"The Club Class Secret"
We have travelled Zebrugge/Hull with P&O several times over the last four years. When we were a family of four, we generally just stayed in an outside 4-berth cabin (with a window), which was fine, but rather small.
Now that we are a family of five, we try to get a Club Class Five Berth (I believe there are also five-berths without the Club Class trimmings, but we've never tried those).
Let me start by saying that this is quite a lot more expensive.
BUT - You get a lot more space. A bigger bathroom, with nice toiletries, and the thickest bath towels I've ever seen! You get a kettle and stuff for making a hot drink, and a mini-bar well stocked with fruit juices and soft drinks. Oh, and a fruit bowl with two apples and two oranges (a bit disappointing in a way- you'd think once piece of fruit per person might be more sensible?)- but it's the only time my kids eat oranges! Five good-sized beds (one flips from a sofa, which is a good place to sit and watch a bit of TV after the kids have gone to sleep. Oh, and there are now bath robes- but only two- I guess they're catering to families, and the robes are meant for the grown-ups (so we had to wait until the children had stopped playing "Mulan" in them!!).
But listen- this is all a secret, right? Because the one problem that I have noticed about these cabins is that they go fast! If we're travelling in April, but after Easter (as we were this time), we had no problem getting Club Class both ways- but at busy times (i.e. in the summer- school summer holidays), it's NOT so easy. So don't go telling everyone about them! We want the chance to get them whenever we travel!
The rest of the ship- good. We always go to the Four Seasons (now called "The Kitchen"- why? "We're going to eat in the kitchen" sounds like something you do if you're not allowed to go into the restaurant!), which is just great for kids to get up and walk about, and choose their own food. And now soft drinks are part of the buffet, so only alcohol to be ordered to the table. And the children's' play area is great but I wish they'd have a few more tables for Mums and Dads outside it- I'd happily sit for hours watching the kids play in there if I could sit down with a drink, too! Staff all scrupulously polite and helpful.
Some parts of the ship are showing their age, a bit curled round the edges but everything was clean and well kept.
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Recommended?
Yes
Reviewed by Di who travelled with P&O Ferries on Pride of Bruges
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