jdacombe

I remember one cruise around the British Isles. I had forgotten it was a formal night and arrived at the MDR in jeans, casual shirt and jumper. The table next to us was a party of 6 all the men dressed in tuxedos, bow ties etc; and the women in evening dresses in fact a large majority of the dining room were in full fig or suits and ties. I must admit to feeling quite conspicuous that evening.

Try and get onboard as early as possible, then find a seat in the Piazza, watch the safety video on my phone whilst relaxing with a bottle of Peroni and a tasty snack from the IC, after that report to our Muster Station Finally find our stateroom for a quick unpack, have a chat with our steward and then the cruise fun starts.

Travelling at the end of April and the full events schedule for each day has been visible for about 2 weeks

Have had no problem booking meals in the MDR for out forthcoming cruise on Sky. Booked for myself and wife + two other guests on a separate booking. Initially booked dining in Soliel dining room, but have now changed it to Cielo dining room for all meals without any problem at all.

Still have both old and new apps on my phone atm as a belts and braces job. Just booked a cruise for October this year and it shows on the new app, together with our cruise in April and all our previous ones.

Going on a cruise to the Nowwgian Fjords at the end of April. I wonder if anybody has been up there at that time year and can say what the temperature is like at that time of year. The most Northerly that we will be going is Alesund. We previously went to the Fjords in late August and had several days of temperatures in the high 20s and few with the inevitable rain. I should imagine that end of April will be several degrees colder. Thanks for any info.

We have always booked balcony cabins, as we like to spend a lot of cabin time on the balcony especially if there is lovely scenery (eg; Fjords). We have recently considered inside cabins particularly if it is a winter cruise but not sure if I would like the claustrophobic feeling of an inside cabin

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Yes,, the total package is free upgrade from Plus to Premium, up to 30% off certain cruises and £50pp deposit. Valid, I think for bookings made by 5th March

Downloaded tge new app a few days ago and must admit I quite like the layout. All my details and info from the old app seems to have transferred across quite seamlessly. Still going to keep the old app on my phone until its no longer usable.

There is a good YouTube channel called Travel Blog Jamie where he reviews, amongst other things, several pre-cruise hotels in Southampton.

Not sailing until end of April next year and I've booked all our MDR meals a few weeks ago on the App.

I normally watch on the App via my phone in the Piazza whilst enjoying my first drink of the cruise. You should be able to see where your muster station is before the cruise by looking on the Ocean Ready app.¹

We were on Sky in April and on the Plus package. My wife had a gelato, a single scoop I think, and no charge was ever made for it

Apart from the smell of stale tobacco, I always thought that smoking in your cabin or balcony was considered a fire risk