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Sorry, can't help about the practicalities, but my immediate thought would be about obtaining insurance cover for her. Have you found a company that will cover her for a cruise ?

Which means that far more people wanted freedom dining than club, so it was necessary to use the under utilised club section. Not so much a staff issue in itself ( although that would be a contributing factor) more the split between fixed and anytime dining.

With the current state of the postal service, you woukd have finished your cruise before the labels arrived !

The best part about CC dining is the ability to stroll into the CC dining area at any time, normally to roughly the same area, have the same wait staff, and eat as slowly as you wanted. Service was more personalised ( my extra large glass of Merlot was delivered without me needling to order it affer the second night) plus "tweaking" the menu in terms of mixing and matching items was easily done. However, much as we enjoyed the experience, and are glad we did it once, in our opinion the price premium for CC is too high for the additiinal benefits.

Does any cruise line still send out labels ?

That does seem like overkill, if that is the right phrase !

Is it because the cabin is next to a corner suite, with a wrap around balcony, that might make the balcony look different ?

Looks like a standard balcony cabin, with a typically small balcony. Were you expecting something different ?

No queues at all on Arcadia in April 22.

I think that is the issue. Trying to find 5 or 6 dishes that will appeal to 95% of the diners is not easy, hence the need to cater for the vast majority, with a constant churn of chicken and beef dishes.

And is totally ignored by the wait staff. Just pointless.

Similarly, submitted my Princess claim yesterday morning, and the $250 obc appeared on my account this afternoon. Another impressed cruiser!

Just to round off a thread that I started earlier, I have just sorted out our annual insurance-went with Avanti in the end. Annual multi cover for the two of us was £440, just for Europe. That included a 20% discount on the base cover. I have no medical conditions ( must be the red wine ! ) but Mrs W has a few, none of which are immediately life treatening. Just as well, as it is surprising how many companies would not give cover at all (Holiday Extras for one). Goodness knows how much we would have to pay if she had something more serious wrong with her.

Just for Barbados, I think. Hopefully those who were on the Christmas cruise will be along shortly to confirm.

Don't you have to fill in an online immigration form, 72 hours prior to arrival in Barbados ?

Which means you have to disturb two people every time you go to the loo/stretch your legs. I try to walk around every two hours or so on a lh flight, which is not easy if you have to keep disturbing your neighbours. If we don't fly PE, we get adjoining aisle seats.

I have never pulled my autotips, which you would have known if you read and understood my previous posts, and I tip extra where appropriate.

Sorry, that was Pink 845, who has not replied.

I know about the strikes. But you mentiined a riot ! Can you please supply details, as I appear to have missed it.

That is just incorrect. The vast majority of the customer facing crew do not get tipped. Those waiters working in the buffet for example. The average waiter will never earn enough money from a few tips here and there to provide him with a living wage. Plus if course, if what you say is true, when a ship has a large percentage of European passengers on board, during the summer season in the Med for example, the crew, according to your theory, would be working for nothing, given European attitudes to tipping. P&O UK and Aus have done away with autotips, and removed the tipping culture prevalent on other lines, so all this flag of convenience nonsense is irrelevant.

Out of the cabins by 8am on our last cruise.

A terrible waste of an excellent cheese Yours Truly Cheese seller (retd)

That is our position as well. All this talk about being "aware of your surroundings", etc is, of course correct, but not having your passport with you, means that you have one less thing to worry about !

New guests will be boarding at 11am ! You will be booted off the ship long before then.

I agree, my concern is totally irrational!