welcome home dan and luvvin etc

[kaseyoz]

welcome home dan and luvvin, dont expect to see you around unttil much later (getting your head back together:) )

Hope you managed to have a tom of fun, relax and generally enjoy the cruise.

Cant wait to hear about your experiences, so hurry up, get that coffee brewing and type....

[karmac]

Yes, I can't believe they're already back. It went so quick. Imagine how quick it went for them!. Iv'e just checked the cam but again, it's not working.:mad: Welcome back too to Rockie who also came back this morning on the Sky. Can't wait to hear all about your trip guys.

 

Karen

[cruiselover96]

Yes welcome back everyone. Have been on holidays myself so missed wishing you all a safe and FANTASTIC trip.

Look forward to hearing all about your travels.

Kerri

[DanFromSyd]

Hi everyone!!

 

Thanks to everyone for the welcome back!!

 

Im back and feeling ok... although I have decided that cruising is a drug.. It gives you a feeling of elation and hapiness and when you hit the dock in Sydney and they tell you to get off you feel the downside. So I'm "coming down" today. there is so much to tell but I want to write a full on review so it may take a day or so.

 

But in short, it was fantastic, eveything we wanted and more... and only a couple of very minor complaints (which I refuse to dwell on and really only made a slight difference to an otherwise fantastic holiday).

[Kazza1]

Welcome back Dan

Glad you, your brother and nephew had a awsome cruise (but then again, who wouldnt :-)

 

Speak soon

Kazza

[Whoey]

welcome back !!! very eager to read your review....

 

especially any info you can highlight on the alcohol on board new rules...

 

:)

[strawberrypatch11]

So you really can't bring on alcohol onto the ship? In the current brochure and on the website it says you can bring on one bottle of wine or champaigne. P&O should update the website!! :p

 

I would like to sneak on alcohol. Too afraid to get caught!!!

[smurfette]

We got our cruise tickets yesteray and thee is a little flyer in there about NOT taking alcohol on board with you and it will be confiscated and all bags are being thoroughly searched and xrayed.

[girl05]

Welcome back Dan and luuvin!

 

Dan-Thats good that you had a fantastic time:)

[luvvin_u_2]

hey all! had an excellent time! didnt party as much as expected cos of security kicking me out of oz.. bf was caught gettin me a grog a few times got his card cancelled:(

 

over all met great people.. prob do a review later.. think i kno who dan is but thought i'll look like a loser if i go introduce myself hehe..

(dan, are you n ur bro solid guys that look very similar?)

[strawberrypatch11]

We got our cruise tickets yesteray and thee is a little flyer in there about NOT taking alcohol on board with you and it will be confiscated and all bags are being thoroughly searched and xrayed.

 

 

It's a little disappointing about the alcohol, not that it cuts the cost down much of drinks. :( Just lovely to think of having a nice glass of wine in your room.. Are they that strict that it would be impossible to sneak alcohol on? Even if it was disguised in water bottles etc? Just curious. Not sure if I would though. Not worth the hassle of getting caught.:eek:

[cruiselover96]

hey all! had an excellent time! didnt party as much as expected cos of security kicking me out of oz.. bf was caught gettin me a grog a few times got his card cancelled:(

 

over all met great people.. prob do a review later.. think i kno who dan is but thought i'll look like a loser if i go introduce myself hehe..

(dan, are you n ur bro solid guys that look very similar?)

 

"kicked out of oz":( - please explain:p Sounds like you had a little too much fun.:D :D

[Skyrules]

"kicked out of oz":( - please explain:p Sounds like you had a little too much fun.:D :D

 

If I recall correctly luvvin_u_2 is actually underage, but her boyfriend isn't.

[kaseyoz]

I think she was also referring to "OZ" the night club on the Sun and not "oz" the country, although maybe I am wrong!!!:D :D

[luvvin_u_2]

lol yep im underage.. an yep oz the night club.. in the end it was just a game 2 sh*t the security guards.. 10 nights is way too short! next time it will be a 14 night cruise (prob 2, 7 night cruises) or i'll just have to see the regal princess's itinerary..

[Kazza1]

Hi Dan

Just wondering what sort of transport your brother used to get to the ship from Newcastle?

Im looking into some now.

 

Thanks Dan

 

Kazza

[rockie]

lol yep im underage.. an yep oz the night club.. in the end it was just a game 2 sh*t the security guards.. 10 nights is way too short! next time it will be a 14 night cruise (prob 2, 7 night cruises) or i'll just have to see the regal princess's itinerary..

 

I do find this attitude immature and that's what happened on our trip with some of the passengers, but then they got put off at Port Vila so our corridor was very quiet after that. And, it wasn't me who complained, it was a heap of other people. Think of other passengers, please. Why would you want to s*** off the security people anyway? Okay, now I wait to be flamed.:eek:

[DanFromSyd]

hey all! had an excellent time! didnt party as much as expected cos of security kicking me out of oz.. bf was caught gettin me a grog a few times got his card cancelled:(

 

over all met great people.. prob do a review later.. think i kno who dan is but thought i'll look like a loser if i go introduce myself hehe..

(dan, are you n ur bro solid guys that look very similar?)

 

Hi Luvvin,

 

Maybe, maybe not.

 

I guess now you'll never know!!

 

 

Dan

:-P

[DanFromSyd]

Hi Dan

Just wondering what sort of transport your brother used to get to the ship from Newcastle?

Im looking into some now.

 

Thanks Dan

 

Kazza

Hey Kazza,

 

Brad drove to my place in Sydney and stayed there the night before the cruise and we got a lift to the terminal with our brother-in-law and came home in a cab.

 

I did hear that Parking was available at the novatel for $10 a day.

 

not bad seeing as our cab ride home yesterday was $85.

 

Dan

[maxx]

Welcome back guys. Glad to hear you had fun. Can't wait for my turn.

[karmac]

Dying to hear all about it Dan.

 

Karen

[suey]

Dan please do tell us about your little complaints even though for me the good always far outweighs the bad. Sometimes it is better to be forewarned - like the 'no kids dinner' this still is hard for me to believe even after sitting in a restaurant with some very badly behaved and ill-mannered children for the last ten nights, although they were not all bad and some of the adults are as bad!!:)

[DanFromSyd]

Hey Suey,

Im writing my review at the moment but its getting a bit long i think. I dont know if everyone wanst to hear all the details day by day...

 

So hear is a quick run down.

 

My tiny complaints.....

Dinner. We asked for a table of 8-10. We got a 4. We were seated with a couple the same age as me.

It was fine in the end. By the 2nd night we were having a ball! I wouldnt have changed tables for anything. But we were expecting a big table.

We were also late out every night. We had 8.30 start and didnt get out most nights to 10.15pm even if we co-ordinated the courses we would eat. We skipped the soups most nights.

This made it really hard to get to the shows. at 10.15pm.

 

The show lounge

Apparently it seats 700. But we struggled to get a seat at any of the shows. Either people were double dipping (seeing it twice) or the first sitting passengers were going to the late one instead on the first one.

So be it... We didnt mind.

 

Noumea

We docked their on a Sunday. and everything was closed... This seemed really stupid to me as P&O know this and still schedule the only city port we had on a Sunday..

Oh well life goes on.

 

Tenders!

Umm the only thing I will say is that I now have a system and during any future cruises I do i will do it my way.

 

Thats it.

Nothing really fazed me about any little problem we had. The good things far out numbered the bad and so hear are the good things.

 

THE GOOD THINGS!!

 

Excellent, friendly staff.

One of the Bar staff remembered me from the Skt in 2004 and I thought that was cool. He even remembered what I drank. You gotta love that!

 

All of the staff went out of their way to make sure we had a good time.

 

I loved Trivia, we went to every trivia session and even recruited specialists for certain catergories. By the last day we had more team memebers then we could fit on the lounges, it was a great morning get together on sea days and a great afternoon catchup on everyday.

 

I loved the Gazebo bar.

I have read that smoke is a problem for people hear. But either im used to it (i dont smoke) or its better then it used to be.

This was a great place to sit and read or listen to my Ipod in fact I spent a lot of time hear.

 

I loved Terraces it was great during the day if the Gazebo was full, but the bar wasnt open during the day.

 

The food in the dinning room was awesome. The themed nights were great.

 

Breakfast and lunch in the buffet was fantastic, so much better then the sky.

 

the pools are small, but they have been on every ship I've seen. The waterslide did seem to attract every kid on the ship. But hey it keeps them out of trouble.

 

There were always plenty of chairs available and i didnt notice anyone hogging them.

 

Everytime i wanted to sit up on deck i found a spot. Everytime i wanted to sit indoors i found a spot. If you want to eat at the buffet at peak times you will have to sit with people.. This is life and a great way to meet more people. All of the tables are big tables and seat 6 or 8. so if there are only 2 or 3 people at one ask to join them. No one ever says no. But its nice and polite to ask first.

 

Never once did i feel bored or claustraphobic.

 

The night time parties are great. Island night was great and so were the two formal nights.

 

I think my quick run down is getting a it long.. so ill finish here. If anyone has any specific questions im happy to answer them.

 

Cheers,

 

Dan

[Skyrules]

........Most nights to 10.15pm even if we co-ordinated the courses we would eat. We skipped the soups most nights.

This made it really hard to get to the shows. at 10.15pm.

 

 

Dan, we had exactly the same experience on Pacific Sun, being in the later of the 2nd sittings - most nights found us making a dash from one end of the ship to the other to get to the show lounge in time for the second show. Still I suppose it was a bit of excercise after dinner, and we certainly needed that :)

[Kazza1]

Dan

How did your nephew like cruising? Make lots of friends?

Did he go to the kids dinner sitting? and the kids clubs alot?

 

Kazza:)