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We had Hughie on Ventura in March and we were very disappointed with him. There were lots of problems with the Entertainment, mainly due to insufficient seats in the Theatre for 10:30 shows and also having Theatre Company shows repeated on the same cruise. There was an incident on one of the last nights when several passengers demanded to see him to sort out the seating problem and he refused to come and see them but agreed to meet them the next day and sent a junior member of his staff in his place - very poor. He is certainly not hands-on, you are very lucky if you see him - never seen at sailaways, totally different approach to every other CD we have had !!

Wow i didn't see lot of french here... and yours is perfect.....

 

and for the beach, i'll check

 

Thank you (merci) very much

We have been on a ships tour called Rhum Runner which is an afternoon tour and is great fun and coincidently visits Morne Rouge for a short swim stop as part of the tour. If you like a short boat tour with a few free drinks and a party atmosphere you will enjoy it. If it is not offered on your ship I think you can book independently - just google Rhum Runner.

If it is Carlisle Bay then that is only 20-30 mins walk from the ship - we have walked it before. So I would save the money and walk or spend the money in a taxi to a different beach.

I see the car rental company (I'm assuming I'm looking at the correct one) just lists prices starting with 2 day rentals. Is that their minimum charge or is there a lower price for just one day?

The one at the port is called Stoutes (at least it was 2 years ago !!)

http://www.stoutescar.com/contact-us

I love the east coast of Barbados especially the area around Bathsheba. A very unique coastline with the giant boulders strewn about. Great photo ops all along this side of the island. You could see that and still have time for the beach!

Another vote from me - love the Barbados East Coast - best done with Car Rental.

We have been to Caribbean 8 times on cruises and this is the best land tour we have done out there. Enough said.

Cannot have been at Manchester Airport. Check-in "lady" had us taking 0.8 Kg out of a case for a cruise flight at the counter to get down to 23 Kgs. Sad thing was that it was the second case onto the belt and the first case had disappeared so couldn't adjust weight between the cases.

 

Ultimately what came out of the case went on the hand luggage!... Enough said!

No it was Thomas Cook, Gatwick

Have done this a few times and it is quite do-able with careful planning.

The issue is caused by P&O chartering the flights but that keeps the cost down. For example I saw a Celebrity Caribbean cruise I liked for next year last week and got a quote including flight and the flights added £700 each to the cost which made it dearer than P&O.

The other point we have found is that they don't check the weight very strictly at the airport and one check in told us they allow a couple of kilos over anyway for the cruise charters and they don't seem to check hand luggage too carefully. Think it is best to use smallish hand luggage bags not to attract attention but then put heavy things in them (like shoes). We have been a bit over at times but haven't been pulled up for it.

What else to see or do in our 1 day in Dubrovnik? My husband probably won't climb to the top of the wall (his knees are much older than the rest of him); we'll LOVE the squid.... but what else?

How about a a day trip to the 3 Elaphite islands or take a ferry to Lopud , depending on how much time you have.