terrierjohn

The weather is appalling and rather spoiling the spectacle.

We did a similar trip, and actually found the Rockies to be far more spectacular than mainland Alaska. Although the Glaciers and the calving was exceptional.

With only 5.5 million population and huge oil reserves, it's easy for them to be generous.

Are you sure you dont live in Iceland?😉😎

As far as PR is concerned P&O has a hide like an elephants.

It could along with sufficient battery storage to provide the necessary back up

That's fine for land based users, but what about cruise ships, what would be the battery size needed to cover a transatlantic or Pacific crossing, which would be the minimum needed to make them viable.

It would be nice if the Mods left a message on the forum advising why a thread, or post, had been pulled, otherwise how do we learn.

Unless someone decides to build a nuclear powered cruise ship I imagine emission free ships will need to be electric. But can you imagine the size of the batteries needed for a ship as big as Iona?

17 deg here at present with expected high of 19, but no sun until later this evening. However it certainly feels warmer than June was, and quite pleasant when the sun is out, unfortunately not too often.

I doubt the crew listen to his broadcasts, and they are primarily intended for the passengers anyway, and only regular cruisers will have heard them before. He was certainly more entertaining and noticeable than many of the other Captains we have sailed with.

Possibly a scammer trying to hook you in!

Eavesway have now stopped offering coach travel òn some of the P&O ships definitely stopped Iona cruises because numbers are not enough, although they are still offering Aurora cruises.

I would hope that is correct, as we also have a cruise sailing in January.

I think they rolled up the Portunus points into the starting points for the new Peninsular loyalty scheme. So the history only started in 2012.

I do wish that P&O customer service dept would provide comprehensive and thorough training to all their staff when they bring in any new systems. In fact I would really like them to think through new systems before they implement them, and ensure they have identified all potential issues that might result from the new system implementation. Maybe then they would realise how infuriating ill thought out and implemented systems are to their passengers

I don't think that accessing your doctors website would have given you any problems, other than possibly not being able to obtain the information you were seeking. It is the software your GPs practise uses to run its computer system that has been corrupted, which would not "infect" your pc.

No.

If you want to tip bar staff you can, but it is not necessary to tip each time you receive a drink, a little cash at the end of the cruise any bar waiter will always be appreciated, but again not needed.

If on the big beasts you may want to book the Olive Grove and some of the speciality restaurants.

We have mainly cruised with P&O since 2011, but all our cruises from then until 2018 are counting towards our Elite status on Princess. I hope you're not being short changed Dai. But not as easy to check the P&O ones because of the change from Portunus to Peninsular, however I am reasonably sure that some of our early Princess cruises did contribute to our Peninsular status but dont know just when it stopped.

I did not hear the dambusters at the Euro final, however I did hear the Great Escape which also has WWII connections, but is more usually associated with a team performing a great escape.

P&O may take any pre 2017/18 Princess cruising into account, get a printout from Princess with the dates showing and e-mail to their customer service.

Many passengers seem to like the idea of a drinks package so they know their drink costs are covered, and are not caught out at the end of the cruise. Whilst this might be an issue on some american lines, with high prices and then a gratuity on top, but not on P&O, at least not for the average drinker.

I have always liked to think that the close ties the 4 UK countries have rise above petty differences, and that we have far more in common than any differences that define us. Clearly I seem to be wrong.