DarrenM

I was joking. just in case.

I am the queen.

I am not very good with foreign languages. So how many days is this in English?

I am sort of the same. I see these things as forced fun. And anyway, does anyone actually care about new year any more? Its just another day. Well it is to us. We dont even stay up till midnight usually anymore. It just signifies the end of the xmas holidays and a close return to the grind of work. On saying that, surely you wouldnt jump into the pool unless you were very drunk? The only ones who would do it sober are surely exhibitionists who crave to be the centre of attention. Plenty of them about mind.

I suppose we have different definitions of luxury. I have a balcony cabin on Celebrity. Thats luxury to me. Being in a suite with a strange man (Butler) entering the room frequently isnt. Thst just creepy to me. Our room is our own private kingdom, and our balcony is our luxury. I dont need someone to dress me. or make my coffee. I am not bone idle.

Surely they dont choose JUST on itinerary? I wouldnt book a trip in my dream location then stay in a budget hovel. So I wouldnt book a cruise on my dream itinerary if the ship doing it was an MSC or P&O and I could only get a room with no balcony or window. I am on holiday, I want as much luxury as possible. Surely everyone is like that?

is it possible to be on a Disney ship without kids?

Only been on 4 ships. 1. Celebrity Reflection 2. Celebrity Beyond 3. Celebrity Edge 4. Disney Magic (I think) but it could have been the other one 2002. The Celebrity ships were vastly superior to the Disney one in my humble opinion. But there again, why would an adult want to go on A Disney ship without their own little creatures. My kids liked it at the time. but they were only 9 and 5 years old.

It's also worth noting that upto around 2021, the pastine of outdoor sea and river swimming was a growing fun thing to do, especially amongst older folk This has now come to a halt almost everywhere.

So much to unpick here. In 2010 patient satisfaction was at its highest ever in the NHS and waiting lists were the lowest. 2010 saw a change in government. And for the last 14 years chronic underfunding and privatisation has seen to the highest waiting lists ever and lowest patient satisfaction. Exactly the same things have happened to our wayerways. There is nothing wrong with our NHS and waterways that adequate funding, care and will to do the right thing, couldn't put right. 22% always bought medical insurance. Its probably only the 22% that can afford it. The same 22% help prop up what's happened in the last 14 years. Any many of us luckily get private medical insurance as part of our salary packages through work. The UK is seriously broken just now, and like I have said, if you are visiting in the next 12 months, keep out of the water.......genuinely keep out if the water.

Not all of us in the UK believe in privatisation. And it's proving to be catastrophic for our waterways. Unfortunately our current government are no longer governing with the will of the people. I read somewhere that the majority of the water company shareholders don't even live in the UK, and just see it as a money cow. So we the people, have no way of changing it, until we have a government prepared to re-nationalise. It's a sad and sorry state of affairs. Like I said earlier. If visiting the UK keep out of the water.

I suspect it won't, until we have a change of government. It might not even then. It seems we live in a world where shareholder dividend is valued higher than the saving of the planet. The wild life around the UK is really suffering too, and very few people who could help, seem to care.

This is part of a statement from a website called Surfers against sewage. "Last year, 301,091 sewage spills were reported discharging in England, 14,008 in Scotland and 74,066 in Wales. Sewage discharged for an eyewatering 2.4 million hours across England, Scotland and Wales. Despite these figures showing a slight reduction from 2021, it’s completely unacceptable that our waterways are still being treated as open sewers on a regular basis."