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22 hours ago, yorkshirephil said:

We have had white parties in the Caribbean, it is an outside event and has been popular;

 

Dress in your most dazzling white attire and dance away at Bianco, The P&O White Event. The top deck will be a complete white-out with special effects, expertly mixed white cocktails and a specially-designed dance floor so you can shake it while our DJ pumps out the tunes. Plus our white selfie wall means you can capture this night forever.

Kids and adults of all ages welcome to attend. There is also a special Kids White Out Event held during the cruise.

Bianco is available on all cruises of three nights or more. On two and three night cruises, Bianco will be held at Sailaway on the first day as you leave port.

P&O Australia have a Bianco party. Never seen it on P&O UK. Sounds fun though…

My view is if there is a dress code in a particular restaurant/venue then it should be adhered too and enforced. Unfortunately neither are. Many people are quick to say I don’t care what people wear, it doesn’t bother me or affect  my holiday, whilst true, they probably would  be the first to complain when someone starts smoking in the crows nest or on the balcony next door, but it’s the same thing, a rule that is either enforced or not.  Is it ok to bring your €3 booze bought ashore to drink in the MDR or bar ? 
It’s like a toddler, the more you let them push the boundaries the further they will go ….

MDR can’t be pre booked on Iona. When we were last on board pre booking was available to book on the app for early times, I think 17.15- 18.00. Totally defeating the “ freedom dining” ideal. Might just of well have an early sitting. IMO of course !

We were on Ventura the first week in October. No afternoon tea in the MDR. The ship seemed very understaffed, seemed to be a shortage of waiters in the bars. Dinner service (late sitting ) was excellent but breakfast in the MDR was a shambles, long queues, long wait for food. A totally different experience to Iona in March.

We had a missed port on our Iona cruise in March, because they swapped Cadiz for Fuerteventura  didn’t think to get a letter from reception. Only realised could still claim when returned home, contacted them through messenger on the 08/04 letter emailed back on 15/04. Couldn’t fault P&O. Now the time it took the insurance company to pay out…….we’ll that’s a different matter !.

Celebration night is what P&O now call gala night, usually the first formal night of the cruise. Captains welcome speech, free glass of bubbly etc.

Had this email too. The additional onboard automatically pulled through, so if the advertised onboard offer was £70 it showed £170 on the booking page. Try dummy bookings logged out then logged in to see if there is any difference. If I remember correctly mine expired at the end of November. Hope this helps.

Can not remember everything on the suite menu but there was kedgeree and french toast which were both delicious. As previously stated the waiters were very attentive and the table laid up with an extended colour edition of Britain Today and that days port guide.

Arcadia J201 55 night South America and Caribbean 

1. Arcadia

2. Britannia

3. Oriana

4. Azura

5. Adonia

6. Ventura

7. Oceana