Wonky

We’ve noticed this recently that some of the fares my MIL was prepared to pay were the same as Cunard. Certain cruises were the same as grills!!

Do you to know what? Is there a Peleton?

I was in the retreat in the winter (although out of school holidays) and it was pretty empty most days. If you’re not worried about being in the sun then I think you’ll be fine. There are a lot more beds in the shade. Drinks wise it’s pretty disappointing, just water, juices and tea/coffee. Food is all cold, light breakfast, lunch boxes and afternoon tea. Staff are great and you can order (and pay for) drinks from the bars via them.

I’ve commented on this before and I’m still surprised that Carnival don’t improve the loyalty program. If they wanted to they could make it really good AND profitable. I dare say 99% of passengers are not going to “chase” status in order to get a couple of glasses of bubbly and a pin, however I’m sure they would if they could get on board discounts, upgrades, parking, bus travel and ultimately free nights. Branded credit cards could be explored and move to an airline type of scheme which actually benefits both sides.

All true, we did the yacht club a few years ago, we did away with the butler taking us to dinner (!) after the first day. Believe it or not when the Yacht club first started if you went in a lift and used your card to take the lift to the yacht club it would delete all other selections from passengers already in the lift!! Not popular🤣

Just resurrecting this thread to see how you got on? Also would like to know the differences between suite and mini suite on Arcadia/Aurora. Specifically are you eligible for epicurean breakfast in a mini suite?

For me it would be based on your outlook on food and outside space. I would upgrade to PG for the use of the terraces but only if it was going to be a good weather cruise. I actually prefer the environment in Club over PG which might be controversial but I found there to be a lot more space.

I think the Vinylettes must have had their “patter” training from a certain captain from “God’s own country”!

Ah yes the happy days of Waterloo departures. That was so easy from the South/Southwest. Sadly missed.

How about train to Barcelona, QV back via Istanbul? The only annoyance is the change of station in Paris.

I think that is being offensive to toddlers!

Thank you for this, my MIL would have been very interested if she was not on the following cruise. 49 nights was a few too many for her I think! Is there any way to search for non single supp fares?

Fortunately yes, although the on board spend was $740 for each week so would have moved if necessary. Will need to keep track of the spend as will have to use it up each week but I won’t be busy those weeks so should be fine!

Just booked a 3 week med cruise on QV and booked as 3 separate weeks in order to get much more OBS, I guess another advantage will be 3 lots of wifi too!

Maximise enjoyment or expect litigation🤣

Wow, I honestly did not know there were “rules”. Perhaps these “rules” should be displayed at entry to the venue🤔

So are you saying we shouldn’t get on the dance floor unless we can follow the rules?

Probably not a word but looking at trying to book a suite on Arcadia in Jan ‘25. We only want to do the Southampton-San Francisco segment which is currently sold out in a full suite. These suites are, however available on longer segments. Does anyone have any experience of if and when they segmentise(?) further?

Yes, I was able to get it, possibly how you ask for it helps!

Think you need to change the title to buy anything anywhere! If you bought something in B&Q and the next day the price had dropped would you be so annoyed?!

I wonder if you add a Cunard flight to your cruise if that would give you any more protection?

The only thing I found poor was the distance (or lack of it) between some of the tables for two. This was on QE, don’t know if QM2 is different. We did a back to back moving from PG to QG and couldn’t believe we were packed in so tightly in QG compared to PG. Found even more space in Britannia Club! Apart from that (and the wifi!) everything was amazing.

The Moxy is fine too, Marriott brand so very good bed, right next to the PI. £5 parking.

My OH got theirs back in 16 days from the digital check and send at the post office. Having a chat when we had it back and they said that theirs were sent to Glasgow and there was no delay but others that were sent to Durham were experiencing big delays.

That’s a brave call, to find a perfect holiday with a guarantee of nothing going wrong. Good luck!