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2 hours ago, ccpm said:
I don't see why there would be plenty of other things to do. They may not appeal but at least they have managed to stay employed in a difficult area and be successful for 30 years plus no mean feat.
And there main audience i think you will find out is Old Grannies thinking 'there nice boy's'.
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12 hours ago, davecttr said:
From another forum
Who are Ant and Dec?
Answer, think Morecambe and Wise without any talent
Ouch!
More like Dumb & Dumber without any talent.
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12 hours ago, davecttr said:
From another forum
Who are Ant and Dec?
Answer, think Morecambe and Wise without any talent
Ouch!
More like Dumb & Dumber without any talent.
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If i went on a cruise and found out Ant & Dec was on the same cruise as the 'Entertainment' i wouldn't Fall over board i'd Jump.!
The only person who would be worse than them would be Keith Lemon then i would slit my wrists first.
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19 hours ago, earn said:
Thank you everyone. That’s great info and pretty much what I thought. I remember getting the bus to London as a student and that was bad enough then 😂. We’ll take the car and stop half way overnight. Train is an option but with all the strikes etc, I’m not so sure.
Doing the same myself from Glasgow, the bus would probably sufferable if coach went straight to Southampton then it would be about 7 hours but with all the pick up's it takes way too long.
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4 hours ago, pete14 said:
If that is true, I am surprised they have not been prosecuted for fraud.
They can't be as they state these conditions in there terms and also state it is free.
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1 hour ago, EM35 said:
Generally, the solo meet-ups are not facilitated by any of the crew it is just a location in the Horizon for solos to meet up if they wish.
The two cruises i have been on the first meetings were facilitated by Crew then down to the passengers themselves so much that at one we had about 5 crew members who went through there history of what ships, position and from when to when.
Nearly fell asleep listening to them it was like people applying for a job.
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2 hours ago, david63 said:
But the OBC is built into the price - it is not something that P&O are giving you - it is your money that they make you spend on their ships.
Yes you will receive the full OBC quoted if you do not take any of the offers like Free Parking/Coach. It is actually worded wrong and shouldn't say Free. If you decide to Park elsewhere like many people do you pay for it out your own pocket as with there Free Parking it comes out your OBC either way it''s not Free as they say.
Like the last 2 times i flew to Southampton and receive the full OBC quoted but have booked 2 trips this year and am being charged for Parking from my OBC because after becoming Disabled apart from the long drive is easier for me as with CPC you drive up to terminal, they remove your cases for you take them away, and car is driven to be parked for you.
Yes i could use another cheaper service but for me no lugging suitcases, no transferring to minibuses.
Remember that old saying about 'Swings & Roundabouts'.
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6 minutes ago, Fionboard said:
Solo meetings in one of the bars every day on all ships. No tours!
Thank You for that as someone that has Volunteered with Children/Adults with Disabilities, Autism, Life Limiting Condition before i became Disabled myself 'Inclusion' is a very important subject for me.
Take Care.
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Years ago i travelled on the Azura and the first Solo meeting consisted of inviting everyone on a tour of the ship but though i didn't fancy walking round ship for a hour or so i noticed that the Elderly, Infirm and those with Disabilities were just left to there own devices which is wrong.
Now i know you can't arrange things to suit everyone but being Disabled now myself and will NOT be able to do a walk round the ship even if wanted to i want to know is this what they do on Iona & Britannia.?
If so i'll be known as a 'Trouble Maker' as i will be reminding them that they happily take bookings from Solo Disabled passengers and of the Disability Discrimination Act when all they offer is for the Able Bodied.
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On 3/28/2023 at 11:21 AM, david63 said:
What is this "free" parking?
I thought that the offer for parking/OBC/coach transfer when making a booking was factored into the price!
No the Free Parking cost comes off your OBC, i expect the coach will be the same though never travelled by coach cause for me coming from Scotland then stopping to pick up at other places it takes forever and a day.
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i could write a long list why you should go as a solo passenger but i won't. I've always travelled as a solo passenger (being Happily Divorced)😁 and love it.
This year i have 2 cruises booked and will be my first Holidays since having a Leg Amputated in 2019 and now use a Prosthetic Leg, which makes me not count when it comes to dance partners as FangedRose says.
There is meetings every day for solo passengers to get to know each other and to discuss what there doing that day.
The people you get to meet in my opinion is a big part of your Holiday like my first cruise where i don't think i had laughed so much on a Holiday.
Go For It, you won't regret it, unless the ship sinks then it will be a different story.🤪
Phew Checked the spelling before posting this and noticed i had missed a letter in the 'count', don't need anybody to get me into trouble can do it myself'.😄
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19 hours ago, paulatsea said:
Maybe a stupid question - but does the highest bidder always win ? Or is it a lottery ? Can you increase bids ?
like eBay - keep bidding if you want to win !
If it's rules are like that Omaze we all see raffling houses on TV for Charity it will be pot luck if you win, Omaze check winners online profiles to see if there 'respectable' enough to receive first prize if not the winner doesn't get it.
If P&O started that they would make me sleep in one of the Life Boats and charge me extra for a Lifejacket. 😆
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Yes received email with list of offers for B314 i am booked on but being a solo traveller and also Disabled no use to me.
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11 hours ago, Selbourne said:
I thought they were now called “stitch and bi*ch” 😂Are you trying to say women need to be able to Stitch to Bi*ch now. Didn't know many women that couldn't Stitch in my life time but knew plenty that could ******. 🤕
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On 3/26/2023 at 9:54 AM, goodclicks said:On 3/26/2023 at 9:54 AM, goodclicks said:
I’ve finally booked to return to P&O in May this year, this time as a solo cruiser with a straight female friend. When I saw this objection by a fellow P&O passenger (and a few supporters) about special interest meet-ups I now wonder if I have made a mistake.
You haven't made a mistake booking a P&O Cruise because 1. I went my first cruise and became friends with a Gay Guy and didn't even know he was Gay until he mentioned organising a Gay Meet, and that was in 2012 and 2. I will fraternise (big word for me) with anyone except people that look down there nose at others and the old P&O Forum was full of them so much i was going to cancel because i thought this was the general type of people that Cruised and me being a quite little thing 😇i would have said something. But others on the site talked me into going and i had probably the best holiday ever socialising with and laughing with the kind of people i would not normally socialise with e.g those who think 'there is only one way things should be done 'My Way'.
Anyway it doesn't matter what subject is being discussed on any online site now you will always get people saying things they would never say out loud.
Go and enjoy yourself and like everyone else does if you don't 'click' with someone Gay or Not don't bother being in there company.
I've done it myself and i'm not Gay, i'm not perfect i'm not everybody's 'cup of tea' but nobody should change who they are to suit other's.
It's your life not there's.
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1 hour ago, Bowtoo said:
Hi, just made my first cruise booking and forgot to select the free port parking, do I have to cancel or can I just ring up P and O to get them to change it?
68 days left until I sail
Another bit of useful info P&O don't tell you if you do take free parking you have to book it online or phone yourself.
You don't need a voucher number or anything like that just your booking No.
Enjoy and be prepared to become hooked on cruising like most people do after there first cruise.😄
P.S 68 days to go are you on Britannia B314.?
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With this post going from a simple question to personal opinions to make this post a bit lighter does anyone want to meet up to play Tiddlywinks on B312.? 🥸🥸🥸
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1 hour ago, Camberley said:
Oh always beware in those lifts: never stick a pineapple magnet on the outside of a lift before you get in, I’ve found!
Try a spider magnet probably be more useful. 😁
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32 minutes ago, besberry said:
On the Arvia maiden there was an LGBTQ session every evening. Unhosted. First day 4 of us met up. There were other people there but not sure if they part of the meeting or not. It sort of dwindled on the vine after that, though I did end up with a drinking buddy.
When I was on a P&O cruise a few years back, we were told we couldn't call it a 'Friends of Dorothy' get together as it was considered derogatory. Not that they asked us! Same goes for Battle of the Sexes, I dunno what it's called now, but you get a kicking if you call it by the old name.
It always comes down to the same thing it's peoples personal opinion especially these days when a thing cannot in any way be derogatory someone will make out it is.
Be Proud of what kind of person you are folks no matter what, it's you life live it your way Not the way others want you to.
No doubt some people would not agree with my opinions on subjects but why should i change them to suit them, you are doing yourself a disservice if you change to suit others.
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I came in contact with all kinds of people during my working life from the man in the street to the Business Owner and i always have gone by the simple rule 'Treat others as they Treat You' and it did upset some (which i must admit i enjoyed intentionally annoying them) but you notice that they have no interest in you as a Person but only want to feel 'superior'.
Everybody would get on better if they looked at what kind of Person they were talking to Not there gender, religious beliefs or anything else.
Unless someone is doing you harm what difference should it make to anyone what someone else is like.
Sadly today as you can see in many subjects many people want to be part of a 'flock' that says and thinks the same way as they do and everybody else is wrong, think for yourself Not what the 'flock' wants you to think.
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3 hours ago, zap99 said:
I deserve to have a superyacht in the South if France.
Well could you keep a look out for me in one of the little blow up dingy's you get in seaside shops with P&O Cruises printed in the side for some free advertising they would give me. 🙃
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21 hours ago, Bill Y said:
This comes up from time to time as people wish to be regarded as super elite and then demand more benefits.
Well said one of the most common questions on the old P&O Forum was 'how long does it take you to get your new tier badge' people were so desperate to think they were more 'important' than others.
But a post by a lady who represented a American Company here in the UK blew all that out the water (if you will excuse the Pun), she only had two weeks holiday every year which she liked to go on cruise and relax always getting the highest grade suite available to spoil herself, she made the point that though she probably spent more on that two week cruise than people that didn't work that went on say two or three cruises a year went up a tier when she did not.
Just because someone has spent a lot of nights onboard does not make them any more special than the first time cruiser no matter how much they want to feel.
Just like these people who have met the Captain on a Cruise, many seem to think there 'personal friends' with them now.
Wonder how many people a Captain meets on a single cruise never mind a Year.?
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Arvia Godmother on Ant and Dec Takeaway
in P&O Cruises ( UK )
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Oh dear lot's of people complaining about my post because i don't like them when they do, not used to listening to other peoples opinions only those who have the same as there's.
Luckily for me only met 1 person like this while cruising though many online comments by them.