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I am certainly not going to pay top dollar until they resolve staffing issues and bring back pre-Covid levels of service. They will also have to have some intersting itineraries for me to book early.

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Curioser & curiouser. Fb is alive with bomb scare rumours.

Medevac?

Indeed. It was better when I was last there.

There are two paths to the glacier, one much more challenging than the other.

Stavanger is a lovely town to explore on foot. The ship berths right in the centre under the Gamla Stan (Old Town). There are two good museums, lovely coffee shops and St Swithin's Cathedral. Just wander the cobbled streets and enjoy. Sorry, not been to Haugesund but I have seen pictures and it too, looks lovely.

Just note that in the fjords, phone signals can be hit and miss.

The part that got me in the end was the removal of the orb, sceptre and crown. We bring nothing into this world and take nothing out.

Thanks Andrew. I really enjoyed my cruise on her last April - except for the food. I was told they had 'supply issues'!

On Sicily, Palermo, Messina and Syracuse can all take big ships. The latter port was my favourite on my last cruise but few lines seem to call there.

There are a couple round here marked VR. (Victoria)

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At that time of year, there will almost certainly be an excursion to Keukenhof, assuming your ship gets to Ijmuden or Amsterdam - not always guaranteed if weather is poor.

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In Stockholm you sometimes berth beside one of the ferry stops, but again it will depend on which ship you are on and her size. I have only ever berthed at Langeline Quay, which is next to one of the hop on hop off boat stops, but again on smaller ships. In Helsinki we needed a shuttle, even for Balmoral. You probably won't know for sure until the night before.

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Vampiress88 - please post your P&O v MSC review as a separate topic. It doesn't belong in this 'How are things where you are' thread. Thanks.

At the time it was cost - £150 v. £30 or thereabouts. However, I prefer the halogen oven as there are temperature controls and a timer, so it switches itself off when done. It also has an air-fryer type attachment that sits on top.

I have been using a halogen oven for years, ever since my remoska broke. Cheaper initial outlay and just as good as a conventional oven only quicker. No warm-up time either.

Ships cannot go past Geiranger. It is at at dead end at the end of a fjord.

Booked Fred Olsen's circumnaviagtion of Africa next year. That is something completely different. I wish P&O would resurrect the cruise aross to the USA, through Panama and up to Alaska and back.

As someone with cruises booked on Saga and Fred, I can say Fred is quite a lot more expensive for what you get - having to add on transport and tips alone, neither of which are optional. Where Fred win however, is their choice of itineraries and ports, only accessible to smaller ships. I have also heard on the grapevine rumours Saga are considering a third new build, powered by hydrogen. On my recent Baltic cruise with Saga there were a substantial number of P&O refugees looking for the type of cruise P&O used to offer. I didn't hear anyone say they would return to P&O.

Look after Aurora and have a good time.