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It's not always about how much alcohol you drink its about how you use the drink package. We did this for the first time last year and used this for coffees and iced coffees and juices as well as premium drinks such as miravel wine.It does not mean that you have to constant consume alcohol but can have a variation when you want rather than wait to get cheap coffee from machine just calculate what you want whether it is a non alcoholic beverage or coffee or alcohol it is your decision

We did this earlier this year . We flew out to Malta early then came back on the standard return flight it was no problem just a phone call to P&O who referred to the flights advisor who sorted this out . You might have to pay a small supplement but was no bother . Hope this helps

Only on Azura two weeks ago. Can't comment on Jolly Olly but they did have Miraval Rose as this was my tipple and was available on deluxe package

Was this cruise over the school holidays ? We are going in September so hoping it will be quieter.

We have done this for September. We contacted P&O to explain that we wanted to have sometime in Malta beforehand , gave them our dates and they changed the flights out to Malta . We paid £20.00 each that was in February so not sure how much you would be charged as to when you fly. We booked the cruise with P&O so no problem. We booked our hotel and transfer independently.

A few years ago before covid we did a 14 day cruise around the med with one port being Sardinia. We did a P&O excursion to a beach in Sardinia. Can anyone remember the name of the beach or area ? The cruise was on Britannia August 2017. Thanks in advance

Thank you awmartin.

Hi Just a quick question. We are doing the fly cruise to Malta in September. But we are flying out a few days before to spend some time in Malta. Because of this just wondering if we will be able to board the ship earlier when we check out of our hotel. Has anyone done this? Thanks

Many thanks for this . We should be ok as in Lisbon on the 11th Thanks

Is the pilots strike ongoing in Lisbon as we are boarding Iona tomorrow.

Hi We are also sailing on this date. We booked our dining yesterday. And today entertainment was available. The acts appearing in headliners are of course The Headliners , a ventriloquist from Britains Got Talent not that I remember him and a singer from The Voice. If you are interested in the Limelight the first part of the cruise is Sonia then Lee Mead. There will be other acts but normally in smaller venues. With the dining only some restaurants available such as Sindhu and Epicurean but you can also book Olive Grove and Chefs table with no charge best to do these as they normally book up quickly. Not sure what server you have bur Google Chrome is working quite fast Safari is taking ages. Hope this helps

Just log on to my P and O app my holiday when on board . You can view what restaurants are available and the wait time .how many people are in front of you. All the main dining have the same menu . The app is handy as you can have a pre dinner drink. We never had a problem and we were on at the end of July. Enjoy your cruise

PS in most cases you cannot claim for missed ports due to weather. But ours was a technical problem with the ship. So check out your policy

Make sure you get a letter for everyone in your party if you are claiming with their individual name. We never knew we could claim but after an admin error everyone received a letter but with the wrong cabin number. When my husband questioned this they said they would reprint the letters and that they would be outside our door before midnight. Next morning not there so husband went back down and they printed the letters there and then. We have since made a claim still ongoing but we had to scan these letters and attach for our insurance company .

Due to Iona not going to Haugesund last week . The Norwegian customs were not able to board so we were not able to claim back the tax on the items we bought in Norway. When we enquired on board with reception they gave us Global Blue address to claim. However I haver been on their website and to make a claim the documents need to be stamped by customs which we could not do due to the early departure. Has anyone else encountered this and how did they go about claiming the tax back? Thanks