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Great review it’s made me very hungry though. Thanks

Thanks Selbourne, we very much enjoyed reading your cruise reports and it has made us look forward even more to our first P&O cruise since cvd next month on Arcadia.

Welcome home

Firstly good wishes to all, I have not posted for a while but I have been lurking regularly.

We are soon going on our first post c…… cruise in October ( Queen Victoria but don’t worry  we are doing Arcadia in Dec )and I thought I would share some news of great service from the Passport office.

We decided the the amount of leeway on our expiry dates was a bit tight so we ought to get them renewed . Last Tuesday 22nd we went for our photos and before he printed the the photographer emailed the passport office and got them accepted with a code for us to use on line. This made the application much easier as we knew we would have no problem with the photos. We were going to use the post office to do the checks but this saved us a lot of money. We were sent regular emails to keep us informed of progress and amazingly we returned from shopping this morning to find new passports on the door mat. Eight days including a bank holiday cannot be bad.

Have a good day everyone   Viv

Great photo Andy, hope you are both well

Very enjoyable cruise diary Sarah. Have a safe journey home. Can you confirm whether the buffet is back to self service or not? Thanks Viv

Glad you and Michelle had a good time

Well done Sharon you have made our day. 
viv

Can I order two packs Andy? It will sort out Christmas nicely !!

21 minutes ago, AndyMichelle said:

Prior Covid, I was often accused on here of being a P&O 'mole'... 

We are a very laid back, positive couple who tend to make the most of what is around us, so genuinely never had a fully bad experience, despite having to move cabins, noisy neighbours, the odd bad meal etc. 

We found the P&O offering good for us, but by no means perfect. Unfortunately you sometimes get shot down for saying anything positive by the constantly negative posters... 

Speak as you find, whatever that may be... 

We are not cruising at the moment, so contribute less, but still enjoy reading sensible contributions. 

Andy 

 

 

Totally agree Andy, we are in the same situation 

We should have been on board but had to cancel. We may have been lucky but still a disappointment to miss a pre Christmas cruise 

Thanks for replies, I am not surprised but I thought that as two arms of the same company there might have been some benefit. We will look forward to the cruise anyway but it does not encourage you to try something new if you have to start from scratch. In truth the only benefits worth having were priority boarding and disembarkation .

we are happy with p&o but open to trying something new.

We have not given up on p&o in fact we have just booked three cruises for 2023 however we have also booked a cruise on qm2. We are on Baltic level with p&o and I wondered if we would start on zero with Cunard or if we would carry over any benefits such as priority boarding and disembarkation . Any info would be gratefully received.

Thanks Graham, glad you are feeling better now.

Viv

Nice surprise today, postman brought us a cheque from Carnival for a full refund for our March 21 cruise on Ventura. As the claim was only made on nov 24 I do not think that is bad at all. We are now fully reimbursed for all five cancelled cruises and are hopeful that our summer cruise to Norway will take place without too much change.

Unable to reply to any messages since the wonderful new graphics have appeared. Probably due to having ancient ios9 iPad. Have borrowed  Lady Nomads new machine to see if that works.

Viv

Arcadia every time

Viv

No wonder you are smiling Graham. Good news

Viv

Thinking of you Andy and Michelle, stay safe

Viv

I have just received an e mail from P@O cancelling my pre Christmas cruise on Arcadia. I have ignored the FCC offer and applied for a full refund.

THE CLOCK HAS STARTED

Five minutes after the e mail I had a phone call from my harvesting ta asking if there was anything they could do to help. That is good service.

Viv

I may be dim but I cannot understand why after over six months(to date) of no cruises that when they restart the prices should rise.

Our local restaurants have started to reopen and having lost all their trade are offering great deals not charging more than they did before lockdown.

I know that P&O seem to have plenty of bookings for when they restart but a lot of these are Soft bookings using FCC and have only been booked to not lose customers money and will probably disappear when the realities of future cruising becom apparent. I am not a businessman what am I missing?

Viv

Great news 

Viv

Thanks Avril,We will have that drink in the Crows nest soon I hope

Viv

That is true for us as well. We have had three cruises cancelled this year and we have the vain hope of a pre Christmas cruise to the Canaries to keep us going.Only 109 days to go

Viv

With the resumption of cruising still a way off, what is it you are missing most? 

Is it the new places to visit or the fine dining? How about the shows or the opportunity to meet new friends, or is it just the feeling of calm you get floating along on the water (except in the Bay?).  Answers on a Cruise Card!

Viv

The thought of a p&o breakfast complete with Golden Triangle