terrierjohn

There is a small splash pool on one of the upper decks, not sure if there is an age limit.

I imagine the stewards only vacuum once a week, one of which will be changeover day so you will only see them once on a 14 night cruise and never on a 7 night cruise. I doubt many of us vacuum more frequently at home, we only have a cleaner once a week, and I know many friends and relatives who only have a cleaner every 2 weeks.

Perhaps they only book themselves on the same cruises as Zap99!😁

You want CCL:LSE, which is Carmnival plc.

We used to enjoy the headliners shows but our taste in music no longer seems to be to the Fore. We also have enjoyed many tribute acts but again many are now not to our taste. As for other acts we usually rely on recomendations from dinner companions, but overall we use the theatre far less than we used to. .

So far on our 2 cruises on Iona the app has worked reasonably well, but these were outside school holidays. Even so we did find the Olive Grove and Beach House a bit of a problem, unless you booked early on embarkation day. We also found the 2 queue systems in the MDR rather frustrating, the virtual queue line was generally longer, meaning that non app users were able to get to a table faster. Surely this is not how it should work. As for the theatre, for wheelchair users and their carers unless you arrived very early there was no way you could sit together. I realise that this is due to the selfishness of some disabled people, who park their massive chariots and both the scooter user and partner walk to the carers seats and occupy 2 of them, if a disabled person is capable of walking surely they could walk to a normal seat and leave the very limited carers seats for those carers whose wheelchair user cannot walk to a normal seat.

I agree Andy, both ICF and Selbourne make good arguments in favour of their preferred system, however neither system is perfect, and they both have flaws. The pre booking of dining in the MDR leads to empty tables while there are customer waiting in the virtual queue, and because P&O dont want to antagonize those passenger unable or unwilling to use the app we have 2 queues, which further slows down the virtual queue. Perhaps the answer is to go back to having one MDR freedom via one virtual queue, and one for pre booking with a virtual queue back up for slack periods. As for the theatre I agree with ICF that the old system did result in you needing to get there in good time if you wanted the 8:30 show. The app could work here if they introduced a booking charge which was cancelled when you checked in or if you cancelled before the show, say 30 minutes prior. That should reduce no shows and minimise last minute arrivals. The old dining system was also flawed but mainly because there were never enough tables for two, that now seems to have been addressed so my version should work reasonably well. But it would probably struggle the same during school holiday cruises when ships are full to bursting. Of course both options do need a robust IT system that works fully and well, which might be why the P&O version is so poor.

But knowing it could be cancelled, and having the notification from the port authority, are not the same thing.

Having started our cruising on Princess we were very happy when P&O eventually followed their example and went to fully plated meals. The separate vegetable service always felt false to us.

Do Princess still show your names outside your cabin?

But they dont know that it's their ship that will have their berth cancelled until the port authority tell them.

If Palma has not yet cancelled the port visit, then P&O are committing no fraud. Once the port visit is cancelled I imagine P&O will refund any prepaid excursions.

I thought it was a Carnival UK e-mail address that you sent all requests to.

My Pauline had a hip replacement done approx 1997 and it's still fully functioning without any pain. Although after her stroke it does not get put under the same pressure as before.

We are not going to book anything for summer 2025 this time. We have cruises booked up to Jan 2025, but age and medical conditions now make 2 years ahead a bit too speculative. However if we are still fit and healthy by 2025, that will enable us to test whether acessible cabins can still be available, and whether late booking is still producing bargain prices.

If you ask the steward for daily ice when he introduces himself on day 1, he will deliver it daily in the afternoon.

I thought ii, (interactive investor) part of the Aberdeen group, had taken over Equinities sharedealing business, and they do make charges.

If you are going to use your phone on the P&O app, you will need to have wi fi on as well as airplane mode, and as long as mobile data is off you wont incur any extra charges. Other than making or accepting calls or sending text messages while at sea.

Will it get a genuine cabin refurb next year as indicated by P&O, or will it just be carpets and curtains?

Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is a wine flight?

Does anyone ever declare their purchases made abroad?

There's something very fishy about this thread, or is that Bombay duck?

You say they are aware, however until the port advises them that they will not be allowed to berth, then I assume P&O's hands are tied.

Unfortunately I expect P&O will be looking to do overnights somewhere rather than find an alternative port.

I don't think Saga, Star Clippers and Riviera can be considered in the same category as P&O.