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Thank you for your recent e-mail to Simon Palethorpe, President at Carnival UK. Mr Palethorpe has read your comments and asked our team to respond to you. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in responding. 

I do appreciate the concerns you have raised regarding ballroom dancing on board. This query has been raised with our Entertainment Team and I can confirm ballroom dancing will be available for guests during their cruise holiday. 

I am sorry for any concern caused and I do hope the above information provides some reassurance to you. 

Kind Regards 

Emily Cole 
Guest Support Representative 
Office of Simon Palethorpe, President, Carnival UK and Cunard 
Office of Paul Ludlow, President, P&O Cruises 

🙂 great news today

Any ballroom dancing allowed yet?

As nice as the Cyrstal room is I can't see it would be worth opening it if there were no dancing, it was never busy when dancing was allowed-especially if folk knew I was on the floor! P&O say all venues will be open. Won't be nice for the band playing to empty seats.

Dance lessons are on, but no social dancing. Rather silly. Fingers crossed they change the rules soon.

On Britannia October, is/will ballroom dancing carrying on? Were it not for ballroom dancing I would not go cruising so might cancel if no dancing along with not being allowed off in ports. Have paid in full so a big lump on money, though it would have all cleared up by now. Son just flown to Carribean daughter just returned from France with no fuss

Hi all, just wondered if anyone recently off Aurora and could tell me about the availability of ballroom dancing? Is it scheduled every night? In Carmens I believe. Is it possible to miss it depending on which sitting at dinner?

I have just spoken to P&O about this and they don't know 😕 all they could tell me was on sea days, there are dance classes,on all their ships. Find it strange that if dance instructor aboard, there isn't a schedule dance or two perhaps there is,hopefully.

No need to mention Britannia or Cunard thanks, been on them and all good. Just fancy a change.

Thank you

Terrier John, I think you have hit the nail on the head.

I booked a standard balcony with no mention of grade. I paid the price for an obstructed view.

Their web site could do with an unobstructed view. Not too dissimilar to a footwear web site selling shoes without telling you what size shoe you will recieve.

20 hours ago, happy v said:

From your description of the booking process it would seem the obstructed balconies have sol out, or are very close to.

Therefore you are being offered a balcony for the same price.

Slightly wrong sir, I booked a balcony and ended up with an obstructed view balcony.

Needless to say I have filed a complaint but I'm not standing on one leg waiting to hear 🙂

I do know. I booked a saver fare and had that choice. See post number 1 😕

Suits me because the it appears the default dining is last sitting, (all my past savers have been later sittings)which suits me because I only go cruising for the dancing. Have already said, if I had a choice of cabins I wouldn't know which to choose, apart from unobstructed 🙂

So, I don't really want to know how it works,it would be wasted on me and I don't like talking on the telephone. Thank you for sharing your knowledge though x

I disagree the English Lady, saver fares are not for a grade, they are for those who are not bothered which cabin or dining option to have. Picking a saver fare you still need to chose between inside, window or balcony.

Update, I rang P&O and I'm booked in an obstructed view balcony, I will put up and shut but not too happy given that I selected standard balcony. They offered an upgrade for more money, I declined.

Here endth the story

Mmmm perhaps my fault for not making it clear.  Thank you Squish the Whale for being almost right, and the rest of you for being interested.

I booked a saver because I'm not bothered which cabin I get. I am bothered about the type.

The choice was Inside, Balcony or Suite.

I chose Balcony. Within Balcony there is further choice of Single,Standard,Superior Deluxe or Fully Obstructed.

I chose Standard, but somehow I paid the price of the Fully Obstructed, which is cheaper. I did not error in my choice, the error was the pricing on their website. In fact I checked it twice, I even selected the Obstructed cabin and the system would not proceed and said I had to phone them. I came out of the system, went back in and started again thinking I have messed it up. 

My confirmation clearly says "Balcony" with NO mention of Obstructed but I have paid the cheaper price. So, happy days?

I will not ring them because that would give them the opportunity to request more money even if it was their mistake. I have had an obstructed cabin before but for the Fjords would prefer to see them without standing on the wardrobe  :-)

Either way I will be a big boy and take it on the chin, I'm not losing out whatever happens, apart from possibly falling off the wardrobe.

I'm not drawing it to their attention if it favours me hehe

Are they obliged to honour the sale if they have dropped a clanger?  Contract of sale and all that stuff

Thank you for your reply.  I have booked a saver ticket so won't know the cabin number. I wouldn't know which to choose if I had a choice so the select ticket would be wasted on me.

My question just concerns the obstructed view, should it say on the confirmation if it is obstructed or not?

Thank you

My booking confirmation alongside Grade, shows     Balcony/your cabin can be allocated anytime up to departure blah blah blah....

If it was obstructed view, would it clearly state this above?

I may have messed my online booking up. I did not want obstructed but I appear to have paid the price for obstructed yet according to my confirmation it just says Balcony.

I don't want to contact them for fear of them saying oh dear we haven't charged you enough.

Thank you

Yes thanks for confirmation.

Just found dance floor sizes on P&O website and it's got to be a joke.

Britannia 4 x 7 

Oceana 50 sq m what? Almost twice as big as Britannia?

Oriana, Harlequins 109 yet the Pacific lounge is 172

Bizarrely Arcadia has 136m up in the crows nest

I can't believe it, figure lies or statistics?

Aurora , I didn't know that, is it dedicated or like Oceana in the bottom of the atrium with everyone walking through? I'm looking into this now...thank you

Thanks all, I wonder why P&O don't mention it anymore? Perhaps going out of favour..

Britannia and Oriana only ships that have a worthwhile dance floor

Anyone know if the Crystal room still exists? Can't find mention of it on P&O website, wonder if it's been converted to something else.

If still there,is there still ballroom dancing?

Thank you

On 11/5/2018 at 10:03 PM, P-L-B said:

Yes, Dancing on Aurora is usually in Carmens where we hope to be next month.

So is there ballroom dancing every night on Aurora? Is it taken seriously or is it like Oceana where it's tolerated rather than an occasion? I do wish P&O would be more specific in their information rather than merely listing the size of the floors which doesn't really inform. One ship has a huge floor in the crows nest but never has dancers on it,just a piano. We're it not for the dancing I would not cruise. 

All reverted now,and done. Like going to lidl's went in for flour and eggs came out with multi station bird feeder. Wanted to book Britannia, ended up with Oriana 🙂

Thank you very much for your replies. Didn't know you could dance on Aurora, the info on P&O's website is a tad vague, unless it's me just reading it wrong. Thanks again really appreciate it. Have been on Oriana before but was sure the dancing finished very early. Looking forward to it now.

Almost 2 years on, I too read somewhere the dance floor is reduced in size for disco dancers. Please can someone confirm ballroom still reigns for most of the evening? Will probably be on late sitting and would hate it if the dancing has finished,when I just want to start . On her 9 Dec

Finger hovering over the buy it now button, and now the saver fares have gone for B902 and many others too. Is this a warped way of the good Lord giveth (obc) and the good Lord taketh away  (select price only) well regrets but not for me, wouldn't know which cabin to choose and prefer late dinning. So, a sad day 😞

Even though it's large you can never see round a corner so there's a natural limit to your field of view??? Like in the mdr your view is obstructed so you can't see the far end so for me little matter if 2000 or 3500 people on board. 

It's all subjective but I didn't like Brodies, too many screens showing football. We are dancers and the only reason we choose Britannia is the Crystal room, it's seldom busy with perhaps an ideal 30 to 50 people. Plenty of space for all with far better atmosphere than Cunard. Wouldn't go on FO again. In fact every time we get off a cruise we vow that will be the last time but already  have an itch for the Carabean but the flight is putting me off,especially the return flying through the night.

We are not 'walkers' but did quite enjoy the necessary walks around the ship,keeps you ship shape!

You could say because there are a lot of people on board you are less likely to keep bumping into those you don't wish to bump into 🙂 ouch

Copy of insurance (of course I'm insured ) inoculation certificate, photocopy of passport (don't ask me why)

Thank you both for the insights, I appreciate it.