EmilyJay

This is the response I got from Maleth too regarding luggage. The only thing not stated which I did ask was can we bring a cabin case + a backpack/ handbag for under the seat. If anyone knows this I'll be very grateful, usually I only take a backpack however, I have a few books to pack as extras for this flight which I don't want to carry in my bag.

Hi, sailing our first P&O Caribbean cruise soon, we fly into Barbados and aren’t going into the USA. I looked online and saw there is a form to fill out to enter Barbados, is this something I need to do online or is this something P&O sort? Usually I sail out of Florida so this is all new to me. Thanks.

Thank you. We're definitely flying Maleth, but cannot get any other information or seat booking to work. I've sent P&O a message and will try calling. Thanks.

How do you book seats? When I try and log on I just get "The ability for pre purchase flights seats is currently unavailable." Our cruise is in 8 weeks... Have used laptop, phone, tablet and nothing.

We're sailing our first P&O Caribbean cruise and I can't find any flight information on my booking. We sail in 8 weeks time and my planner just says 'Your flight details are not yet available.' I just assumed it would come up as the Maleth Aero as that seems like the flight we'd probably be on. I really just wanted to check out the seat planner, I try to log onto that from the link further down the page but, that just tells me seat booking opens 14 weeks prior. Any help appreciated. Thanks. EDIT; I can see our flight number. But still no way to book seats?

That's crazy! We just priced up a trip with Royal + Celebrity (7nt cruise) with economy BA or Virgin flights, with 1 night pre cruise hotel in Ft Lauderdale and it came up £1k more expensive than 2 weeks with P&O. You got a good deal there!!

We've just switched from Royal Caribbean to P&O. I love Royal, however, the itinerary's for the Caribbean are repetitive once you've sailed with them to the Caribbean a few times and like most cruise lines they've also been cost cutting. Upon pricing winter cruises, P&O came up considerably cheaper with far better itinerary's. Our TA added up the cost of a Royal/ Celebrity Cruise + Hotel + Flights + Gratuities + Transport between MIA airport -> Ft Lauderdale hotel and it was £1k more for a 1 week trip, than the 2 weeks we've got with P&O. It will be an interesting switch for sure. I'm looking forward to seeing the differences between the cruise lines and ofc will miss Royal Caribbean, but I just can't justify their prices at the moment.

@Interestedcruisefan Thank you for all of that information, it has been very helpful! We won't be travelling with children so don't have to worry about eating at times to suit them or anything. Ideally we'd like to fly in the day before, that is the aim. However, with work I just don't think I'll be able to get it off which means we'd be stuck flying the day of. @Megabear2 Thank you for your help too! That's actually very reassuring if we did have to fly the day of.

Ariva.

Hi, I'm looking into sailing P&O for the first time this December to the Caribbean. I've cruised before and have always flown in the day before, however, I see P&O have the option to fly in the day of... Has anyone done this before? Assuming as it's all through P&O if the flight is delayed and the ship leaves they sort you out?? I've also seen the flights from London is with a lesser known airline, therefore I'd probably switch and pay the difference to fly from Birmingham. Would this more likely be with TUI? My last question is, with the saver fare you can't choose your dining time.. What are the dining time options? I'm guessing like most cruise lines it's 5.30/6pm or 8ish? Thanks in advance.

I changed from MTD to Traditional by e-mail- RCLDining@rccl.com It took a couple of days for them to reply, but they sorted this out for us very easily. Or you can wait until you're on board.

We are in the same situation as you on this cruise! We've booked Chilkoot Charters tour and are worried about getting off the ship in time! Seems like we'll hear more information the first week of May when more ships are in port and using the Railway Dock to see what is happening.... Not sure what Royal's protocol would be in terms to letting non-royal based excursions off early as we'd have to be off asap too.

I think @wolfie11 and @Coral your pictures have made up my mind!! It looks amazing.

Thanks for this info! Juneau + Victoria are the places Wi-Fi would be ideal, will happily purchase a drink to just be able to check in at home and to make sure our flight home is all good.

Just WOW! Was this a ship excursion and what type of boat were you on for this excursion?