P-L-B

We were on Azura Tenerife Cruise.

Agreed, just returned. Weather great too.😎

Yes, just received our email regarding our G220 cruise. Hopefully this may soon be rolled out to the rest of the fleet.

3 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

I always think that  age is a state mind. I'm 73 and my mind says I'm only 50. Unfortunately my body occasionally says something entirely different 😉. 

Yes, I agree and can relate to everything you say. 😁

Fortunately  I was able to take early retirement 10 years ago when in my late 50’s and haven’t looked back.

22 minutes ago, AndyMichelle said:

The longest we have done so far is 19 nights, but I would love to do the worldie and will one day. 

We love to relax properly on cruises, something you can never really do at home, so don't think we would have an issue. 

Roll on retirement... 

Andy 

 

Yes definitely go for the worldie if you can, I’m sure you and Michelle will have a fantastic time.

My sister in law, bother in law came back with lots of unforgettable experiences.

I would be up for longer cruises but my Wife is happier with shorter but more often cruising.

As regards retirement Andy, I can definitely recommend it. 🍻 😁
BTW, regarding getting older.

Remember age is only a number, problem is the number gets bigger every year. 😁

My sister in law having returned from her 99 day world cruise said to us that they enjoyed it so much that they could have stayed on longer. 

However my Wife is not keen on anything longer than 14 days.

2 minutes ago, Bazrat said:

I prefer my wine with a nice malty body with an aftertaste of hops and with a good head.

😂 🍻

3 hours ago, SummmerInKefalonia said:

Nice! You are on the 28th of April. You can consider visiting the caves cause this is the best period for someone to go there. April is low season and they are not very crowded. Walking from the cruise pier to the center of the town is approximately 10 minutes. A nice walk in my opinion cause they rebuilt all the waterfront area last year and now it's very nice for a stroll. April is a little early for turtles but if the weather is good you are difinately gonna see some near the fishing boats.

Thank you for the very helpful information.

We are very much looking forward to our visit in April.

28 minutes ago, P-L-B said:

Thank you for the useful information.

Yes, I see what you mean about the extra walking distance.

My initial research refers to the turtles and I hope to be able to see them when we visit.

Just done a quick walking route from Cruise berth to Tavernas. It’s about 1.2 Km mostly flat and should take about 15 minutes according to Google Maps so not to bad.

7 hours ago, KnowTheScore said:

Further help for P-L-B

 

Below is the satellite map/view of Argostoli.  I have marked three things on it.  The brand new (actually a couple of years or more old now) cruise berth is at the top at the end of a long walkway in the bay.    Below it is the old berthing area that some of us will remember using and below that the line of restaurants and tavernas on the waterside where you frequently see turtles in the water.   It used to be a short walk down to the shops and tavernas from that old berth as you can see, but now from the new cruise berth it's a much longer walk.   People who don't realise this invariably don't walk far enough and think there's not much at Cephalonia.

 

 

 

Thank you for the useful information.

Yes, I see what you mean about the extra walking distance.

My initial research refers to the turtles and I hope to be able to see them when we visit.

8 hours ago, jeanlyon said:

So that might mean you are better of anchored, as the tender will go straight into the town?

Thanks Jean but it looks like we will be docked as we will be there on the 28th April.

9 hours ago, SummmerInKefalonia said:

I can confirm from info I got from the official port authority that the ship will be in Argostoli. If you visit in April you will be docked in the port or if you visit in July you will be anchored.

Thank you for that confirmation.

Yes, we will be there on 28th of April to be precise.

21 minutes ago, Denarius said:

I am not convinced that anything has changed other than that some individual cruises may have one fewer black tie evenings than might previously have been the case.

As regards my own 4 April cruise on Ventura, I was informed by email that there would be 3 black tie evenings. This is consistent with P&Os website, which states that there will be 3 black tie and 11 smart casual evenings on the 14 night cruise. A separate list of theme evenings includes black and white but there is no indication as to which if any of these will be on one of the black tie evenings. I am assuming that black and white will be black tie as usual, and the other 3 casual.

It appears wowzz is reporting from Oceana as having 4 formal nights one of them being a Black and White night on a 14 night cruise.

This has been the normal arrangement for some time.

However if your 14 night cruise is only having 3 formal nights one of them being a black and white night then indeed it does indicate a reduction in formal nights in your case.

Unfortunately you may only get confirmation when your actually on board.

6 minutes ago, wowzz said:

Three formal nights on Oceana, plus a black and white night, so four in total. What annoys me, is that on our current cruise, we have just had two formal nights in three days, when it would have bee quite easy to delay the second night until Saturday, which would have spread the four nights evenly through the fortnight.

Thanks for the clarification.

It appears that P&O are now separating the black and white night from the formal nights causing some confusion.

P&O regulars know that previously if they stated 4 formal nights on a 14 day cruise one of them would have been a black and white night.

1 hour ago, KnowTheScore said:

They've spent a lot of money at Kephalonia and have built a new berthing area some distance up the road from the town where you used to get berthed or moored in the bay.    It's thus a "reasonable" walk from the ship to the town.  There was no shuttle service for that last we went.    It's one of those distances where it's too short to shuttle bus people about and yet very significant for those who are infirm or for whom walking is a real effort.  

Thanks for the information.

Out of interest, when did you last go and was it with P&O ?

Fortunately at the moment walking for us is no problem but of course that could change in the future as unfortunately we are all getting older. 😊

Thanks, I have checked on CruiseCal.com and it appears to show Argostoli as the port but it does not show arrival or departure times.

The information for Kefalonia on our CP mentions Argostoli but also Sami as a port but doesn’t make it clear where we will dock.

Hope it’s Argostoli as we’ve not been there before and it looks like a nice place to walk round.
As suggested I may contact P&O or ask our TA to check for us.

38 minutes ago, bee-ess said:

It was Argostoli when we last visited but that was a while ago.

Thanks for that, I was hoping it would be Argostoli.

Can anyone please confirm which port P&O use when visiting Kefalonia, Greece.

Is it Argostoli or Sami ?

2 hours ago, terrierjohn said:

I would imagine this is but one of the many IT bugs in the new cruise personaliser.

Yes, I think that may well be the case. 

Sorry, just to be clear my previous post 21 should read.

Freedom dining on other ships in the fleet means freedom to choose your table size and time on a daily basis whilst on board the ship and I would have assumed that would be the same for Iona.

23 hours ago, P-L-B said:

That’s how I understand it to be unless things have changed for Iona.

Freedom dining on other ships in the fleet means freedom to choose your table size and time on a daly basis and I would have assumed that would be the same for Iona.

Not just Iona apparently offering a choice of table size when freedom dining.
Just checked my CP for our forthcoming Oceana cruise and although it’s correctly showing freedom dining as our choice it’s also apparently giving us a preferred choice of  table size. Regular P&O cruisers will know that this has never been an option previously when choosing freedom dining.

Confusing as I can’t see them reserving your choice of table size every night for the duration of your cruise not knowing what time you are likely to dine each night.

13 hours ago, davemorton said:

Ooo, I will have to have a look at mine. I just presumed as it was all freedom, they would not bother asking for preferences. 

That’s how I understand it to be unless things have changed for Iona.

Freedom dining on other ships in the fleet means freedom to choose your table size and time on a daly basis and I would have assumed that would be the same for Iona.

7 minutes ago, AndyMichelle said:

I think 3 in 14 is fine. 

Andy 

That would be fine with us too. 

42 minutes ago, greyhound1950 said:

😊 Black tie nights on p&0 Criuses.

Glad to see p&o have reduced black tie nights and remembered Guests come on cruises to relax.

Could you please elaborate, is this based on a recent cruise ?

If so what ship were you on, the length of your cruise and when ?

30 minutes ago, margtee said:

Is there any way I can find out who will be the captain on the sailing on 11 March 2020 on Aurora?

Moments magazine is showing Simon Love as captain 28th Feb - 1st May