BrisbaneGran

You can do a dummy booking on the P&O website to see how many cabins are available.

Unfortunately that doesn't work for me. I've tried, and have no idea how these technical things work, but when I try, somehow "it" know I am in Australia, so a pop up appears telling me I have to phone or call my TA. Guess that's what I have to do!

On formal or smart-jacket required nights the Belvedere buffet and East cover charge restaurant welcome evening casual dress.

I will have to have another look at the deck plans, I didn't think there was a buffet....that would be perfect.

Thanks for the info

just thought of another question! :D

Looking at the deck plans of the Arcadia, it seems it only has one main dining room. Are there any "casual" dining areas on board? A lot of the cruise we are looking at is sea days, so dressing for dinner is not a problem on those days but some of the shore days have 9 hour excursions! I couldn't think of anything worse than having to get dressed up after that many hours out and about! What options are there for dining in a casual venue? or maybe room service?

We are not new to cruising, but have never cruised with P & O, so I will have a few questions!

We are looking at booking a month long cruise on Arcadia, for February 2015. It is a segment of the World Cruise. Hope to make the booking some time over the weekend.

Firstly, does anyone know a site where you can make a "dummy" booking, to get an idea of what cabins are still available? I would like to be able to ask our TA to try to book certain cabins, instead of just taking pot luck with what they may come up with.

It seems all suites and mini suites are sold out, so would have to be a balcony cabin. Probably try for a midship although forward would not really be a problem. Are any decks better for location than others? I probably wouldn't want to be directly below the pool deck for noise reasons.

Any advice gratefully received!