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10 hours ago, Milaandra said:

Thanks for the information!  And darn!  I think I'm going to be a bit overdressed... 

I doubt it - the 'dress-downers' stuck out more than the 'dress-uppers', not that I took much notice really. I was too busy getting value from my drinks package!😁

21 hours ago, Milaandra said:

And approximately how many smart days per week, as opposed to casual days?

I like to plan things out to reduce over- or under-packing.  Thanks!

One or two smart days per week, however compliance with the 'smart' dress code seemed to be a lot less. I only wore a jacket once to a smart night and had no issues.

10 hours ago, wineoclock said:

I’ll bear them in mind. We usually cruise celebrity but not a fan of IV & suites are getting too expensive! But we like not having to dress up in black tie… 

Ambassador do have formal nights and nearly everyone seems to comply with the dress code more or less (quite similar to P&O). The average age on Ambassador is ancient BTW.

1 hour ago, wineoclock said:

Friends have just been on Ambassador her first cruise so nothing to compare to but loved it. 
 

 

We did 24 days on P&O Aurora last September and 22 days B2B on Ambassador at Easter. TBH, Ambassador is beating P&O hands down at the moment. Value for money, Ambassador is way better, food is better, entertainment is better, staff are generally better. They do still have a few maintenance issues with Ambience (particularly lifts and some air-con).

Ambassador cruise line (the phoenix risen from CMV) have their second ship, Ambition starting to sail in a few weeks. They are sailing from other UK ports, e.g. Newcastle and Dundee in OP's neck of the woods.

https://www.ambassadorcruiseline.com/

18 hours ago, Bill Y said:

I doubt that he wouls have gone out to dinner in his work clothes.

No shorts in the dining room! (Even long, baggy ones).

2 minutes ago, Megabear2 said:

Surely a man of your standing only wears a Panama.

You beat me to it. I suppose the hatband could be in the colours of one's preferred Wendyball team...

49 minutes ago, mrshorsy said:

You missed an answer 

5. To an actual match or to watch a match in a bar which is the only place grown adults should be wearing a football shirt 

There is also a sartorial parallel here - baseball caps should only ever be worn in a baseball stadium (IMHO).😉

35 minutes ago, KBs mum said:

The mystery to me is why the US beaches and cemetery excursion also stops for a short time at the Commonwealth beaches and cemetery, but the Commonwealth beaches and cemetery excursion wastes time on an embroidery rather than a corresponding visit to the US beaches and cemetery. 

Although my primary interest is Juno beach where my grandfather went ashore, I would also like to pay my respects at the US cemetary/memorial

I would think it is a function of geography and travel time (from Le Havre). To get to Omaha beach and the associated cemetery would probably be an extra hour's drive each way. It is not really feasible to do all of the Normandy beaches in one day. 

I did a battlefield tour of the Normandy campaign which easily filled 3 days. The American beaches, St Mere Eglise and other sites are at least a day's tour in themselves.

6 hours ago, zqtchas said:

What poster does this remind you of?

This reminds of the time we took the sleeper train from Paris to Venice. As we boarded, there was a family who had put all of their cases into their room and were now scratching their heads as to how they were to get into their room. We giggled to ourselves and walked onwards.

13 hours ago, Silver Spectre said:

I wouldn’t normally post here but I cannot think of a more appropriate place, so this is “sockgate” from a nameless Silversea ship.

 

Did you call 'sockurity' to have them removed?

Ah, my coat and taxi, thank you.

3 minutes ago, mysty said:

 

And yet you are making perfect sense!  Your "under the influence" works for you! 😁

Barolo grappa as a post prandial, after a dinner of guinea fowl - life is really rather good.

6 minutes ago, mysty said:

 

Brilliant advice Steve!  One slight issue for me.....if I drank the wine first my bendy bits would decide to do their own thing.   Any resemblance to actual yoga poses would be accidental! 😅

This is how yoga gurus (or many other gurus) come about. Do or say stuff convincingly whilst 'under the influence', it is amazing how many people will just lap it up.

BTW - I am currently under the influence...😉

5 hours ago, mysty said:

 

Dolce, with my balance I would be wearing more of the wine than what would remain in the glass.  🤣

Drink the wine before you try to do the daft, bendy stuff - simple really!

Thank you. Happy wife, happy life!

DW is asking - do they still do the 'stitch and *****'/'knit and natter' sessions?

On Voyager a few years ago they had complimentary embroidery kits which she thoroughly enjoyed doing (and still uses the end products).

There will also be a cultural bias in the sample, seeing as how Which subscribers will be almost exclusively British. This will affect perceptions of US styled cruise lines versus UK styled cruise lines.

We have just booked our second RSS cruise for December on Splendor. I was a bit concerned to see the posts about the missing crab legs, as DW was all over them on our last RSS cruise. The soft shell crab will definitely interest us both however.

7 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Go to the casino. Put your seapass in a slot machine and take money put and have it charged to your on board account. 

I thought that most cruise lines add a fee of 3% to 5% to do this? I cannot believe Royal Caribbean do not do this.

1 hour ago, Tothesunset said:

The tour does include a pint of the good stuff. But it's another €6 per pint after that. That's the credit card maxxed out, then. 

It will probably be the best pint of Guinness you will ever taste. I have been on a tasting mission since then and have not found one as good (yet). I shall be continuing my quest...

5 hours ago, John Bull said:

 

A translation for our American friends.

That word doesn't mean the same in the UK as it does in the US.

In the UK altho it's an old-fashioned word for what you think it means, for the last 100 years or more it's slang for "cigarette" 😏   

 

JB 🙂

Spoilsport! I had the popcorn ready for the ensuing confused meltdown (maybe this whole woke thing has put comments about that off limits?)

3 hours ago, Tothesunset said:

Just for old times' sake:

 

I cannot say that I am salivating reading this, though it did keep me alive.

5 minutes ago, Tothesunset said:

My OH was a catering officer in the RAF and therefore only too familiar with Compo rat packs, especially when supporting the RAF Regt on exercise/operations. 

 

A good chef can do wonders with Compo - mainly by throwing it in the bin and frying up some bacon! 

Bacon grill was OK - I used to make a decent spag bol or shepherds pie with the corned beef. The Cheese processed went into/onto the instant mash on the shepherds pie. You did need some extras (onions mainly) to jazz it up a bit.

1 minute ago, Tothesunset said:

Ahhh... Compo rations. The sausages were unbeatable, mind. 

As were oatmeal blocks.

Let us not discuss baby's heads though...

3 hours ago, Daveywavey70 said:

Obviously not. I Have heard legends from old sailors that in far off lands you may encounter cheese in a tin but I suppose I’d filed it alongside “here be dragons” and never expected to be confronted with the true horror of such atrocities. 

Anyone of a certain age who served in the British Army will remember this stuff.