FangedRose

Yes, but noro is not the only "bug" that can make you ill. The more generic gels will protect against a lot of sickness bugs. Every little helps.

It's almost like the last three years had taught us nothing.

I had the goat curry in the mdr on Aurora pre covid. It was very tasty. Reminded me of mutton which shouldn't have been a surprise. I did have to keep quiet about it though because one of my table mates was disgusted by the thought of it.

I too have never had noro (though only 20 years). Very few, mild 'gastro-intestinal symptoms' occasionally and, nothing I couldn't blame on myself anyway! Use knuckles instead of fingertips on lifts, handwashing, gel etc.

Yes, I agree lovely coaches. But, last time they used Leon's coaches, equally nice. I have travelled with Eavesway twice. Once with Celebrity, once with P&O just prior to the falling out. Both times were problematic for varying reasons, trying to persuade passengers to agree to a different pick up point (weeks before sailing date when overnight hotel bookings had been made), breakdowns, being decanted into different minibuses, coffee and tea being promised but not available once on board, same with WiFi. The P&O transfer was just prior to Eavesway being dumped (declining to renew contract) and was harangued both ways by the driver telling us to book direct with Eavesway next time. I could go on but I'm boring myself now.

I came back from a cruise in September 2019 "proper poorly". Six months later when they were listing symptoms of covid I was ticking each one of them off on my fingers. Going by that I had Covid months before most people had even heard of it. Two years later when I had confirmed covid I barely noticed.

The people who confused covid and noro didn't contact the medics on board. Instead they came on here to complain that they contracted noro from seafood served in the mdr, and then came down with covid.

Nothing to do with TA. Nothing to do with how you book. It is part of the offering from P&O. When booking you are asked do you want obc, parking or coach (depending on offers at the time of booking, you may get two out of three). It is not an optional extra. Intercruise is "preferred partner" of P&O, as such those using Intercruise get preferential treatment.

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.

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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