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Still available on Iona but not bookable. Queue up and hope for a table. No idea of cost as we never managed to make it up there.

I wonder if the Princess reduced deposit offer (£50pp) is encouraging people to book a long way out. We have 2 Princess cruises for next year (one of them being Land of the Midnight Sun) and yesterday booked one for Sept 2026. We have found if you need an accessible cabin you need to book early.

If anyone has taken this cruise I would be grateful if you could share your thoughts on doing it with some mobility issues. Looking at the itinerary it seems that there may be quite a lot of ports where just getting off and strolling around might not work too well. Thanks in advance for any info.

We enjoyed Captain Dunlop on our Iona cruise. Every port he was out on the dock greeting passengers. I can see that Disney will be a good fit for him.

This is part of the email You can also now arrive within the check-in window at a time to suit you. This window is published in your travel summary in the Princess® Cruises app. There is no longer an arrival group time, which our returning guests may be familiar with. We strongly encourage you to provide your travel arrangement information via OceanReady in the Princess® Cruises app.

Had an email from Princess today saying I should go to the travel summary on the app for our boarding window. I can access the travel summary on the cruise personaliser but can’t find it on the app. Can anyone tell me how to find it. Thanks

Here in the UK wheelchairs for onboard use are rented from Mobility at Sea. We bought a lightweight folding wheelchair for less than the cost of the rental for 2 weeks. That same wheelchair is quite well travelled now having been on 3 cruises with another 2 coming up.

We have been told that the wheelchairs onboard are for emergency use only and my DH will have to take his own wheelchair to use getting on and off at ports of call.

I was looking for more port information than arrival and departure times. It was very helpful.

If you do a Google search and put the exact cruise details, date etc in the search bar it will bring up some websites which give the information you are looking for. I did this for our Princess cruise. Unfortunately I can’t give the address as I think they may be a travel agency and I’m not allowed. Begins with G.

I agree Harry. P&O drinks prices way more affordable. Unless you plan to have the full 15 drink alcoholic drink allowance I wouldn’t bother.

We were able to do this on Cunard when I was unable to drink alcohol following surgery. I was allowed to have the non alcoholic package and DH had the alcoholic one. This was arranged onboard with the Bar Manager. I suspect that if we had tried to arrange it in advance we would have been unsuccessful. P&O may be amenable but I wouldn’t put money on it.

That’s good to know. I’m on a low carb diet (for clinical reasons) and they will be the perfect breakfast for me.

That’s a shame my DH will be celebrating a big birthday on Regal and I was planning a birthday banner for the door. May still give it a go and see if I’m asked to remove it.

Some cruise lines charge a fee for leaving early but don’t know if this applies to P&O. I think Celebrity used to charge $200.

One question Ranchi. Was it easy to hand your luggage back to the company on disembarkation. I assume there is a van (?) outside the terminal. Thanks.

Thanks for the info. I have also booked the Baggage Handling co for our cruise in August. We will only travel with a small bag, enough for an overnight stay. Glad it worked out so well for you.

Thanks Graham. We also miss Flybe but have found Loganair an acceptable alternative. If we were driving we would also have an overnight break in both directions so by the time we pay for those plus fuel plus parking it costs way more than the Loganair flights. Usually takes around 50 mins and the luggage is on the belt within minutes. You note that I say belt. There is only one at Southampton.

If I remember correctly they don’t even have a car park.

We have family close by so we use them even when we’re not cruising.

Newcastle with Loganair.

We are flying to Southampton so no car. The long drive from the NE is no fun these days. We want to be near the docks so we’ve settled on the Grand Harbour. Thanks for the advice.

We are on Regal August 19th. Have booked Symphony or Concerto on Anytime for every night except 2 when we are in the Crown Grill. Allegro not listed on the app.

Of course.

Thanks Graham. I’ve now cancelled the Premier Inn. Between you and purplesea I’ve had some great advice.