FangedRose

In my experience the coaches used by Intercruise are the same as those used by Eavesway. Your situation with weather delays causing last minute arrangements is a different thing altogether and should not deter you from using Intercruises. This didn't happen to me, but some five years ago a couple used Eavesway. Their luggage was mistakenly offloaded at the wrong ship. They were left with only the clothing they arrived in for the best part of a week. They were informed that if they had travelled with Intercruises they would have been given vouchers to use in the shops for clothing and toiletries etc. But, as they had travelled with Eavesway they were considered "independent" travellers and were given no assistance, just as if they had arrived by car and left their luggage in the boot.

You do realise that once your order is put in the tablet it is instantly transmitted to the bar staff who then produce the drink? Much more efficient than the waiter trotting back and forwards to the bar. Swiping the card and giving it straight back is infinitely preferable to them disappearing with your card for minutes at a time.

Having tried both I would only ever use a cruise specialist TA. I would never book direct either. You contact your TA, they contact the cruise company with all the queries they've got for many passengers, and they are dealt with in one call.

It is on the same contract. It states on the paperwork from P&O that the "free" coach travel is part of what you have booked.

Milk stout

If you choose the coach as a "perk" (instead of free parking, or OBC, depending on the offer in place) it certainly is part of the cruise package. If you book the coach independently you are correct. Even then if you choose Intercruise as "preferred partner" you will be in a better position than if you book Eavesway.

No.

It depends on the number of eligible passengers on that particular cruise.

Well, yes. The police did have a word, especially in summer when the boys were shirtless.

Agree totally. When my boys were kids they would go to the local playing fields with neighbours and friends to play football, using the council provided goal posts. An elderly gentleman used to complain to the police about kids running riot, he used to take photos of them "as evidence".

On a cruise several years ago a child had to taken to hospital as they had a head injury. The conversation centered around the fact that the child had been running (racing, careering, fooling) around the pool and what can you expect and it was their own (or the parents) fault. The truth was that the child was ill with a high temperature and had passed out and hit their head as a result. Trust the British public to immediately assume the worst of everybody except themselves.

Ah. Ok. I must have missed that bit.

Really! You were allowed to book a standard cabin with a wheelchair? This forum is full of complaints from wheelchair users that they were being forced to book accessible cabins.

It scares me the amount of sugar that is contained in these cocktails. A dinner companion was a diabetic and was very careful about what she ate at dinner, not eating potatoes, rice or pasta, (carbohydrates are converted to sugar in the body) no desserts etc. But would then drink fresh orange juice at breakfast (fructose is still sugar), have special coffee with flavoured syrups, and have at least one cocktail during the evening,and then moaning about her sugar levels. I don't envy being her diabetic nurse trying to explain it to her.

This reminds me of a cruise some five or six years ago (could be longer ago). A gentleman was travelling alone had two epileptic fits several days apart. According to P&O regs he shouldn't have been travelling alone but he didn't declare it because he wanted to cruise. He had to spend several days in the medical centre as we were transatlantic and, according to the story going around the ship, he was disembarked ASAP with a medical bill exceeding the total cost of the cruise with no assistance from P&O, and no insurance as he didn't declare it. The first part of the story I observed first hand, but what happened after he was wheeled down the deck by a very disgruntled medic was ship wide rumour. But, nobody saw him around the ship after the second incident. It just shows what people will lie about to get on board.

I don't think it's vague. If you need, or may need, help walking please tell us. If you think you may need help fill the form in. If you don't fill it in and turn up with a walking stick you may get turned away. The opposite won't be the case

I'm sorry if I'm missing something. But, surely a walking stick is a mobility aid? Even if it is not needed all the time? It's been a long time since they were a fashion accessory. It is sod's law that the day an emergency occurs is the very same day the walking stick (aid) is needed and the staff need to be aware and put the logistics in place.

Once again this comes down to having proof. Keep/save/print all communications. If all correspondence has been via email save them in an appropriately named folder on your phone and, keep your phone with you! Never, ever arrange these thing over the phone. No evidence = no proof = one person's word against another.

I got one as well. To me it reads as if P&O has been inundated with passengers arriving at embarkation and asking for assistance with no prior notification. It is a general reminder that if assistance is required it needs to booked.

???? Never heard that before!

My Husband died 14 years ago. We had a cruise booked, not P&O, and as the date for final payment approached we realised that we couldn't go due to his declining health. The deposit was forfeited, insurance didn't cover as it was an existing condition for which he was receiving ongoing treatment and tests. It is not a P&O thing.

Yeah, that's different from mine.

I've been on meds for blood pressure for 15 years, never been warned about grapefruit. On the other hand just begun on statins and, from the initial consultation, through the pharmacy and the leaflet in the packet are multiple warnings about grapefruit.

I used a cardboard "credit card", the type you get in a new purse or wallet.

Yeah. Wouldn't be first choice, but wouldn't dismiss it out of hand either if nothing else appealed