Iona Construction ?

[wowzz]

32 minutes ago, Britboys said:

Wesley Dunlop.

I heard he'd got the boot!😀

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2 hours ago, Britboys said:

Yes, I've heard of at least one other very senior staff member who chose not to take a position on Iona. It's quite interesting that (unless I have missed it), they still haven't announced who will be Cruise Director - sorry, Entertainment Manager. 

Must be Gary Barlow then...😱

[Britboys]

1 hour ago, wowzz said:

I heard he'd got the boot!😀

Am I missing something here???

[brian1]

6 hours ago, Britboys said:

Am I missing something here???

Poor old Wesley's getting tyred of those jokes.

[brian1]

7 hours ago, No pager thank you said:

Must be Gary Barlow then...😱

He'll need a good warm up.

[Son of Anarchy]

9 hours ago, Britboys said:

Wesley Dunlop.

Thanks Britboys.  If late November happens, will be the first time we've sailed with him.

[P&O SUE]

Off track slightly (sorry!) I think its strange that Azura gets mentioned quite a lot for being one of the first ships to cruise as she was due a refit last April. She must badly need it now, not a good PR start if people get off complaining she’s “tatty”!

[Dermotsgirl]

I was on Azura last September.

 

It was a lovely cruise, but I thought she really needed that refit that was scheduled for April 

[molecrochip]

Correct re Captain. I believe that Tracey Clegg was due to be Entertainments Manager.

 

Crew are picked on experience and merit from across the fleet. Different parts of the fleet share from a common pool including Princess and Cunard.

 

Britannia is considered to be a very happy family right from the very top down. A number of crew were offered the chance to move across from Britannia to be the inaugural crew on Iona. I understand a lot felt that repeated 7 day cruises up the Fjords were less than inspiring. Also you then loose your Caribbean rotation on Britannia.

[Dermotsgirl]

11 minutes ago, molecrochip said:

Correct re Captain. I believe that Tracey Clegg was due to be Entertainments Manager.

 

 

Is Leon de ste Croix still around? I haven’t seen his name on the schedules for a while.

 

 

[brian1]

27 minutes ago, Dermotsgirl said:

Is Leon de ste Croix still around? I haven’t seen his name on the schedules for a while.

 

 

Such a common name,the phone book must be full of them.

[Son of Anarchy]

8 hours ago, Dermotsgirl said:

Is Leon de ste Croix still around? I haven’t seen his name on the schedules for a while.

 

 

 

Last saw Leon on Oceana in January.  He was still doing his astronomy talks, which I had been to be before and found very interesting.  I was even more pleasantly surprised surprised that he hosted our table at the Peninsula lunch!  Leon gave some quite interesiting insights to the life of a cruise director.

[AndyMichelle]

12 hours ago, Son of Anarchy said:

Thanks Britboys.  If late November happens, will be the first time we've sailed with him.

Wes Dunlop is by far our favourite Captain. 

A really decent guy, professional but funny and very visual. 

Andy 

[Dermotsgirl]

44 minutes ago, Son of Anarchy said:

 

Last saw Leon on Oceana in January.  He was still doing his astronomy talks, which I had been to be before and found very interesting.  I was even more pleasantly surprised surprised that he hosted our table at the Peninsula lunch!  Leon gave some quite interesiting insights to the life of a cruise director.

Oh, good, I’m glad he’s still around. We did 2 legs of the 2017 world cruise on Aurora, and Leon joined us in New Zealand.  He really did seem to make a difference to the entertainment in general  

[molecrochip]

Announcement today expected, but not about restart.

[No pager thank you]

1 minute ago, molecrochip said:

Announcement today expected, but not about restart.

Thank you, I'll keep my eye out for it 😉.

 

I hope that it is about 10 o'clock, just to keep the theme!

[Adawn47]

10 minutes ago, molecrochip said:

Announcement today expected, but not about restart.

More cancellations probably then. Hope it's nothing to do more P&O ships leaving😭

Avril 

[molecrochip]

13 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

More cancellations probably then. Hope it's nothing to do more P&O ships leaving😭

Avril 

Neither. Note the thread this is on. This is good news. It was due to be announced with some restart news but that second element appears to have been postponed for the time being. The Norwegian ship/Spanish quarantine have not helped.

[No pager thank you]

Handover announcement in 16 minutes and counting methinks....

 

Good to have some positive news 👍

[Adawn47]

16 minutes ago, molecrochip said:

Neither. Note the thread this is on. 

Whoops! 😄

Avril 

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**Breaking News**

 

Gala 2 - December 2022

Iona - Autumn

 

Gala 2 - on sale Spring 2021 (note to people in receipt of current FCCs where the right to a cash refund expires 30/11/2020)

 

On official social media pages

 

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That concludes the Tuesday 10am briefing...

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Reaction from the official Facebook crowd is mixed I must say:

 

-- Refunds / disgrace

-- Holiday camp

-- What about this October?

 

"Top Fan" guests didn't get the memo in time 😱

[AnnieC]

My favourite comment so far is some charmless bod who's described those waiting months for refunds as "moaning minnies".😂

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1 minute ago, AnnieC said:

My favourite comment so far is some charmless bod who's described those waiting months for refunds as "moaning minnies".😂

I know...people are awful to one another, really is no need...

 

My favourite comment so far is;

 

"OMG, like a shopping mall on steroids!"🤣