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Oh I didn’t know that, those benches would have been excellent for the garden

We were on one of the last cruises on Oriana (or it might have been Oceana. ) and I kept saying when we walked around the deck I wish they would sell the lovely wooden benches off that had the life belts in . They had the name of the ship on the front.

What do they have instead then? You have to eat somewhere

Silly question but some people must be managing to book otherwise it wouldn’t be booked up so how are they managing I wonder?

Do you have to wait until you board to book the 710 Club as on Iona we never managed to get a slot at all the whole 2 weeks.

Is anyone else finding their booking for entertainment is open 15 days before the cruise but when you try and click into some of the choices it just keeps going round and round and never goes into it. I have however managed to book for 4 evenings but the other 2 showing it won’t go into.

Since I posted the question we have been on Iona and yes you can book for both formal nights. We went to the first one but cancelled the second and just went to the MDR.

I just looked up the Loyalty Tiers and it’s still saying Welcome Reception for Caribbean on the P & O links I went into

On our next cruise we will finally be Caribbean but we have a boarding time of 4 o’clock. It says on their literature that boarding times take into account your loyalty status. Our boarding passes say Caribbean but also says 4 o’clock. Do we go earlier and say we have priority boarding or will we have to wait? We won’t even make it to our first loyalty welcome onboard lunch. Editing to say it still says on loyalty page that Caribbean get priority boarding.

I’ve never found the MDRs a limited menu for breakfast. You can mix and match any of the items on the list plus can also ask for an omelette which I notice isn’t listed.

We have always used Parking4cruises if we haven’t got free parking with the cruise. Have used them for about 10 years now without a problem, found them originally by all the many recommendations online.

I was just going to say the same. We have been on a wait list with P & O before and always managed to get on. That was before Covid though

I think it was suggested on the site that cannot be named when it was being referred to as the creaking ship. Hopefully it was another of those many untrue rumours and won’t be going.

Perhaps the rumours about Ventura being the next to go by have some truth in them then. I hope not we are booked on her next summer.

This is a question for anyone in the UK , when you put your phone numbers in ( home and mobile) I have only just noticed, after 3 medallion cruises lol, that it says +1. It then says to put your country code in but it won’t let me put +44

There was an LGBTQ meet-up on Iona every day on our last cruise I noticed from reading the Horizon . We were walking past the meet up a few times and there always seemed to be lots in there. I am not sure if one of the passengers has to arrange , ask at reception when you board. The bigger the ship the more attending obviously. Although I do think that gay people especially couples do tend to cruise a lot possibly because there never seems to be any prejudice on cruises. I’m not gay but have met loads of lovely gay couples.

It doesn’t always come up on the day they say. Try the next day a few times. Some could also pop up anytime before the cruise. if not book it all or any missing days as soon as you get onboard. We did even before we ate 🤣

They were all good but possibly we preferred the two smaller ones. I do think people’s opinions differ as to when they went and how many other tables their waiter is serving at the same time. So it can differ greatly in the same dining room from one day to the next. Even from the same table from one day to the next.

That’s your booking reference, the OP was referring to their account number which is in fact your P & O Loyalty number. Ours is on our booking confirmation under the info about the cruise as below:- on the same lines on the opposite side of the page is the pricing info. Title / Last Name: First / Middle Name: Age at Sailing: My Account Number: If you haven’t got your P & O booking confirmation and only your confirmation from your TA you need to ask your TA for it. If the account number isn’t on your booking confirmation then query with your TA or P&O if you booked direct, but as suggested it might be you haven’t yet qualified for the Peninsular Club as haven’t yet sailed for 15 days. You have to have actually sailed and not just booked to qualify, but certainly query it.

I don’t think you can but I would also be interested if someone does know the answer to this as we have loads to use on the next cruise and also never eat in speciality restaurants or use spa. We do not really want to do any excursions but might have to

We have had our OBC added for Arcadia in December a few weeks ago. Previously for Princess we had the OBC added a long time in advance, last year we had one added a year before the cruise, so this is new to us.

Just sent off for my OBC and had an email back saying you can’t apply before 3 months of sailing. Well we have never had that before and have had OBC added up to a year in advance. Reading on other social media it seems to be hit and miss, sone people have had the same email others have just got it applied months in advance and many have reapplied straight away and then had it added. It seems to be whoever actioned your email as to whether you get it or not. Very strange What are others experiences

I think the bigger the ship the more likely to have queues, like the OP we have only ever had a queue for Britannia so also expecting ones for Arvia

yes pulse were playing

On Ventura in November they had sailaways still. No Union Flags etc but modern songs and the entertainment crew dancing and the entertainment manager going round the top decks asking if anyone’s birthdays, anniversaries etc