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Selbourne please rest assured this was not a slight against you and I am delighted with the deal you have obtained, the comment was a generalisation and was more for the people onboard who begin a conversation with something like “we couldn’t believe how cheap we got this cruise and got upgraded as well “ I know you will thoroughly enjoy your cruise and look forward to hearing about it , 👍😀

If it does become standard cruise wise practice it will at least halt the maddening spectre of guests paying up to half of the cost of frequent/regular early bookers, and in a lot of instances letting same said people know how little they paid. Interesting article

Its funny how its always £10 , had that in Mexico ,Turkey and of course Egypt. Are we missing a trick in this country?

Green beans obviously😆

Thank you everybody for the help ,as I've guessed Son of Anarchy will be on the world cruise as well so if we have problems we will seek you out 😂😂😂😂😂

Thanks for the information, after a few days a call to reception is looking likely

I'm just asking if anybody has sailed into Egypt and has knowledge of the visa process, IE. Do you have to obtain prior to boarding or is it completed on board, lots of conflicting stories emerging and do not want to be denied boarding at Southampton ,my instinct tells me that it gets dealt with on board but cant find a definitive answer? It may become academic if things escalate in that area but its a few months away yet. Many thanks

I am led to believe mixers do not count ,even when its from a can as opposed to a gun

Interesting ,we didn't on our recent Azura cruise😡,That will be something to confirm when we board in January , absolutely no point e mailing before we go as still awaiting answers to two queries submitted over three months ago and fed up of having to go to executive correspondence😒

What no primark !!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

We had a case damaged a few cruises ago , the port staff helped tape up the damaged case and took our details , within a week we had confirmation to purchase a new case which we were reimbursed for and also my good ladies dresses which had dragged on the floor were either replaced with a cash adjustment or dry cleaning paid for , still unsure how such damage occurs as it was a top notch case but can have no complaints with how it was all dealt with . Hoping you have your issue resolved soon

Our last cruise had twelve people at the Baltic/Ligurian lunch ,credit where its due, the food and choice of wine were very good, the only stipulation to dress code is smart casual , so not a problem for us , I suspect there will be more than twelve on our next cruise in January, assuming there is one

Also no slippers on our last cruise in June😒

Am I correct in understanding the 50% laundry discount only applies when all obc has been used ?

Sorry to inform that nothing has been done about it and although as others say it doesn't last long it is very unpleasant ,we noticed it mostly towards the retreat area, it is definitely a sewage type smell🤢

Although the post does not involve us it is fantastic to read and appreciate how members can be such a source of help and information and nice to see the boards been used for the benefit of others 😀😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍

We paid for the upgrade yesterday with NW for the worldie ,similar figures that you quoted , the £200 for cancelation appeared a lot but when you consider how much the cruise cost we too also hope it will be money wasted ,Abeit giving us peace of mind should the worst occur, heaven forbid at this late stage

Our exemption certificates did not stop us been allowed into any ports of call👍

Definitely check the yellow fever requirements', we were among the crowds of people who were not informed before travelling ,we count ourselves extremely lucky to have a marvelous g p practice who managed to e mail an exemption certificate to us fifteen minutes before our cases were due to be offloaded and our complete holiday lost, lots of people did indeed have to return home and then fly on to Tenerife ,some lost the whole holiday with no chance of claiming on insurance . Its a situation we will never forget and in all honesty ruined the first few days of our cruise , still makes us shudder with how we were treated, just like naughty children 😡😡😡

Which negates the benefits of freedom dining🤔

Thanks for all the updated information , I have no problem with staff using the buffet area as long as its not at the expense of fare paying passengers , it was more a question of why as its something we've only noticed in the last few years, in all our cruises we have only eaten in the buffet on an evening a handful of times but feel we will be doing so a little more on this cruise if only for a change 🍴

Numerous people on other boards and social media confirm that this is indeed the case , if there are issues with their dining locations then it needs to be rectified as it is general knowledge that passengers pay to cruise and should not be inconvenienced for the benefit of staff , no matter what grade they are, as we are boarding in January and are onboard for 99 nights I suspect we may well use the evening buffet just for a change as alternative eating options are the most severely limited on Arcadia

Sea days are very objective, however we don't mind a few if the weather is decent and we can sit out ,however having completed some seven and eight sea days on the bounce ,usually returning to the uk, we are more than happy to get off the ship.

We visited Catalina island on our first ever Caribbean cruise , they cooked a bbq on the beach and everything had to be brought over from the ship , it was a fabulous day and one we have never had the pleasure of doing since, Unfortunately 😕

We did the 65 night one this year , thought it be quite good value but we ended up missing a few ports , Peru been the biggest loss, and some of the Brazilian ports left a little to be desired , ( not Rio though ) Uruguay was an unexpected pleasure but felt we spent too much time in Chile , think the new 75 night cruise adds some extra Caribbean ports