This is our 2nd cruise on the Aria and 9th cruise overall. We've sailed with many different lines, some 5 star so I feel we can compare fairly with other cruises on offer from Australia. We booked this 4 night cruise to Hamilton Island and back to Brisbane for a great price when P&O were having one of their many online sales. I think we paid less than $100 AUD a night when they were trying to fill cabins.

We sailed with 2 other couples, and our cabin was 4216 interior on deck 4. We don't spend a lot of time in our cabin and it was nice being down low for the quiet and stability, particularly on our last night which was quite rough coming back into a storm in Brisbane. (My husband took 2 Kwells and slept through the whole thing, lol..)

We've been on this ship before and love the classy refurb done a couple of years ago and have always found the un-refurbished cabins spacious, clean and comfortable - we had our 10 yr old sharing with us last time. I was interested to see how things have changed for the better or worse since our cruise on Aria last June. Read more