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Thanks Dobbers.

Hi all. We’re off on our 1st cruise on Iona this Saturday & something I’d not considered has cropped up. If I buy cigarettes onboard, can I use them throughout the cruise or will they be held back until the last night? Someone mentioned to me that they would be withheld. It doesn’t sound quite right to me so thought I’d ask here in the hope someone knows for sure. thanks

May be a daft question given it'll be the Fjords next May but...would there be any point in booking the pass for the retreat? Is it all open air or is some of it indoors? Thanks Lisa

Hi Ranchi. The circumnav aspect makes perfect sense & a very good tip...thankyou.

Great advice. Think that's exactly how we'll play it. 🙂

Slowly getting my head around it all. Now then....where's that migralief! 😉

That's really helpful, thanks Sandancer.

Hi all and thankyou all so much for your replies. Its a while since I asked for your advice & tbh, I've been doing so much research & joined so many forums/groups that I'd forgotten which one's I'd posted on, hence my very delayed thanks. Anyway...update: We finally booked a taster cruise yesterday to the Fjords next May on Iona. (I think the world cruise will be many more short cruises away before we make that leap!). We wanted to make our first time really special so opted to splash out on a suite. We chose the Select option & picked the Arafura Suite 10110 deck 10. I umm'd & ahhh'd over fwd or aft after doing loads of review searching, purely basing our decision on the location which seemed better for us as far as facilities we think we'd like are concerned. Woke up last night in a panic thinking we should've booked aft (think wind on sea days) so I've just spent over an hour on hold to P&O to change position but unfortunately....the aft (corner) suites are all gone so we're sticking with our original choice. Really helpful lady though so made the wait time worth it (I guess). Just a shame you can't manage this sort of thing online. So much still to learn. Thanks so much again for all your replies & tips. Lisa

Many, many thanks Waju. Thats really helpful. (we're in our 50's)

Hi. Trying to plan our first ever cruise but finding it a bit of a minefield so could really use some advice from the experienced cruisers amongst you. We really want to do a world tour in a few years time but need to try a shorter cruise first to see if it's for us. We're looking at a round trip to The Canary's from Southampton on Iona next year as a starting point. Is Iona a good choice? I have so many newbie questions so I'm sorry if they've all been asked numerous times before. I have no idea which is the best deck or which position for cabins i.e. forward, mid or aft. Is it worth paying for a full suite? Is it worth choosing the 'select' option for the benefits that gives or would you say it's not worth the considerable extra money? Any & all advice for a complete novice would be so appreciated. Thankyou. Lisa