paul1924

Well they cancelled my 22 day repositiong cruise to dubai this Oct. so we are now doing two weeks in the Caribbean but have also booked on Oceana for the repositioning cruise next October.another 22 day one. suez is something ive always wanted to do so second time lucky hopefully. thank you Amber fot all the help sorting things out

five years ago and now back on her deluxe balcony only a couple of months to go

always booked holidays be they a cruise or beach holiday on the premise of see it like it book it knowin full well prices can rise and fall. never go searching in the weeks after and then moaning if the price drops. I got the holiday I wanted at the price I was prepared to pay. that's it.

We had one of the balconys right at the rear overlooking the stern. We had B169 The benefit of those are the size of the balcony its twice the size and because of the wasy the decks are you have half the balcony ( the half nearest your door) covered by the deck above then the rest is open ,two sun loungers and still room to put a couple of towels down and lie down getting the sun. yes they are that large hope that helps

Dont like the idea of the wristband/ watch idea. If we go on an all inclusive we pick one where everyone is inclusive so no need for a band, cruise card no problem at all also cruise cards just the same as your door key in a hotel

No problem leaving the auto tips on . we did so with our last cruise April /May on Arcadia, and our Steward, both waiters and the wine waiter got some extra. but there again we had been looked after by four really good friendly guys who even though they were obviously rushed off their feet still found the time to us. what we did find out talking to them was the amount of jobs other than just the restaurant the waiters do and as for the Cabin stewards its 20 cabins in the morning then other jobs then late afternoon and evening its back to the 20 cabins. so nope we do not begrudge payi

There was no scanning done on Arcadia when we left on April 27th

You must have been unlucky, we have returned from the same cruise, our cabin was spotless it was a balcony one overlooking the wake at the stern, a great job done by our cabin steward. we dined in the MDR on a table of eight had two wonderful guys looking after us Edaward and Andrino also a good wine waiter all attentive and had time to talk to us. Even got the wife different vegatables on more than one occasion. And on the last formal night got the wife a different meal as there was nothing she liked on The menu. yes there was the smell that emminated from the extractor on the starb

Dan it was a few years back, sorry, if we saved the paperwork will send you details . Only help i can give is have a good read of what each of the excursions state they include and pick the one you think is best suited to what you wish to see and do, have a great cruise and enjoy Rome we did and want to go back for a weekend and see more on our own

they do one that includes entry to St Peters and the Sistine chapel you enter via the museum and actually pass most of the queues then you go through the chapel and onto then into the Basilica itself. we did that the first time then next cruise did a walking tour which included the Colosseum and the forum we were then left some time to do our own thing and went and looked at a couple of the other site the pantheon and the tivili fountain made our way to the pick up point which was in the long street in front of St Peters hope that may of been some slight help

No Thanks, we had one taken on a formal night on our first cruise, and thats it. always say no thanks when leaving the ship. dont need one with a lift belt in the frame. one thing that I definately do not like is when they come on the prowl around the dining rooms you are having a nice conversation over a meal and them you get them asking if you want your photograph taken. Thats a huge No No with me

I would like to know the difference berween being allowed to take a couple of bottles of wine aboard or a bottle of malt, to have in your cabin, in some cases a good wine costs more than the malt. And if having a go at me for stating i take a bottle on board thank you , i knock up a fair spend by using the bars on board and also a fair selection from the wine list

We have done Four previous and this will be our fith, we have found the food reasonable for the cost we pay and found even the plated meals acceptable, never gone hungry. Some of the comments remind me of our first cruisevon Aurora, the wife had gone ashore and i was sitting reading a book when I overheard an old gent sitting close by complaining to one of the officers about the declining stadards, he was most put out that his cabin steward no longer cleaned his shoes or shined his brass biuttons on his blazers " not like the old days" was one of his comments.i couldnt help laughing.

So you now have to pay to watch a show on board, oh great, looks like an evening for me in Andersons or the crows nest,

We have always taken a couple of bottles on board for our use in our cabin,one so i can have a dink on my balcony reading a book whilst her ladyship has a soak in the tub before dressing for dinner. This does not stop me buying from the bars during the day or having a couple at night in one of the many bars. Its one of the reasons we sailmwith P & O. I once found an aged whisky in a shop in Barcelona purchased in order to take home and was complmented by security on a good purchase when boarding after a day in town. I cannot see a problem with people bringing the odd bottle on board, just

We went on Adonia a couple of years ago and booked a partially obstructed balocony all that it meant was at one end the superstructure was slighty angled but was only minor. Having seen some pictures of partially obstructed outside cabins. No thank you a view of the side of a lifeboat is not appealing

We only went on her once and that was two years ago wish we had been on her before and would love to see her back just a nice size,you meet someone and get to meet them again not like on the likes of Azura, Adonia to me was like a lovely country hotel at sea. think P and O made a bad choice sending her to the states but i suppose thats the way of the world with most cruise line bigger is beautiful, sorry its not

Just the thought of trying to get on and off at any port with that many is going to be a nightmare,so no thanks for me no matter what the company thats one size i will steer well clear of, its more than the size of a small villages population

Just received the latest flyer from Bolsover saying goodbye to Adonia. Well thats put the kybosh on next years plans, went on her last year for the first time and loved her and was looking forward to many more,dont fancy Britannia .have been on Azura but thought that she was too large, so may have to start looking at Fred

Further to my last we stayed there in November had booked their ultimate cruise package, on arrival found they had upgraded us to their best suit. Staff were great and the transfers went smoothly.

Just back from 17 days on little Adonia, was amazed at how many people did not know anything about her and some of the complaints they were making. Here we go, they did not read about her in any brochure to realise that the buffet (conservatory) was not open on every night only on theme meal nights. We're complaining there was no proper cinema. We're complaining there was no casino, complaining that the entertainment was limited to either the Curzon Lounge and the Crows nest, sorry folks I had done my research and knew those facts and had a great time. Age range was from late twenties upwards

The 4Tunes were just on Adonia did two separate days and were absolutely fantastic in fact they were they best of all the entertainment on the whole trip, pure West End magic

This will be my 4th cruise and all have been with P and O so I'm now getting 5% discount on spends, I have a BA exec credit card with Amex that gets me a good avoids return on spend other than that nothing

Holidays holidays and more holidays, my last vehicle which most called the poor mans 4X4 lasted me 13 yrs .