Cpt Pugwash

I hope you've started packing what you will need it's only 2 years and 4.5 months to go. Don't want to be running around at last minute so you. 😊

So true but there are so many people that think if the Captain speaks to them they become somehow more Important than the other passengers even though it is all PR, and the Captains must talk to thousands of passengers over the years.

Think P&O have finally lost it when it comes to sending out emails, Booked a Cruise for 2026 the other day and received a email today saying 'The Countdown has Begun only 107 weeks till your Holiday'. Good of them to remind me of that might have forgot. Where can i buy a 2 year Calendar to mark the weeks off. 🤔

I'll be trying the Gym on the Iona on my next trip but won't be water i'll be drinking it will be Cappuccino since i plan to go first thing in the morning to wake me up. As for 'sweating' No Chance those days are long gone more like 'self inflicted pain' as i call it.

Even i'm shocked at that and i'm a occasional smoker but never do it anywhere near where it would affect others.

Zap99 A man after my own heart donating to good causes including those that we have no personal connection to. As i've always said 'life is not all about what's in it for me but about giving a little bit back'.

Personally i would apply for tickets and if i got them give them away as i have seen him many times as worked part time at concerts for many years so the charity benefitted. But if it was Ronan Keating that was on i would go to see him for the laugh as the Ladies seem to throw their Ladylike Manners out the window when he is on. 😂😂😂

Deck 15 cabins may have more noise in them late at night as the Skydome is mid ship on Deck 16 though Deck 14 has nothing apart from cabins above and below it. Cruisemapper is a great site for deck maps going into more details of what is on each deck on many Cruise Ships. Happy Cruising.

Sadly we live in the days where not just Cruising but in life in general people 'say' the right thing but 'do' what suits them best some able bodied and not so. For me personally i'm disabled but will still help others and it it upsets others because it doesn't suit them my answer is tough. There is one saying that has done me good in life and that is 'A Person's Actions Not there Words will tell you everything You Need to know about them'. Happy Cruising Able Bodied or Disabled.

Horizon is closed between 1am and 6am so the only food available 24hrs is room service which is very limited. Another thing i do before visiting any new place is look at Youtube Videos of the places made by visitors as sometimes the Official description can make them sound better that they are. Enjoy.

I know you can book shore excursions before going on a cruise but having a Walking problem i'm leaving it until i'm Onboard and hoping there not all fully booked to find out more detail about them. Could someone tell me does the Excursion Desk open in the evening we leave Southampton or not until the next day.? Thanks

I'm a Solo traveller as well and decided to upgrade in my first cruise to a Balcony but discovered unless you want to get away for some peace and quiet or like reading you actually spend very little time on it. First thing in the Morning and Last thing at Night was really the only time i used it, too much going on around ship and you can always sit out on Deck and watch (Both) sides of the Scenery go by.

Another bit of advice if everyone else in the party can make the walk to the ship tell reception your going to self embark then you can leave earlier, just remember if you decide to do NOT put your cases out the night before. P.S if it's G417 your on i'm on Deck 4 as well and have hired a Mobility Scooter to use onboard so if your wife wants i'll race her sometime. Why Women Live Longer Vid. .mp4

I have discovered that someone else is using the same name as me folks, there posted comments i am not responsible for, only comments with the 'selfie' holding the Norwegian Flag are mine with the photo taken in Flam in 2012, many of you may recognise if you have visited it. 😇 Happy Cruising.

It will easy to recognise me as i have hired a Mobility Scooter to get round ship with it being so big, if you see someone going about 30 MPH pumping there horn, Men, Women & Children diving out the way that will probably be me. 🤠