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Long may they live ! Which cruise Chris ? Good price ? I have been looking at some world cruise segments.

e-sim would only be for mobile data on land at the various places you stop (or near enough to land for a signal).it won’t work at sea as you can only connect to maritime networks which are very expensive. If won’t connect to ships internet - it’s mobile data only. I think you would be best to get a mobile package from your current supplier that includes all the countries you are visiting - e.g Vodafone allow you to use your uk data package allowance overseas depending on contract but you can get an extra one off package for n-days for countries not covered by your existing contract. this is simpler and probably cheaper than an e-sim for just checking in back home. ships internet packages that I have used are very poor and expensive. I just wait until the next port of call and then use mobile data like you would in the uk. In emergencies at sea if you need WiFi just get a pass for that day or part of that day.

Thank you andyS87 - I hope you enjoy your holidays. Best wishes.

Dress code details are on the website.

You might not care - but others do - so perhaps consider what other passengers prefer. A lot of people like a more formal atmosphere occasionally - some don’t - but if you don’t want to adhere then go to a non formal restaurant/bar that night.

Shambles ! Good luck at reception - be very interested to hear what they say.

Thank you

Thanks - was it worth it ? Do you mind me asking how much you spent ? Are the tables reasonably spaced for privacy (we will be a 2 if we make it !)

So my reservation made via myp&o might be overridden ?

Read somewhere else that it used to be a cover charge only , then changed to individual items , then cover charge which is removed from menu cost !

Maybe just the booking fee ? How does it normally work - booking fee and individual dishes ? I though it was just a cover charge that was extra and menu was included ?

I’ve Booked !! Thanks for the tip . Email confirmation and it’s on my bookings. This will be our first time in sindhu - heard it’s good.

I’m on R317 - just had email saying cannot book in advance ! - but I also see Sindhu is bookable - do you think they will honour the booking ? As you have paid upfront I assume it’s yes. Interesting.

Thanks for posting - good news !

Just had 2 (duplicates) of these for my next cruise end of this month on Aurora . Ages 63 and 72.

Welcome - hope you enjoy the cruise.

I have had this in the past - additional email contained info about not wearing fancy dress and I think something about behaviour. Not easy to spot the difference. It was just text towards the bottom of the email.

Per person - yes I’m comparing to Aurora/Arcadia/Marella explorer 2 - all the adults only ships on balcony basis - I should have mentioned that !

Just had a look - never been on princess before - some very reasonable prices for 5/7 nights balcony with princess plus package - £1200 ish for 7 nights sky princess 2024 from Southampton is this the normal type of rate ? We usually only do adults only on p&o or Marella - obviously depending on time of year - but outside school holidays are there many children on board and are they well behaved on cruises from Southampton !! ?

Yes both prev celebrity ships

We have been on Marella Explorer 2 (adults only) several times so I can only speak for this ship - but I expect the others are very similar. All inclusive with good brand included drinks. Fantastic staff - really friendly and efficient. (Probably the best in our experience) Well organised excursions. Good MDR - easy to get table for 2 with nice food. Relaxed atmosphere. Adults only on explorer 2. The only thing we don’t like is they are all fly cruises - if they went from the UK I would probably use Marella all the time. go for it ! You won’t be disappointed.

Thank you London-Calling - will watch both videos later.

Thanks very much - I have just read your excellent and thorough review - and will watch the YouTube video tonight with a glass of wine ! Its a shame the problems have not all been ironed out. I prefer balcony cabins and these are expensive on ambassador (as there are less of them compared to other ships I suppose) which has put me off ambassador so far , along with the aircon , tatty furniture and lack of tables for 2 issues. I cannot believe someone would play a saxophone in their cabin - how incredibly stupid and selfish - was there any action taken about this ? Glad you had a good holiday despite all the cabin moves and strange steward ! We went to Spitsbergen with Fred in 2017 - What an amazing place isn’t it ? Probably the most interesting cruise we have done. Do you plan to go on Ambition ?

Thanks very much for your report - nice to know that it all seems pretty good and like it used to be. I am on Aurora at the end of August and then again in December. Very much looking forward to it. Was your tender part of an organised tour and if so did you get a refund ? Thanks

Yep - same for me. This looks way better - thanks for the info. I wish they had an App as well as the website. Maybe one day…