Karl WP Beyer P&O Cruises declare the Ventura as a family-friendly cruise ship. While the family members of children or adolescents frequent the special on-board facilities provided for them, the parents are offered a variety of different activities. If you like, you can get on board the spacious ship in the Gym do sports or im Spa let yourself be pampered appropriately.
Sport
As a reminder: there is space for 3.078 passengers with double occupancy of the cabins on the ship measured with 116.017 GT. The Ventura cruise ship offers a sufficiently large sports area. The emphasis is on "sufficient". The Ventura cannot come up with the mass of devices that German club ships offer, for example. However, the well-equipped sports center does not tend to be overcrowded.
If you get a team together, you can use the ball field on deck 19 aft. Tennis is also played there. There is a small room nearby where gold tees can be practiced. - There is no jogging track. There is the possibility of completely circling the ship on the promenade deck (deck 7) from bow to stern. Only in the area of the foredeck is the circular route across the 8th deck. The bow area is closed in strong winds and wet conditions.
A total of four public pools are available for swimmers. The Beachcomber pool is located under a "skydome". In warm regions the roof is opened and lowered. There are two whirlpools in the spa. There are four other whirlpools outside the spa.
A small pool, a kind of paddling pool, is available in the children's and youth area.
Sports activities also include shuffleboard and throwing games. Appropriate opportunities have been created for such activities in the area of the open decks.
It is noticeable that there are enough loungers available in attractive locations even on days at sea. The German bad habit of “reserving” several loungers at the same time is evidently not cultivated and not tolerated on English ships.
Wellness
The room in the spa area was used more generously than in the gym. Diverse programs and treatment rooms are offered in sufficient numbers there. A hair salon was also considered. The services offered are diverse. Spa visitors also have a separate pool with two whirlpools as well as one Retreat called noble retreat available.
