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Strawberry Field - killing myself laughing at your posts #82 and #84.:');p

Groovechick. I'm just finding the whole thread laughable but entertaining. 68 years ago today I was probably sat in a puddle eating mud and I'm still here! :o :D

Support Bacteria, it’s the only culture we have left apart from formal nights ;)

I've just come back from the Lakes to this thread; it's absolutely hilarious! It's something I've never considered on a cruise as I've slept naked since I was 14. Does that mean the steward shouldn't make my bed?

That will be ok as long as you promise not to perspire but whatever you do don't get in a drawer or cupboard :')

All this worry and angst over the remote possibility of getting germs from a drawer is quite amusing and more fun than tipping threads. If there are one or two germs waiting to get me in a drawer then how many millions are waiting for me in the bed? From now on I will be taking a rope and sleep hanging over that :')

According to the Sun the report was commissioned by ABP and gives more details. The link is in the Mail article.

How is the fried bread these days? It is over two years since I last cruised with P&O and they had changed the fried bread to not so nice little circular pieces.

 

 

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Still round very crispy and if it gets anywhere within six foot of a knife it shatters across the plate. Even so it tastes nice on Aurora but I wasn't impressed with the taste on Britannia.

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The buffet for me at breakfast........it's good and obviously lots of it.........it lasts me until it's time for a coffee and cake sometime around 11 o'clock;)

Without doubt Flam it's truly wonderful and the cruise in and out of Flam is spectacular

It sounds as though embarkation was running early, as often happens, and although you arrived an hour early, your designated boarding time was within the range of the next batch to be embarked, hence the fast tracking. The people waiting in the terminal had most likely arrived more than an hour ahead of their allocated times, as considerable numbers do.

Thanks very much for that. It explains why the departure lounge seemed very quiet compared to our first two departures. There were hundreds of passengers but the ladies working there didn't appear to be over worked as they sometimes do. Also the lines of passengers facing the check in desks were only two or three deep. Excellent explanation, thank you.

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We have now cruised three times all with P&O and another booked. The first two cruises we arrived at the departure terminal about an hour before our due time and waited about half an hour or so before our number was called. The last cruise though we arrived about an hour early again and we were handed a black card which said 'fast track' and we were told to proceed straight to check in? We passed hundreds of people sat there with numbered cards and within 20 minutes were on the ship. Did we do something different this time? I really don't think we did so why did we get fast tracked? I'm not moaning just wondering how do we get that again? We never had a suite or anything different to the first two cruises.

As I said we are not moaning as it was great going straight through and this is more out of curiosity than anything else.

Earlier this month we berthed at the walkable berth but two years ago it was the berth with the shuttle bus, both cruises on Britannia

I'm not sure if I can do links but if this works it's the link to one of the Bergen webcams. Wait until the camera turns to the far left and there are two ships where Britannia berthed this month which is the ideal berth.

https://www.bt.no/nyheter/i/Ja9Lm/Vagen

Of course the two ships will only be there for the next couples of hours or so.

In my opinion, I would rather have these wonderful Indian and Philliipino staff any day than miserable staff from either the UK or Eastern Europe.

That made me laugh as my Uncle was a steward on the Mary and then Lizzie back in the 50s and early 60s :)

Whenever he came home he would bring me records not available in this country at the time. I considered myself a 'Cunard Yank' for years:cool:

First time in Norway the only time we lost wifi was when sailing in and out of Flam otherwise it was working but nothing to write home about. This time we didn't bother and used free wifi ashore which is easily found.

Maybe catch you on another one - long as you sail from Soton you've a chance! :D

Always from Soton as I live there :)

Ah, it was Sunday 29th April sorry!

So close yet so far :)

If it was taken on 27th April then yes I was there:) Very nice video and a great cruise:)

I got the date wrong it was Sunday 22nd not the 27th. Is that when the video was taken?

Thanks for that, does the brochure come out some time in September?

We have our next cruise booked for October next year but I will want to book another for either April or May the following year in 2020. In your experience is it best to book as soon as they are advertised or book on board in October next year? I know this is a how long is a piece of string question but thought it worth asking as I've never booked on board before. Also am I correct in thinking the next brochure will out in September?

Thanks for any guidance :)

If it was taken on 27th April then yes I was there:) Very nice video and a great cruise:)

The lift situation is far better on the aft and fore lifts in my opinion which is why I tend to use those lifts. Then if I'm only going up or down a few decks I use the stairs. The stern does tend to suffer from a soot problem on balconies but last time I was on a few weeks ago the problem didn't seem to be there.

Thanks

You're welcome, enjoy your

cruise.

I saw yesterday that our e tickets are now available on cp for our June cruise on Ventura. I am wondering if it is best to print them out yourself or wait for the travel agent to do so. On previous cruises we have done both, just to make sure we have a spare copy if needed.

Just print them out and take a photo for your phone job done. In fact I take pictures of everything including insurance papers and if you can put them on the cloud then you have them if needed

We tend to use mainly fore and aft lifts and forget about the middle. Thirty minutes from the spa sounds rather a long time as the most we ever had to wait if using middle lifts was around two or three minutes.

She's just off the North coast of France near Ushant. Next stop Vigo. She left around 22.30.

Thanks, I'm glad she got away in the end