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Can anyone tell me when you can book shore excursions on line for the Christmas and new year cruise round the canaries, will there be excursions on Christmas Day no excursions have been loaded in yet.

We are going on discovery 2 end of June and I bought the flavourings from amazon for my sons girlfriend who likes flavoured gin, when I showed them at the weekend thinking that I had found a great solution they said that it would look suspicious someone putting a few drops from a bottle into a drink. When you think of it I suppose they are correct so not taking them and they will just have to sample them at home ( oh well the thought was there.)

I was on the dream for the new years cruise, I sent a letter of complaint when we returned as this cruise was terrible due to sickness on board and various other issues. I received a bog standard letter back saying they were sorry I did not enjoy my cruise etc etc but sadly no compensation offered. I will not be going back on the dream but will be going on tui discovery 2 in July and the Explorer in October. The bad experience on the dream has not put me off cruising with tui/Marella.

We were on the dream for new year and unfortunately it was the worst cruise I have ever been on, we have been on the dream numerous times with no problems but this cruise was terrible. This could have been due to the sickness bug being rife for the full week but the food was extremely basic in the buffet restaurant no pool or Jacuzzi for the full week, the entertainment was dire very loud and the entertainment team just seemed to shout all the time. The medusa lounge was almost empty quite a lot of the time which is very unusual. I hope that this was just a blip and that by the time you cruise things will be better, but I will not cruise on the dream again.

Itsbeentolong.......how did you get on when you called yesterday

Itsbeentolong. How did you get in when you called thomsons

Our travel agent has a 10day grace period where they can extend final payment date I don't know if this is at the discretion of the manager but call as soon as you can and hopefully they can help....good luck

I have read pension cruisers posts for some time now and I am grateful for all the information they have kindly passed on especially port reviews. Definitely a candidate for ambassador of Thomson cruises for me.

When on the majesty at new year a female passenger lifted bread rolls with her hands from the breakfast buffet after sneezing. I asked her why she didn't use the tongs provided and the answer was I have cruised many times and have never used the tongs. I informed the waiter on duty and he disposed of all the bread rolls, but why do people have to do this when the staff do there best to prevent contamination.

Our first cruise on dream drill was in morning of day at sea this was on dream 2011 our second cruise also on the dream we received a brief demonstration on board the coach as we arrived later and drill had already taken place this was in 2012. This was due to the new laws that all passengers had to have drill before sailing. On all our cruises after this date muster drill has been at approx 7pm on arrival day

We always have the drink package which has been 'free' when we book early, this has been good value for us as I do not drink but can enjoy all the mocktails etc. And if we were to pay either on board or when booking later we would both have to lay full price

We are going on a back to back on the 2nd of July. Looking forward to seeing the newer ship.