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Totally agree.

Yes, turning up for a cruise with no idea of the new rules is hardly fair, don’t you think.

Wonder what the legal implications are. lm travelling at the weekend and have not been informed, by P&O, of any changes to the policy.

One wonders what would happen if 5000 Iona passengers turned up with spirits in their luggage. Long queues I suspect.

Megabear. you completely miss the point. It is part of the total cruise experience. It was only that we had the previous policy that we enjoyed the experience so much. with less mobility with us both the balcony has become much more important.

My last I put on this. It is all down to profit. Nothing else. If it is all down to people like me spending about £20000 per year on P&O cruises, year on year, cancelling, perhaps they will realise it was not a good change.

Carlanthony24. No it doesn’t, One litre per person is 40 single tots or 20 doubles. 14 day cruise, 1.4 double tots per day. is that excess drinking. I think not

Total rubbish. Drink packages encourage excess drinking.

Look. if the only reason you book P&O is that you can take the alcohol of your choice to drink on your balcony is taken away, you will be cheesed off. The P&O choice of quality spirits is very poor.

Lee - No they don’t. Nor does Champagne.

Fair enough. For someone who has spent over £250,000 over the years with P&O. I will not be told how to spend my holiday.

That’s it for me. 45 cruises on P&o. If I can’t have a drink on the balcony of my own choice, that is it. We have to go on the cruise this weekend as we have paid. The next 3 cruises we have booked we will cancel, losing the deposit. The reason we booked P&o was for the way we could sit on the balcony, drinking the drink, of our choice, when we wanted. This has been taken away from us at very short notice. A total disgrace. It is the total disregard of the customer experience and expertation. shame on you P&O.

Which site Bazrat

I don’t think that I need to explain myself, but I will anyway. i am a very keen collector and drinker of high quality craft gins. we lead a very busy life, albeit being retired, with community commitment work, 3 small grandchildren and a large garden. Our two great thrills on a cruise are exploring ports and sitting on the balcony. We sit and read, play cards, watch the sea and enjoy a craft gin and tonic. We don’t do quizzes, we don’t drink heavily in bars and don’t do night clubs. We go to the evening shows, daytime talks but our greatest love is the balcony. So will the new policy affect us, too true it will. Try getting a really decent gin from room service, try getting one from the bar. The choice is very poor. I have 4 P&O cruises booked this year making 50 in all. i won’t be booking anymore. In fact I might cancel the last 3 as I have only paid the deposit at the moment. i have to go on the first as it is next weekend. This was the main reason we use P&O. So to all who think it is a small change, it definitely is not to us. IT IS HUGE.

Moley-If you sail next weekend, the change in policy is very last minute. Fairer to change policy for those paying for cruises - say 12 weeks.