SarahHben

Thank you for that, I hadn't spotted the Feb half term one. Our daughter's October half term falls between the 2 October Rotterdam cruises but the Feb one would work. OH has said he wants to do May half Term '26 on Ventura which goes to La Rochelle, Santander, Gijon & La Coruna, but I might be able to persuade him to do both 😁

Thank you all, that’s really helpful info. Although the cruise says it’s in the school holidays, and it is for Medway where we live, it appears it probably won’t be school holidays for the rest of Kent & my daughter will still be at work so I will have the 2 grandchildren 🥴 We will definitely do a Rotterdam cruise & visit The Hauge at some point but not just yet. Back to choosing another itinerary…

Thank you. Did you take the train?

Do any of you know if P&O run excursions to The Hague from Rotterdam? I know that we could to the trip independently but I wondered if the was an organised excursion too? We're considering booking an Iona cruise to Rotterdam, Hamburg and Zeebrugge and if we do I would like to visit The Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague. Thanks

I booked this morning for our end of May/June cruise and had the confirmation email. My dining bookings are showing on My Cruise itinerary page too.

I found this page on the P&O website. It doesn't give Ray Quinn dates and I don't think it covers all cruises but it's a start. https://www.pocruises.com/onboard-activities/dining/the-limelight-club Looks like Tom Lister will be on our cruise. I've not heard of him so I'm not sure if we'll book or not.

i don't blame him at all! I'm hoping we at least have dry weather in Norway

Thanks Kalos I thought I’d have more time for browsing once my daughter was on maternity leave but it hasn’t worked that way. New baby is gorgeous, the 4 year old goes and sits on the stairs with his hand over his ears when baby cries 😂 Mum hasn’t had a date for her back operation yet. Our cruise is 8 weeks today so I hope the op isn’t while we’re away 🥴 i hope you and everyone else is keeping well.

Sounds lovely, I think that’s one I looked at before booking our Norway one. You might be getting on Britannia as we’re getting off? We disembark on Friday 7th June.

Oh my goodness! Good news that you had no fractures but I expect you’re going to be very sore. I hope you feel better very soon

I’m glad you had a good time 😊 Where are you off to next?

How exciting 🥰

Thank you 😊 We decided last. Night that Holiday Inn in town was too expensive, over £200, so have booked Holiday Inn Fareham instead. We’ve stayed there before and it’s close to Port Solent shops and restaurants. Our first choice would have been HI Express near the cricket ground if it wasn’t for cricket being on that day and likely to be busy, they do a good breakfast 😊 Are you staying there pre-cruise?

Thank you all 🥰 baby was 12 days late and our daughter was worried he'd be a whopper but he was a perfectly respectable 7lb. His older brother hasn't plucked up the courage to get too close yet, he's appreciating him from a safe distance 😂 Thanks for info on Holiday Inn. If we were to have a late embarkation time on Britannia, we had 3:30pm on Ventura last year, do you know if they allow people to stay in the hotel lounge area? We're torn between Holiday Inn Express - much cheaper and great breakfast but will need to arrive mid afternoon to get a parking space and then there's not much to do locally, or Holiday Inn ...paying quite a bit more but have places to walk to.

Hi everyone We've had an exciting weekend, baby grandson was born Friday morning, he missed being a 29th Feb baby by 1 hour, he's totally gorgeous 🥰 We've also started thinking about our end of May cruise, we stayed at the Holiday Inn Express M27 Jct.7 the night before our first 2 cruises. We have a room booked there again for this year but wondered if it's worth spending extra to stay in the main Holiday Inn in Southampton? The cost is twice as much but there is cricket on at the Ageas Bowl on the night of our stay again and last time that made parking at the hotel very difficult. Any opinions welcome.