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Pete is starlink on aurora yet ? I’m going on Friday dec 1st. Hope cruise is good and aurora is all ok ?

Yes correct - just get it for one device / person and both use it at different times. Make sure you log off on one device before using the other one.

Better seats go very quickly - especially on long haul. I thought that would be obvious.

They should have been kicked off the ship at the first available port and banned for life from P&O and prosecuted for hate crime. Zero tolerance with scum like that. Why should Gareth have had to move cabins ? Ridiculous. They should have been moved pending offload.

Very sad - sorry for your loss - must be terrible. There should be an exception made for bereavement - this is just not right.

My cruise is Dec 1st Auroa - email yesterday says full on Christmas - big tree , decorations everywhere. Hope so. Have been on P&O November cruises before and not seen any decorations - only some preparations late November as I remember.

Nice crew on that ship. cabins need refurbishing - our bathroom was worn out and smelt of sewerage ! broken drawers and cup holder in the bathroom came off in our hands !! We enjoyed the cruise though - it was great to see Slovenia - really nice place. We have been several times on explorer 2 and always liked it - but we won’t go again until it’s done up a bit.

Does anyone know the extent of explorer 2 dry dock / refurb ? It’s in dry dock Cadiz I believe at the moment. We were on the Adriatic affair cruise recently and it definitely needs doing up in some areas. The crew said it was going into dry dock after our cruise but didn’t know what was being done. I think the next cruise is Nov 26 transatlantic.

PS I’m surprised they offer 2 options given it might be starlink - I would have thought that would be high speed for all ? Grateful for any info.

Thanks Molecrochip - How do you know this ? It’s not mentioned on the P&O site ? I am on aurora dec 1st this year and the 15% discount is shown - so does that mean starlink will be live on aurora for that cruise ?

I want one !

Well done. Thanks for the update.

Yep that’s what we did.

https://www.pocruises.com/my-cruise-tcs/wi-fi-tcs fyi folks . Couldn’t see anything specific about using your device as a hotspot -but probably comes under a general exclusion - sounds as if they have blocking technology for this - as said in above posts.

What if I want to connect with a different device? You may use multiple devices on one package but can only use a single device at any one time. If you wish to use multiple devices simultaneously, you will need to buy additional packages that are available at a discounted rate.

You may use multiple devices on one package but can only use a single device at any one time. If you wish to use multiple devices simultaneously, you will need to buy additional packages that are available at a discounted rate. from P&O site .

Thanks Pete-so you just phone up and request the specific cabin later ? is it worth it rather than just waiting for the general release a week or so later and getting the cabin number at time of booking ?

Yes but it also creates a local WiFi network that the other device connects to - it’s been good speed when I have done it on a ship in port connected to 4G and my wife’s phone connected to my hotspot. With the ships Wi-Fi it’s probably too slow unless it’s starlink - but technically I think it would work ? Unless it’s blocked somehow by P&O service but I don’t see how it could “see” that you are using your phone as a hotspot.

I don’t see why not - hotspot is local to both your devices and uses Bluetooth / local WiFi to transmit data from the device on WiFi to the other device and vice versa. Also you can both use one WiFi package - but not at the same time - so it can be shared like this as well.

Later post

Pre-book 10th October and general release about a week later 17th - that’s what travel agents are saying online. Has anyone here ever pre-booked ? I looked at this once but could only select cabin grade and not a specific cabin ? Can this be selected later ? Is it worth it ?

Be very interested to see how good starlink is on ships - I would buy a package if it was good - I don’t currently. Think it’s due on all P&O ships by the end of the year ?

Thanks for the review - good to know Arcadia is all ok.

Thanks - going there in a couple of weeks - did they have a shuttle bus into the town ?

Thanks for the update - what a mess - sorry you didn’t have a good holiday. I hope you get somewhere with your complaint - don’t give up until you get compensation.