BillieJeanKaraokeKing

Just write the summer off. Another two months till your existing one isn't going to, for want of a better phrase, kill you (assuming that goes ahead). 

Dedicated karaoke venue, with the additional entertainment of torturing anyone who dares to sing the same bl**dy song more than twice on the sailing! 😋

Initial thoughts: Crazy/9 hole golf, solarium, chippy (like RC 'Fish n Ships'). 

While I liked first P&O (Oceana) in January, a couple of non-venuey activities would have been nice. 

On 5/3/2020 at 11:16 AM, zap99 said:

We are booked on Iona for. 28 August. Gary Barlow is on board.

For all you know, Gary might have cancelled and be awaiting his refund. 😋

Which will be due about September, Gary lad 😂

I've ordered a cheap spacesuit from Wish. 

31 minutes ago, zap99 said:

How much extra if you want a window,or balcony?.

In the hall? 😋

10 minutes ago, Esprit said:

I suppose I'll be accused of being right wing for having a British car! 

You mean such a thing still exists? 😂

If touring Britain, I'd personally rather just drive around and do it independently, to my spec, although I appreciate it would cost more however it was planned. 

Not for me, I very much want to see places (and itinerary is an important factor) - without that it's just floating pubs and restaurants to me (mainly), which is not enough just on its own. 

I would only consider going 6 months after cruises have been sailing without incident. 

However, I appreciate the likes of some of you guys for offering to be the guinea pigs lol

I've got a cruise already booked for next June, but I'll only be going on it if there's been a few months of sailings without incident. 

I would assume they are suing due to not being given adequate warning of the increased danger level and opportunity to make a better informed decision on whether to take the trip. 

And in respect of that, I personally don't see what is wrong with at least pursuing claims against RC - they do have a duty of care towards all their customers. 

I'd imagine those defending RC might well feel very differently had they been directly affected by this terrible tragedy. 

Exactly Andy. A bit like when driving, you need to have your wits about you with what others might do. Shopping unfortunately is hard work to negotiate perfectly at the current time. 

On the bench thing, I can understand needing a rest, but personally I haven't and wouldn't sit on one since this outbreak, and wouldn't exercise to the extent or in an area where I'd potentially need one.

I've seen quite a few sat on the benches around our village when walking my dog, of all ages, and just think why risk it?

On 4/24/2020 at 11:10 AM, AndyMichelle said:

Before lockdown, you couldn't get a teenager away from the PlayStation, now they are everywhere.. 

Andy 

It's because the parents are at home more, oining them and peeing them off! 🤣

£400 deposit towards Harmony in June next year. At present, assuming Royal survive, odds should be in favour of it sailing. 

Another important factor is that, depending on how cruising has to reinvent itself, some people might eagerly get back on board once or twice, but then decide the revised experience is no longer for them. 

Perhaps they should experiment. Change an existing casino that people need to walk through to non-smoking, and create another for the smokers, in some dark dirty grimy corner of the ship that no-one else need go near 😉. Then we can see where the cruise lines make the most money (or, alternative view, the fools lose most money lol). 

Well then prepare yourself to have the feeling of desperate disappointment 😂

I personally don't see why anyone would want to go - if it did it'd be nothing like a normal cruise, and everyone would be on tenterhooks around each other anyway. Wouldn't be much of a holiday, surely. 

You might feel in fine fettle in your 60s, and it's great that you are, but the fact is you're 30-40 years past a human's general physical peak, so it's just common sense that percentage wise, you're deemed more at risk.

We get older, and things don't work as well, to a greater or lesser extent, it's natural progression, innit?  When I was 25, I felt I was indestructible. Another 25 years on, there's plenty of signs that it's not really the case anymore lol

I could understand someone cruising in August if they had it already booked and it went ahead, but I reckon anyone who'd be wanting to book something for August might be ever so slightly mad 😀

2 hours ago, Denarius said:

Unless like me you are not a fan of sitting in the sun and prefer to sit in warm shade, in which case book starboard!

Lol, understandable and a fair point indeed, although like terrierjohn mentioned above, we found it pretty darn cold for virtually all the TA trip (this is on the Independence) - it was nothing like warm shade - and it was imperative for us that we swapped sides the year after. 

We did the RCL late October in 2017 and 2018. First year was 4-5 days in before sunbed weather, second was grim and took a couple more days. Not that it spoilt our cruises. 

Fully agree with bee-ess, only consider a balcony on the port side. 

Why would any sane person actually wish to go on a cruise ship in May?! 

Plain and simple at the moment, seeing as I'm missing it absolutely everywhere - so I'll join the nice cool pint of draught Peroni club. 

IMHO, it sounds a not unreasonable assessment that so many won't go back, but sure there will be enough who will continue regardless in the short term, and then over some considerable time numbers will, steadily, increase again. 

But what be lost/changed as part of this? Fair chance of ship quantity and staff streamlining?  Port streamlining for both mandatory (we don't want you) and monetary (more time on ship to spend more) reasons? Free food streamlining for more on board spend again? More free facilities lost and new cabins added, or the opposite of that, actually lose some of the extra cabins previously added and introduce new spending facilities? Staggered buffet sittings? 

Whatever happens, it'll be fascinating to see how it all develops for the industry, and how they will modify but retain the appeal.