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This seems to be the norm now for Carnival UK brands. I was booked on the Iona and Arvia maidens, both of which had date changes so I had to cancel but, given the naming cruises were the ones that had all the events, was not upset. Sun Princess is also having both a maiden and a naming cruise.

Not much pain thanks but the compression fracture of the femur has left me with one leg shorter than the other and it’s giving me back ache. Still hoping to cruise in May even if I don’t get ashore much.

Please keep politics off the agenda.

That’s fine, as long as they are cruise-related and not agents.

Try asking this in the Ports of Call section. You may get more replies. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/116-northern-europe-baltic-sea/

I did a northern lights cruise to Norway in March. Thick snow north of Bergen and yes, very cold. May to September would be warmer and no snow.

I suggest you also post on the Azamara board.

I wish you all a happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas. After another month in hospital with pneumonia, Christmas and cruising are cancelled for the time being. Just appreciate everything one has and take nothing for granted.

Best to check out the Ports of Call thread on CC.

You also need to take into account, re accessability, that as the Saga ships are new, the whole ship is easily accessible, with automatic deck doors, unlike Aurora. There is also more space in the dining rooms to manoever a wheelchair or walker.

Personally I prefer small ships for the larger choice of ports they can visit. I also like a more intimate and social atmosphere. I want to feel as if I am on a ship, not at a resort hotel on land.

This thread about booking in the MDR has been completely hijacked. This is contrary to CC Guidelines. If it continues I will lock the thread.

Since this is not related to P&O I am locking it down.

First formal night

Once again this thread is going nowhere.

Phew! Finally home and back on here, although I need some gentle breaking in. Thank goodness I didn’t know back on 29 May that I would still be in hospital 8 weeks later, 6 of them on complete bed rest. All followed by the NHS shipping me off to a nursing home for another month. Now home but hobbling very gingerly with zimmer frame. Still a ways to go I fear.

After 8 weeks in hospital and 4 in a nursing home, I’m not going to complain about any cruise food 😀

Another alternative, when you were feeling ill, is that you can choose from the mdr menu and have it served in your cabin for no extra cost.

Ok, this discussion has more than run its course "

Hi everyone. Still stuck in hospital pending rehab. Hope you are behaving for my stand ins. Completely sick of this and so ready for a cruise.

Just in case anyone is wondering why I am not around, I had a knee replacement on 24 April. One week later I collapsed at home and broke my femur around the new joint. So currently on week 3 of bedrest in hospital while they work out why I passed out and what to do with the bone

I rarely if ever go to the theatre at home because I find I can't sit that long and need to fidget or get up. However, I do often watch the shows on board as 45 mins is just right. They do have to interst me though - no ventriloquists or magicians please and the comics must be funny. One thing I like about Saga is that the shows are also live-streamed to your cabin TV so the best of both worlds. Otherwise I like the syndicate quiz.

As I said, I was not able to move individual threads so have hidden them to bring this thread back on track. There wasn't anything contentious but you will need to repost on the correct thread please. I appreciate there is thread drift on most but this one was created purely to help everyone with the new dining arrangements and it isn't helpful if they come here and only see bargain offers.

Unfortunately the technology won't allow individual posts to be merged to a thread, only two threads can be merged so you will have to repost bargain offers in the correct place please.

This is a food and drink thread folks. Please start a new one for entertainment if you wish.