nomadgirluk

No error. The crew were very clear to us on this particular cruise and other passengers that if soap was required in the bathroom, we needed to specifically request it. No idea if it was an experiment or the shape of things to come. I personally think bars of soap are very wasteful because we didn’t use ours up during our 2 week cruise, so all of the partially used soaps would have needed to be thrown away. The refillable pump dispensers must surely be more economical.

My point was that NO soap of any description was provided, whether it be liquid or otherwise and we were told that if anyone wanted soap, they had to request it. The pump soap dispensers had been removed. When we got to our cabin we naturally wanted to use the WC, but had to use some of the shower gel to wash our hands. Even if we had brought our own soap with us, we wouldn’t have been able to access it until our luggage arrived. There was shower gel and shampoo in dispensers in the shower cubicle but no hand soap by the sink. Having spoken to other passengers, it appeared that this was the norm.

Just returned from the round Britain cruise. Lots of good and not so good aspects, but the one thing which stood out for us was the fact that hand soap is no longer provided in cabins. We queried this with out cabin steward and were told that soap is now an “on request item” only. When we requested soap, we were provided with a small bar. Rather defeats the object of P & O telling us at every turn to wash our hands!

Thanks for the replies. The reason I ask is that recent videos of Britannia only show small bars of soap in bathrooms. No sign of the pump dispensers. On Azura at Christmas we did have pump soap, shower gel and conditioner but no body lotion.

Am I right in thinking that the White Compamy hand wash has now been removed and replaced with individual bars of soap? I believe the shower cream and shampoo provided remain the same.

We have just been advised that the itinerary in the second week of our Caribbean cruise has changed. Not a huge problem for us, but have also noticed that the excursion we had booked with TUI for Antigua is no longer in our planner, nor is it available to book. I assume it is cancelled, but have received no notification of this. Is anyone able to say how long TUI take to refund the cost of cancelled excursions? Thanks.

We are booked on a Caribbean cruise on Discovery in March, flying to Barbados and calling at various islands, including US Virgin Islands and St Lucia. Information on the Marella website only advises that we need to complete the health questionnaire for Barbados. However, it appears we also need to complete something similar for St Lucia and, from what I can gather, we will need an ESTA for the US Virgin Islands. is anyone able to confirm this, or is the Marella website correct? I don’t want to find out at the last minute that we are missing vital documentation. Many thanks.

Our boarding passes are now showing the upgrade, so all good. As others have said, we had to upload our own photos, together with credit card details. From videos I have seen, it looks like our cruise cards will be waiting for us outside our cabin.

Many thanks.

Hi all i have just checked in for our Azusa cruise on 24 December and it looks like we have been given an upgrade. However, while the itinerary and luggage labels reflect the upgrade, the boarding passes still show the original cabin number. Am I right to assume that the luggage labels show the correct cabin number and that they will automatically be taken to our new cabin number?