July morning

Peanut I hope you don't mind me asking but how is your dogs eye now? hopefully a good recovery 🐶

Selbourne, please feel free to bore us rigid with your ramblings 😂 I'm enjoying them very much 😄

Peanut, that's good to hear about your dog and the bill will be worth it 😉 you like myself will probably do anything to help your dog they are a big part of our lives. Avril, I've been reading your posts about Frank and wish him well, take care ❤

Good report, I enjoyed reading it really good to have two reports on the go. Have a great time 😁

Looking forward to reading your comments, enjoy the cruise 😁

Interesting read you do give a lot of detail 🙂

Hi, I'm a bit of a lurker but would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year 😁

We got ours today as well and I like the diary 😁

Would be surprised if they let you use a different age group as your booking is made and accepted based on child ages

I filled a small bottle in the buffet when quiet using a glass

Josy, I'm so sorry to read your news a heart breaking time for everyone. Stay strong and take care of yourself and family.

Lucky for us only had to pay for it once the other times we've sailed with FO free drinks package was one of the offers when we booked 🙂

I give myself extra time and just as well I did as Ventura was a bit late docking last week and disembarked an "ambulance needed" Passenger before opening for everyone else including self disembark it was all a bit chaotic. We were flying home from Southampton Airport

Got back from Ventura last week and the new extra charge items were available every evening in the Freedom dining restaurants. As someone said early on it was a loose page inside the menu. Can't comment on whether it was good as we didn't try it. Used the Glasshouse it was good

We like that Fred sails from more Northern ports as it saves the hassle of getting to Southampton. We wish he would bring back the fly cruises. On the subject of the "All inclusive Package" As others have stated it's a drinks package and has certainly served us well😂 It's quite clear what you get and at the moment prices on board for drinks are reasonable. We just use free wi-fi when in port if we feel the need to check anything at home. Crew "tips" are fair and of course if someone has served you well extra is given at the end of the cruise. Got home from P&O Ventura on Tuesday and no way would we even consider it but of course that's our choice.

Thanks for your comments. Always interested to read others views and look forward to your final thoughts 😊

I don't know if it's worth while or allowed to start a new topic about this so I'm asking here 🙂 Can anyone recommend a taxi company that we could pre book from Southampton Airport to Novotel I think we're due to land about 9pm so if possible it would be easier to have that arranged before we arrive and of course we'd want a return from the ship to the Airport. Daughter is more laid back than me she thinks there's probably Uber 😂 Second query Has the loyalty lunches restarted on Ventura? maybe that should have been my first question!

For the dogs it's "Youmove" I think I should try some for myself 🙂

At least you shall be on a cruise😂

We have only booked the guaranteed cabin a couple of times and the one in the Caribbean that's all that was left as it was an unexpected cruise at short notice

We had our cabin (pre c) allocated at check in. That was a Caribbean cruise.

Purdy, good to hear you had a good cruise. I really enjoy reading about other people's cruises 😁

Similar thing happened with our passports couldn't be bothered with the stress got new ones all done online within a week 😁 by the way I'm on this cruise as well and couldn't check-in shall try tomorrow I think it could be that we're all trying to check-in on the first day 😂

Yes I remember that with my mother it was in Blackpool Tower ballroom she loved to watch it and see the frocks ( used that term because of auto correct 😂😁

My husband and I never want to be the one sitting on the banquette we both want the chair😂 luckily only at lunch