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What cruise were you on in June? We were on her to the Fjords on 2nd June and had a fantastic cruise. It was our fourth time on Britannia and we've always enjoyed being on her.

Surely they wouldn't do it if it wasn't necessary? Making people queue just because passengers have to for boarding a different ship on a different day at a different terminal? That would be terrible customer service, not to mention they'd be stopping people spending money on board.

That's the main reason for us travelling down the day before, unforeseen circumstances like accidents. Even on the morning of the cruise we tend to leave the Premier Inn at 7.30ish to avoid traffic. It means we're in Southampton very early, but I'd rather that than get stuck in traffic around lunchtime.

No, we've only ever sailed P&O. Driving to Didcot usually takes me about eight hours including a couple of 30-45 minute breaks. We usually leave at 6am the day before the cruise to get past Glasgow before the rush hour. Stop at Gretna services for breakfast. This allows Manchester area rush hour to pass before we get there. Second break at Stafford services and then take the toll road to avoid Birmingham. Usually get to Premier Inn about 1.30-2pm.

We drive from Perthshire but I wouldn't try to do it on the day of the cruise. Usually stay the night at Premier Inn in Didcot and have an hour to drive in the morning. Close enough to take an alternative route in the event of traffic jams.

Do you have far to travel home? We've never done self disembarkation, mainly because we're from Perthshire and usually travel to the Lake District for an overnight stay before finishing the journey the next day (When we come off Britannia on 9th June we've actually booked a cottage in the Lakes for a second week's holiday😁). I like to have breakfast on the ship before heading North.

I haven't got the time to report all of them. I just don't frequent these groups anymore, I get my info/advice from you much nicer people on here😇

There's some really awful people on some of those P&O Facebook groups. They only seem to sign in to be rude and aggressive.

If they do sell off the smaller ships and replace them with more mega ships, I could see a major shift in the P&O customer demographic.

I'd be more inclined to just get on with my holiday. I go on a cruise to relax. While I have experienced small issues with boarding on occasion, I've never found staff to be deliberately making the experience worse or being lazy enough for me to complain.

It actually isn't an app, it's a web page which is only available through the ship's wifi. The link for it is given to you either with check-in paperwork or in the paperwork in your cabin (can't remember exactly). You don't have to use it for dining, but it does help and is easy to use and actually very useful. As for sharing taxis, I would think that using a taxi in Norway is very expensive even if sharing. Sharing taxis is more common in the Mediterranean and Caribbeann. You don't have to take the official tours on any cruise but I would recommend some of them in Norway.

Yes, you can drop your luggage and wander back into Southampton.

Plug sockets are UK. Yes, you book tables on the app. Although you can just turn up at the MDR. If they can't seat you straight away they'll give you a pager. Muster is on your cabin TV. You attend your muster station when you board and have your boarding pass scanned.

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I'm looking forward to the food, the entertainment and seeing my absolute favourite port, Olden.

I thought only suite and top tier Peninsular passengers could board that early. Must be a new thing. Hope I get on that early in June 😄

To be fair if your not a suite passenger or top tier then you won't really be on at lunch time - more likely 2pm onwards.

I haven't used this service but the thought of 12 hours on a coach gives me the fear. We drive down from Perth the day before and stop a the Premier Inn Didcot for the night. That gives us an hour or so to drive in the morning.

How far do you have to take them? I've never actually noticed the hole in the wall before.

We are on Britannia in three weeks (yayy). We've cruised on her twice before, both times from Ocean Terminal. We're booked in with CPS. Do they still take your luggage for you as you leave the car, or do you have to take it to the hole in the wall yourself? If so, are there plenty of trollies available? They took our luggage on both previous occasions, but I seem to remember reading on here that they don't do that now. On the positive side, we're delighted with our 2pm embarkation time - much better than the other tow which we're 3.30pm. We're in exactly the same cabin as the two previous cruises (D411), so that would appear to rule out the boarding by deck theory.

We honeymooned on Britannia in 2016 in the Mediterranean, went to the Fjords on her in 2019and will be on her on 21st August (same cabin each time, D411). Delighted to hear that you're having a good cruise and that almost all the dining is open.

I'm the same with YouTube Vlogs, although I feel like a total hypocrite about them. I actually really enjoy watching them, but I always think "oh I couldn't be bothered doing all that filming, I'd rather just enjoy my holiday". Especially when they are filming their meals. (Although I again like seeing the food and the menus).

We were once given an upgrade at the terminal for Azura. We had boarded our luggage with the original luggage labels and they arrived at our new cabin with new (hand written) luggage labels.

For a Fjords cruise I would definitely want to pick my cabin.

Sorry, but that post reads that you are suggesting that a certain class of people are better than others. Upper class people are certainly capable of drinking too much and behaving badly. I definitely consider myself to be working class. I have never been involved in a physical altercation as an adult, because I was brought up properly, I am capable of behaving properly towards my fellow man and I don't drink myself stupid. Sorry if that feels like a rant, but I feel it had to be said.