14 days around med.