Mollag

Can’t beat a medical cruise

Just do a search for the last 5 years itineraries that’ll be 99% accurate

I think you’ll find they’re not free you pay for it all in the package

On our recent Aurora cruise one of the officers was telling people that P&O were buying SAGA, he was most taken aback when I said god forbid that happens and SAGA gets dragged down to P&Os level.

I think I must be on a blacklist after the issues we had on Auroras first cruise back after covid and last years debacle on Azura maybe they don’t like being pursued through ABTA. Like you we always give praise where praise is due but can’t do it without the survey

I’ve filled the feefo one in for previous cruises and never heard a thing back so don’t bother anymore

We never heard the C word once on board although like Selbourne we saw the ghostbusters out spraying on a few occasions mostly late at night when most were turned in. Out of interest have either of you had the questionnaire yet all we’ve had was the feefo thing which isn’t worth bothering with it seems only a few get the P&O one maybe only the ones they know will answer positively 🤷‍♂️😂

There was water flushing from somewhere most days/nights but the noise from the walkers was the worst thing and the reluctance of P&O to do anything about them just the same as them not doing anything about the sunbed hoggers

It was under the prom deck only issue we had was the ignorant ones out walking there herds of elephants at 5 in the morning, I had a word with one of the security officers who didn’t think it was a problem even though it clearly states no walking before 8 he wasn’t even aware of the signs telling everyone this 🤷‍♂️

We’ve just come of Aurora had a sea view cabin on deck6 and that was shower over bath

It’s 720 miles in a straight line so probably a few more to add to that avoiding the islands in the way so 36 hours at 20+kts if we leave in the next hour or two. We were chatting to a few of the crew this afternoon and one said we wouldn’t have been using the other berth anyway as it’s owned by one of the other companies and would have cost more plus I don’t think we could’ve taken the stores on there. One thing for sure I bet we won’t be late into Antigua when our vociferous captain is getting of.

Tortolas looking doubtful Selbourne I wonder what they’ll blame that on for the insurance letters

If that’s true about Key West then surely all these letters would be making those who are claiming for missed ports will be claiming fraudulently although they are unaware of that. One of the Celebrity ships has just aborted Cayman by the looks of it, the forecast for tomorrow shows the wind decreasing slightly and more North East as opposed to Northerly at present so it’ll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow

Still the same one at the moment Simon Love is supposed to be taking over in Antigua. I’m with Selbourne no idea why we couldn’t get in this morning and after the Captain making out he was a hero in Belize by waiting an hour to see what the weather was going to do why the rush to get away from here if I wasn’t suspicious of anything I’d say they’ve got some kind of issues with the ship especially after missing Key West as well in light to moderate winds but we’ll never be told the truth

I asked for carrots with mine and actually got them not a green bean in sight and agree about the sauce no idea what it was supposed to be🤷‍♂️

Apparently the reason they couldn’t recover one of the lifeboats was one of the wires used for lowering/recovering it had jumped of the sheave in the block and got jammed so firstly they had to free it up possibly replace the wire and the sheave then retrieve the lb before lowering it again to make sure everything was okay, how the sheave was allowed to still be in use with so much wear on it is anybody’s guess but judging by the state of the ship in general maintenance is minimal

At the moment you get the free cake but according to the staff in there charges will be starting soon

Sorry to hear you’re still feeling ropey yesterday was the first day after 8 days I wasn’t coughing so maybe the ends in sight for you🤞 I can confirm the A/C is now working to a fashion in the Crows Nest which is comfortable enough but like you say the forward stairwell is pretty warm🥵 just read a couple of pages of your blog and agree with you about the repetitive nature of the menus now making it difficult to find something at times. I would also like to comment on the state of the ship which is very poor with rust nearly everywhere you look and doesn’t seem to be much in the way of maintenance going on

Sorry to upset you but they hope to have the A/C diverted from the forward stairwell to the Crows Nest imminently only taken them a month🤦‍♂️, the welding works on the prom deck are done, even got the freezers working by the Lido grill for the ice cream things are looking up 😂

Sorry to hear you’re not feeling too great Selbourne I’ve been the same for a couple of days. Apparently they can’t weld at sea which is the reason for the prom deck closure, also the non working A/C in the Crows might be fixed in 3 days if not they may have to close the venue it’s been terrible up there🥵 and finally before too much longer there’ll be no free cakes, sandwiches etc. in Raffles as too many are treating it like a buffet and abusing the system

There was also a new water feature in the. Crows Nest during the lightning show😂

Didn’t know about the incident you mentioned, Simon Love is supposedly joining in Antigua but have heard several variations on this we’ll just have to wait and see, he’s the complete opposite of Robson always on the PA and visible around the ship although he doesn’t come across as very confident in his announcements but will always stop and talk to you on his rounds. Just been looking at the weather for NO and looks like heavy rain both days for there at least we got a couple of hours of sun today. Things can only get better🤞😂

I don’t think we’ve been told the full story Selbourne, I was walking the prom deck earlier and there was a lot of activity forward where the crew deck is, lots of crew with fire hoses and what looked like pumps to me, also I don’t think we’d just be lying here dead ship if they were trying to save fuel as we’ll have to speed up when we eventually move again the 2.5 knots showing is just the drift rate with the little breeze that’s blowing. The wind in Key West has been a steady 14-16 it’s with occasional gusts to 22kts I’m not familiar with the port layout there but that doesn’t seem too bad. I’m with you on the Captain never had so little information. I’m thinking whatever we’re lying here stopped for is the reason we didn’t get to Key West but we’ll never be told the true reason

You didn’t happen to leave a 42D bra as well did you a passenger on another forum found one hidden in their cabin 🤦‍♂️😂

We’ll have plenty of time in hand to go further south shouldn’t be a problem looking at the synoptic charts shouldn’t be much of a detour to avoid it