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  1. Billish
    My apologies. I saw a routing on Virgin but did not realise it was not direct. Living in South Yorkshire, I share your pain.
  2. Billish
    I'm not Ken (obvs) but no conditioner in the showers.
  3. Billish
    I'm guessing he probably knows that already !
  4. Billish
    Welcome back - have you been "away" ?
  5. Billish
    Good point. Same as car insurance etc. You find a quote through Compare the Market or similar, but you buy your policy through the link they provide.
  6. Billish
    Personally I think a comparison to Ryanair would be more appropriate. Ryanair's sense of geography is much worse than Easyjet's.
  7. Billish
    Actually, from reports I have seen, when you add on drink costs, speciality meal costs etc, the price difference is less than it appears. Having said that, Vamps with her spread sheets, will have taken all of that into account.
  8. Billish
    A very balanced post JB P&O do offer drinks packages at £39.95 pppd (max 15 alcoholic drinks per day) but I do not feel that is good value, given that the price of drinks is not that bad. However, whilst the drink prices may be the same as you would oay in a provincual pub down South, they are considerably more than the prices I pay here "up North"!
  9. Billish
    Correct. Days, not hours. I thought this particular issue had been clarified weeks ago !
  10. Billish
    The trouble is that everyone else goes there as well ! At times it looks like a refugee camp. We prefer to stay in our cabin and watch the storm, without being surrounded by hundreds of other cruisers.
  11. Billish
    Get the train to Manchester and fly direct to Miami with Virgin.
  12. Billish
    Tne medicines you mentioned should only be prescribed for the most serious cases. They would only be presrcribed if the medical team on board have a patient's full medical history, and there is absolutely no way that the patient can be treated ashore.
  13. Billish
    Although originally the designation was for journeys to India from the UK. No a/c in the 19th century, so port side to avoid the sun and stay cool.
  14. Billish
    You would probably do better asking your question on the Marella forum. As for the swab issue. Millions of us have had umpteen swabs taken over the last few years. What are you going to do if a swab is required ? Forfeit your cruise?
  15. Billish
    Yes you can. That is what we do, as we never know what time we might feel like eating.
  16. Billish
    To all intents and purposes, P& O have. The NCL announcement was made at the beginning of July.
  17. Billish
    Which is what various UK lines do (Saga, P&O, Marella etc) although gratuuties are not exactly "outlawed". Nice not to have all the angst that so many American cruisers have about who to tip, when to tip, how much to tip etc.
  18. Billish
    But only if they bring Pizza !
  19. Billish
    Correct !
  20. Billish
    Have you never earen Chicken Chiesa, or Chicken Bonucci ?
  21. Billish
    Yes, that seems a logical conclusion. Perhaps Moley will drop by and enlighten us.
  22. Billish
    But Iona's tonnage is 50% greater. I'm not a sailor, so not sure if that is significant.
  23. Billish
    We have found that at that time of year, especially for the first half of the transit, that "shady" means downright chilly, and the balcony is too cold to use.
  24. Billish
    I was just wondering if Iona's problems were because she does the same itinerary week in, week out, and therefore has more chance of being impacted by adverse weather.
  25. Billish
    Agreed, but bigger than Arcadia and Aurora.
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