Pesky Pirate 172 Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 Is anyone else going to log into the naming ceremony on May 16th, well Line of Duty has finished and there isn’t much else scheduled on tv.... 🙂🙂 afcandrew 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sinbad10 757 Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Pesky Pirate said: Is anyone else going to log into the naming ceremony on May 16th, well Line of Duty has finished and there isn’t much else scheduled on tv.... 🙂🙂 not everyone has been given the opportunity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pesky Pirate 172 Posted May 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 An email came through from P and O sending a link to say if you were interested. I thought it was a generic one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Countrygirl 237 Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 I also received the email from P & O. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
2torts 345 Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 We received the email & accepted the invitation. Now we have to wait for a link on Sunday to watch the ceremony. We’ll have a look as it’s the nearest we’ll get to a live launch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sinbad10 757 Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 15 hours ago, Pesky Pirate said: An email came through from P and O sending a link to say if you were interested. I thought it was a generic one. No not everyone has received the e-mail and only a selective few have received the e-mail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afcandrew 369 Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 As ever with P&O Marketing and IT, it is anyone's guess as to the rationale behind who has been sent the email. I got one, which goes to prove there's no monitoring of their social media as I have made it clear that Iona doesn't interest me. I have however accepted the invitation - but did wait until the shut-off date so as to hopefully not deprive anyone who is keen to go on her. I am interested in the naming ceremony but don't expect to ever sail on her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sinbad10 757 Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, afcandrew said: As ever with P&O Marketing and IT, it is anyone's guess as to the rationale behind who has been sent the email. I got one, which goes to prove there's no monitoring of their social media as I have made it clear that Iona doesn't interest me. I have however accepted the invitation - but did wait until the shut-off date so as to hopefully not deprive anyone who is keen to go on her. I am interested in the naming ceremony but don't expect to ever sail on her. We have a cruise booked on Iona and have done well over 30 cruises with P&O but we havent received the e-mail. Obviously P&O dont understand about loyalty or at least expect you be loyal to them but not return it. Edited May 12, 2021 by sinbad10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Kidd II 798 Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 We had an invite and are waiting for the link. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Countrygirl 237 Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 1:20 PM, sinbad10 said: We have a cruise booked on Iona and have done well over 30 cruises with P&O but we havent received the e-mail. Obviously P&O dont understand about loyalty or at least expect you be loyal to them but not return it. As you say you are already booked on Iona so they don’t need to sell to you. Like you we have been cruising with P & O for many years but only on the small or Adult only ships. Therefore they need to sell Iona to us. Maybe that is why we received the invitation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pesky Pirate 172 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Got a further email today, however, it doesn’t state what platform they are using or whether it can be viewed on an iPad. I also wonder how many of us have an Ethernet cable these days. I wonder if it’s worth the hassle.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Countrygirl 237 Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 On 5/10/2021 at 1:27 PM, sinbad10 said: No not everyone has received the e-mail and only a selective few have received the e-mail. Just over 18,000 joined the link, We were surprised at the number who signed in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afcandrew 369 Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 I must say that I was very underwhelmed. Half the ceremony was advertising for their various partnerships. I thought the ship was poorly lit and was very surprised that there weren't any fireworks. On the plus side, the tech worked very well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sinbad10 757 Posted May 21, 2021 Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 On 5/16/2021 at 10:24 PM, afcandrew said: I must say that I was very underwhelmed. Half the ceremony was advertising for their various partnerships. I thought the ship was poorly lit and was very surprised that there weren't any fireworks. On the plus side, the tech worked very well! Apparently the fireworks were cancelled due to the inclement weather. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oldworldtraveller 2225 Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 I personally thought they did a good job bearing in mind there was no live audience to give it atmosphere and the weather was less than kind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afcandrew 369 Posted May 22, 2021 Report Share Posted May 22, 2021 On 5/21/2021 at 11:33 AM, sinbad10 said: Apparently the fireworks were cancelled due to the inclement weather. I can understand that sinbad. Thanks. I do however think they could have had a contingency with some compact pyrotechnics on the quayside to set off at the bottle-smash. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afcandrew 369 Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 I watched a live-stream of Iona's Maiden Cruise departure last night. Again, extremely low key. Just a lone Piper to see her off, no fireworks or streamers. According to some social media posts, nothing much happened on-board either. Apparently there will be more celebration when she moors off the island of Iona but a bit sad to see a ship leave port on her maiden without any sort of ceremony... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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