Pine Man

Thanks I'll give it a go.

Having recently booked my first cruise with Princess, and only having previous cruises with P&O, I am trying to get my head round the dining process! On P&O we always had Club Dining (set time and table size) and when I booked our forthcoming Princess Cruise I asked if my wife and I could have fixed dining, preferably on a table for six. The agent said it would probably be ok but nothing showed on my cruise documents about dining. Is this something that I have to do via the cruise personaliser or will it just happen?

I rang the Captains Circle and they advised me to email Princess with proof of previous cruise history so that they can, hopefully, deal with my wile's loyalty.

Thanks, I'll ask and see what happens.

My wife also registered on line and didn't receive any loyalty despite her cruise history with me being identical.

Hi my first post here. Having used P&O for many years I have decided to try out a Princess cruise next year. Before booking the cruise I registered on line and was given the Platinum loyalty level, which appeared to take account of some, but not all, of my P&O cruise history. My wife also registered on line but, despite accompanying me on all previous P&O cruises, she was not given any loyalty level. My query is, should she have the same level as me and, if not, will my loyalty benefits be applied to her when we sail together next year. Many thanks.

Thanks to you, and others who contributed to this post, I decided to look further into Princess having only ever cruised with P&O before. First of all I registered with the Princess site and immediately some, not all, of my P&O history was taken into account and I achieved Platinum status. Secondly, I started looking at some of the cruises on offer on Sky Princess next year and was pleasantly surprised at the cost. Slightly dearer but not too bad at all, and it certainly seems a better cruising environment. Thirdly and luckily, before I committed myself, I just had notification from my retirement associated that they had negotiated a 10% discount with Princess on all cruises! Fourthly, I just booked two weeks on Sky Princess to The Land of the Midnight Son! Once again, thanks to everybody who contributed to this post and pointed me in the direction of Princess!

Apart from going underneath it😉

You can take food from the buffet to wherever you want BUT you won't have a tray to carry it on anymore!

...but there must be a limit - surely?

Happened to me twice after I had got home and a separate charge was sent to my credit card company. I 'disputed' the charge with my company who sent a query to P&O on my behalf. P&O never replied to them (nothing new there!) and the charge was written off.

What's wrong with the tap water? On my last cruise I used it twice a day to take medication, I didn't notice any unpleasant taste and P&O say it's safe to drink.

My apologies, that wasn't too clear in your post.

Probably worth a fraction of the value of the car it has displaced to a less secure place😉

I seem to remember, on an earlier cruise on Britannia, the captain explained to everybody how to work out which side of the ship was port and which was starboard. He went on to say that before deciding which side was which it was important to know where the front of the ship was and gave the following advice - 'The lifts all face the front of the ship when you get out, then added, apart from those that don't!

From P&Os website:- “Our theme nights offer a great opportunity for guests to dress up in line with the theme. Themes can include 60s, 70s, tropical, Western, and black and white nights.” However the last time we cruised, last September, we were told that, due to covid protocols, themed nights were stopped! How on earth Covid is affected by the clothes you wear is still a mystery to me.

I know you have probably had your question answered now but as a matter of interest I have found the best contact for this sort of issue is actually with your card provider. I have had a couple of 'false' charges on my Amex card and all that had to be done was 'Dispute The Charge' with Amex who then dealt with the company that posted the charge and suspended it until resolved. (Neither company bothered responding to Amex and the charge was cancelled)

Couldn't agree more. I was waiting for the announcement so I could book a couple of nights but I don't think I'll bother now!

Exactly the same happened to me on Britannia where the doors don't always shut fully. Marched up to my cabin door and inserted the card. The door seemed to open very easily and I went in to find two strangers sitting on what I thought was my bed!

Maybe a typing error, but if you intend joining Britannia on 13th May you're in for a shock...................it departs on the 12th😉

Thank God it's not just me. I've nearly worn the remote out! Last night I watched a recording of Unforgotten. One of the actors was talking to another actor in French with english subtitles then part way through the conversation they both reverted to english and the subtitles went. Later that same actor spoke to another actor in Polish with english subtitles and, again, part way through, they both reverted to english and the subtitles went.............why???

Yes but there was no mention of Wallace & Gromit!

Sorry guys, my maths was a bit out. It should have only been about £6000 not £7000. P&O + Wallace & Gromit etc still get my vote.

What's even better about Britannia is that I've just had an email from P&O informing me that 'Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep can’t wait to welcome you on board'. Whew!

This post encouraged me to look further afield than P&O and in particular SAGA. I know the post revolves around suites but I am going on Britannia with my wife for two weeks in May this year in a standard balcony, at the select price, in a position chosen by me. I compared this cruise with an equivalent SAGA cruise at roughly the same time and route in their standard balcony, also in a similar position chosen by me. I readily accept that there are a lot of extras thrown in with SAGA, and the cruise would have had three extra ports, BUT the difference was, roughly, an eye watering £7000, which makes it about three times the cost of P&O!!! I'll stick with P&O for the time being.