Happy afloat Posted May 21, 2023 #176 Share Posted May 21, 2023 On 5/19/2023 at 10:46 AM, zap99 said: Did they mention the great bingo ripoff. Apparently 1.6m cruise critic members, but only 27,273 " follow ". About 15,000 a week cruise on P&O. Statistics are wonderous animals. That's what Paul Ludlow says. 99.9% of the time.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted May 21, 2023 #177 Share Posted May 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Happy afloat said: That's what Paul Ludlow says. 99.9% of the time.... My figures are from cc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted May 21, 2023 #178 Share Posted May 21, 2023 If there are not enough buses, should they give priority to those that have paid up front, ie select or in worst case restrict to select. A controversial idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emam Posted May 21, 2023 #179 Share Posted May 21, 2023 To answer the original question. There aren't any planes involved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted May 21, 2023 #180 Share Posted May 21, 2023 1 minute ago, emam said: To answer the original question. There aren't any planes involved. We have taken a few flights recently and have not encountered any abnormal queues. We breezed through twice in the midst of an immigration officials strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emam Posted May 21, 2023 #181 Share Posted May 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, zap99 said: We have taken a few flights recently and have not encountered any abnormal queues. We breezed through twice in the midst of an immigration officials strike. It's not the queues it's the plane I object to. I'm sure that many people on here also use P&O as they sail from England. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike x ftc Posted May 21, 2023 #182 Share Posted May 21, 2023 On 5/16/2023 at 4:38 PM, Yorkypete said: Why is everyone still cruising with P&O? Why indeed?? We've just done our first fly cruise since the pause - it was with Celebrity and to be honest we had forgotten just how good they are, it really put our Christmas cruise on Arcadia into perspective. We have now decided we will never cruise on an older P&O ship again. We were on the Celebrity Millennium and you would think you were on a brand new ship - and she's 5 years older than Arcadia!! Literally everything has been updated - Arcadia is old, tired and dated with many many plumbing issues. We have booked Iona next year to give P&O one last try. But there is just so much better out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted May 21, 2023 #183 Share Posted May 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Windsurfboy said: If there are not enough buses, should they give priority to those that have paid up front, ie select or in worst case restrict to select. A controversial idea. Controversial indeed, but maybe not a bad idea. They could adopt the same approach as embarkation with early versus on time arrivals. If you are on a Select booking you go in one queue. If on a Saver a separate queue. Those in the Saver queue are only allowed on when the Select queue has cleared. Only kidding (I think 🤔) 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisefan2012 Posted May 21, 2023 #184 Share Posted May 21, 2023 I cruise with P&O because they go where I want to visit at a price I`m happy with Granted I havent cruise with P&O since 2015... My last cruise was in 2018 with Princess Got 2x in 2024 (Britannia & Iona) and 1x in 2025 (Aurora) In my personal opinion, my only bug bear is the entertainment, not the headliners theatre company who are always brilliant but the other entertainment in the theatre... Has much improved since 2015?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted May 21, 2023 #185 Share Posted May 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Selbourne said: Controversial indeed, but maybe not a bad idea. They could adopt the same approach as embarkation with early versus on time arrivals. If you are on a Select booking you go in one queue. If on a Saver a separate queue. Those in the Saver queue are only allowed on when the Select queue has cleared. Only kidding (I think 🤔) 😂 The carnival accountants will most likely want to prioritise saver fares as they represent extra revenue 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted May 21, 2023 #186 Share Posted May 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, cruisefan2012 said: I cruise with P&O because they go where I want to visit at a price I`m happy with Granted I havent cruise with P&O since 2015... My last cruise was in 2018 with Princess Got 2x in 2024 (Britannia & Iona) and 1x in 2025 (Aurora) In my personal opinion, my only bug bear is the entertainment, not the headliners theatre company who are always brilliant but the other entertainment in the theatre... Has much improved since 2015?.. We found that the Acts on P&O were the same as Princess. I never go but my wife had seen all of the acts on P&O when we took our Princess cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted May 21, 2023 #187 Share Posted May 21, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, cruisefan2012 said: I cruise with P&O because they go where I want to visit at a price I`m happy with Granted I havent cruise with P&O since 2015... My last cruise was in 2018 with Princess Got 2x in 2024 (Britannia & Iona) and 1x in 2025 (Aurora) In my personal opinion, my only bug bear is the entertainment, not the headliners theatre company who are always brilliant but the other entertainment in the theatre... Has much improved since 2015?.. The entertainment here on Arvia has in my opinion been outstanding. I haven't seen anything even remotely not very good. The main theatre has to date offered excellent music including an international music star and West end musicians, a comedian, a juggler/comedian who dod very well on Britain's Got Talent and one very clever electronic show with the Headliners. I couldn't fault any of that and am looking forward to more of the same in the coming week. I've not heard one bad word about any act who have appeared in any venue which is a far cry from in the past. Edited May 21, 2023 by Megabear2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted May 21, 2023 #188 Share Posted May 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: The entertainment here on Arvia has in my opinion been excellent. I haven't seen anything even remotely not very good. The main theatre has to date offered excellent music including an international music star and West end musicians, a comedian, a juggler/comedian who dod very well on Britain's Got Talent and one very clever electronic show with the Headliners. I couldn't fault any of that and am looking forward to more of the same in the coming week. I've not heard one bad word about any act who have appeared in any venue which is a far cry from in the past. That’s good to hear. Have you been to any of the shows in the Sky Dome? It sounds interesting and different, but several people have reported that the acoustics are poor in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisefan2012 Posted May 21, 2023 #189 Share Posted May 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: The entertainment here on Arvia has in my opinion been excellent. I haven't seen anything even remotely not very good. The main theatre has to date offered excellent music including an international music star and West end musicians, a comedian, a juggler/comedian who dod very well on Britain's Got Talent and one very clever electronic show with the Headliners. I couldn't fault any of that and am looking forward to more of the same in the coming week. I've not heard one bad word about any act who have appeared in any venue which is a far cry from in the past. @Megabear2 A lot has improved then since 2015 on Britannia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS_Dean Posted May 21, 2023 #190 Share Posted May 21, 2023 The acoustics in sky dome are not great... But otherwise entertainment on Arvia has indeed been amazing. Neil Lockwood tonight was outstanding. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted May 21, 2023 #191 Share Posted May 21, 2023 13 minutes ago, DS_Dean said: The acoustics in sky dome are not great... But otherwise entertainment on Arvia has indeed been amazing. Neil Lockwood tonight was outstanding. Are you sure. Think back. There must be something you didn't like. Positive ?. Can't be right. We saw Neil Lockwood on Britannia. Very good....you've got me being positive now.🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy v Posted May 21, 2023 #192 Share Posted May 21, 2023 24 minutes ago, Selbourne said: That’s good to hear. Have you been to any of the shows in the Sky Dome? It sounds interesting and different, but several people have reported that the acoustics are poor in there? I love the acrobats in the Sky Dome. You are so close so know they are only keeping themselves on. I did gasp a couple of times 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS_Dean Posted May 21, 2023 #193 Share Posted May 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, zap99 said: Are you sure. Think back. There must be something you didn't like. Positive ?. Can't be right. We saw Neil Lockwood on Britannia. Very good....you've got me being positive now.🤣 Hehe. Honestly I think all the entertainment has been good. Rock On was a great performance also. There was an act doing Coldplay which was really good. The singer in The Club, Hannah Stearne I think her name was, great also. Zoe (?) in Limelight Club is fantastic. Phil Melbourne was a funny comedian. Entertainment has been first class IMO. Makes up for the shuttle bus disaster somewhat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted May 21, 2023 #194 Share Posted May 21, 2023 1 minute ago, happy v said: I love the acrobats in the Sky Dome. You are so close so know they are only keeping themselves on. I did gasp a couple of times 😂 Sounds good. Will give it a go. Do you need to arrive very early to get a seat? My wife is in a wheelchair, which adds another level of challenge with shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted May 21, 2023 #195 Share Posted May 21, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, DS_Dean said: Hehe. Honestly I think all the entertainment has been good. Rock On was a great performance also. There was an act doing Coldplay which was really good. The singer in The Club, Hannah Stearne I think her name was, great also. Zoe (?) in Limelight Club is fantastic. Phil Melbourne was a funny comedian. Entertainment has been first class IMO. Makes up for the shuttle bus disaster somewhat! We go to all the Headliner shows. sometimes twice. We like the music from pulse and the visiting acts. The comedians less so, but will go and see them if they don't clash with anything else. We have no cruises booked until December, but may be able to fit one in ,perhaps October. Nothing I have seen on here will put me off booking P&O, nothing. There is an RC that interests us. Glad you enjoy the entertainment. I tend to ignore the secondhand criticism. Edited May 21, 2023 by zap99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted May 21, 2023 #196 Share Posted May 21, 2023 I cruise with P&O and Fred because I don't fly these days. Just can't be doing with it. Drive to the port, get on the ship and I'm on holiday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted May 21, 2023 #197 Share Posted May 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, jeanlyon said: I cruise with P&O and Fred because I don't fly these days. Just can't be doing with it. Drive to the port, get on the ship and I'm on holiday. Our holiday starts when we back off the drive.🤣 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare carlanthony24 Posted May 21, 2023 #198 Share Posted May 21, 2023 Just be glad you are not going to Catania right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted May 21, 2023 #199 Share Posted May 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, carlanthony24 said: Just be glad you are not going to Catania right now. We flew over it a couple of weeks ago, but doesn't look good. Poor old Italy at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy v Posted May 21, 2023 #200 Share Posted May 21, 2023 48 minutes ago, Selbourne said: Sounds good. Will give it a go. Do you need to arrive very early to get a seat? My wife is in a wheelchair, which adds another level of challenge with shows! Yes, because the best seats are the upper circle. I don't think you could get the wheelchair to the bench seats. Perhaps some of your party could sit there and you could have a table behind them. I know this isn't very clear. Have a scout around when you are onboard then you will be prepared. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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