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Great collection of photos Lenda.

Our cabin was deck 11 picture 1. In November 2023 and January 2024 we were on deck 14 aft balcony picture 2 and 3.

+1 @FromSea2ShiningSea

P&O main base is Southampton England. They also sail from Valetta Malta and Tenerife and in the winter also from Barbados. Prices are reasonable, Gratuities included in cruise price and none added to drinks or speciality restaurants. Early or late saver prices are cheapest. Select fares you can choose your cabin number and often get other benefits like OBC. The 2 oldest ships Aurora and Arcadia are Adults only and sail longer cruises. The other ships do 3,4,5,7,10,12 and 14 nights cruises. Graham.

Sending you my best wishes Jane. Graham xx

Happy birthday Kathy @Norseh2o

Good afternoon. It is 52°F and cloudy here. I'm late today as I had a hospital appointment for foot pain. 3 good days and quote. I hope everyone is safe and well. This is the other video of our water taxi ride in Rotterdam. You can see the Hotel New York and our ship P&O Iona. VID_20240403_114033.mp4

Nice photos Sandi.

Sandi @StLouisCruisers. Wishing you and your dear twin sister a wonderful birthday.

Thank you Dani. The sunbeds in front of the conservatory suites are actually on the promenade deck for anyone to use. I'm always happy to help you and pleased it is helping your friend too. Graham.

This gives you an idea of the wrap around deck 8 promenade deck Dani. You walk around the 1000 metre long promenade and you can look into the balconies.

Dani @dani negreanu. I'm home now and checked. Conservatory suites are only deck 8 and 9. The photo shows the lack of privacy on deck 8 promenade conservatory suites. If your friend wants to book Speciality restaurants on line they are available to book 14/15 nights pre-cruise with your preferred dining time. The best speciality restaurant is Epicurean at £30pp for a big 3 course choice.Booking direct you get a 20% discount off this. Our loyalty discount gets us an extra 8.5% discount. Sindhu Asian restaurant has a £10pp supplement. In Sindhu food is individually priced and the supplement is deducted off the total price with an additional 20% taken off when paying the bill. There are no gratuities required anywhere on P&O but I tip £5 every night in the speciality restaurant and give our cabin steward something as well. Graham.

You are very welcome Dani. There are few perks for these cabins which are just like a large balcony cabin with an enclosed conservatory sitting area then the balcony.

The Mini suites are called Conservatory suites and most are on deck 8 and 9. They are overpriced and the promenade deck is deck 8 which goes all of the way around the ship and people can look into your cabin while walking past.

Thank you @aussielozzie18. We have been to those ports many times before and we enjoyed being lazy on the ship.

Before my heart attack I would be in the gym every day when cruising. 8°C and partly sunny here.

Dover is the main Ferry port to Europe and the traffic can be miles long and why we won't sail from Dover.

Thank you. There are lots of hotels in and around Southampton you can book direct which we do every time we cruise from Southampton. Google Southampton hotels. We often stay at Premier inn West Quay Harbour parade which is next to a big shopping centre and 5-10 minutes taxi to any of the cruise terminals. Our next cruise we are booked in Leonardo Grand Harbour hotel. We sailed out of Miami end of January 2023 on Oasis of the seas staying 2 nights pre-cruise and 2 nights Post- cruise at a hotel on South Beach Miami. Icon looks awesome so I hope you have an amazing cruise. There have been numerous train strikes in the last year in England so I would be apprehensive of using the train especially from London. Regards Graham.

Thank you.

Thank you Sue. Sunderland.

Thank you for your nice words Terri. I hope you are feeling better. Pauline and Sarah are well thanks. Sending you my best wishes always. Graham.

You should be able to book with an online agent for P&O in the US although Royal Caribbean ship facilities are in a different league. On our recent cruise I spoke to Spanish and German passengers. We have sailed on every P&O ship and would give you helpful information if you decided to book. National Express special offers are online and for peace of mind you would be best to pre-book. In 2007 we got a National Express coach from Heathrow airport to Dover when we sailed on NCL Gems maiden voyage. I only post on the Daily on HAL and have not sailed on HAL and i joined when I got a mailshot of Rotterdam and wanted more information. The majority of the Daily posters I would love to meet and the reason I still post here. 30 of our 67 cruises have been from Southampton and if only HAL sailed from Southampton we would sail with them without any doubt. The few new HAL itineraries from Dover were twice the price of P&O balcony cabins and my wife Pauline likes P&O. On Royal we have been Diamond plus for 10 years but now I mainly post on Dani Negreanus daily thread. On P&O I mainly post on their daily. Even though we are Elite on Princess I rarely go on their forum.

We sailed on MSC Virtuoso in April 2023. I status matched our Princess Elite loyalty for their top Diamond status which got us a free speciality meal,10% discount and late cabin check out on disarmbarkation day. Our Diamond+ loyalty would only afford us Gold second highest status on MSC. We had an aft balcony but heard their Yacht club is special.

Thank you Jane. I'm saddened to hear your dizziness and feeling unwell episode. I hope it doesn't happen again but definitely tell your cardiologist.

The food at lunchtime was nice in the free restaurants and I'm sure it would be on a night time but we prefer the better experience in the speciality restaurants for Dinner. I booked and paid extra for Dinner every night in speciality restaurants like we do on Royal but the price was significantly less than what we pay on Royal Caribbean.