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Has anyone found any marmalade in the buffet?  We keep looking but never see it.

One problem with using Hull is the main road into the town and docks.  Our son lives  near there and it is obvious when a large ferry has docked as the roads are a nightmare.  There would have to be major road building to make it viable.

A few years ago we paid a deposit for a pando cruise.  A little later I was asked to go on a drug trial, during which I could not get any travel insurance.  We had to cancel and lost the deposit.  At no time were we asked to pay for the whole cruise.  The news story doesn't make sense in our experience.

We enjoyed the show on Aurora last year.  Unfortunately the young  narrator obviously had no idea who it was about or what she was reading out.

We did the P and O trip to Pisa/Florence in a van with three other wheelchairs.  We all got out in Pisa, looked around, had loo break then all got back in and drove to Florence.  By the time we got there and went through the same rigmarole, including a long walk into the centre and a bite  to eat, we had about 2 and a half hours there before we had to retrace our steps back to the van. We found this to be very expensive for very little reward.  However the tour guides were very nice.  Luckily we had been to Florence some years before.

Are you talking about the accessible tours where you stay in your wheelchair the whole time, or tours accessible enough for someone who can climb the steps into the bus and stow their wheelchair?

Keeping receipts to check doesn't always work.  We weren't offered receipts on Ventura as the serving staff had Pads.

8 hours ago, wowzz said:

Which, iirc, is charged for.

The art classes themselves are free.  If you know they are likely to be on, you can take your own stuff.  Otherwise you buy paper and a small box of watercolours.

We have just been charged an extra £4.07 since leaving Ventura. After questioning this we were told exactly the same ' a turn around error'.  This is the second time this has happened.

If  there are 6 sea days they put on an art class. 

Yes Silversurf1, we did get on the accessible Golden Circle and Belfast/Titanic trips.  Both enjoyable.

2 hours ago, silkworms said:

We are on Arcadia shortly to Iceland, any excursions from P and O you can recommend that you undertook Happy Traveller?

Everyone we talked to who did the Golden Circle like us, really enjoyed it.  Mind you the weather was good.

We really enjoyed this cruise.  It was nice to bump into Silversurf albeit briefly. The weather was unexpectedly good and the sea was like a mill pond, bearing in mind we travelled over the North Sea, North Atlantic and the Irish Sea. Iceland is quite remarkable and the Faroes unexpectedly beautiful.  The only downside about the ship for us was the incessant loud background music everywhere.  There was no escape to read, have a quiet drink or chat apart from our balcony when the sun was out. Despite that,  a great holiday.

We sail on Sunday.  Really looking forward to it.  If anyone sees me tootling around on my little blue scooter, give me a wave.

Thank you.  We have not eaten there before.

How small are the 'small' plates on the menu?  Starter size?

II know what you mean. I use a small scooter and have 'grounded '  at the top of the ship's ramp as it is too short and steep. They had to push me over the top on to the main gangplank down to the dock. I think this was on Britannia.  It hasn't happened before or since on other ships.

Oh I see.  I agree with your second point.

I always stay in my wheelchair in the MDR.   Why was it uncomfortable?

Most of the tours booked on the N916 to Iceland Roll Call seem to be leaviin9.00 or 10.00am. The tour operators always know when the ship docks,

Not long to go now!

We used it on Aurora last June. It's a big help.   There were a couple of other ships tendering at the same time.

We were in Olden last year and the little train was waiting as we got off.   The guy asked us if we wanted to get on it but when I pointed at my scooter he said don't worry we have a ramp.  Regardless we declined and just went for a walk.

We enjoyed Neil Turnbull's humour on our last trip on Aurora. Some captains make talking to their passengers sound like a chore, but he didn't.

Hi.  I used Disability@carnavalukgroup.com.  Always got a reply.

I have emailed the disability team on a few occasions and always got a reply within two days.