Minnieminx55

Finally got our refund from March of last year of course C&M kept promising to pay us out by 31st July last year ...we hung on and on until they went bust just a week before the alleged pay out. Then started the journey with ABTA which took since last July and over 30 uploads of paperwork and Information and finally we have our money back but not the promised out of pocket expenses. At least C&M going bust will prevent anybody else getting ripped off by this imho Mickey Mouse Outfit.

Am I cruising again, yes when I get the vaccine, but not before late late summer when I have a hope of actually going somewhere.  I won’t get caught again!

Update to this, I have been told by C&M that a refund is on its way ...within 60-90 days!!!

pleeeease...you are taking the micturate.

We pay on time so refund us on time.....definitely a Mickey Mouse outfit in my opinion, I will never travel with them again.....I prefer quality!

Well..... that was the shortest cruise in history! We got on at Poole, we stayed at Poole and we left the ship at Poole.....and only because we got the correct information ourselves that the ship didn’t have port clearances from the foreign office.

We were given a multitude of excuses ....waiting for guests, inspectors hadn’t finished their Inspections , missed the tide ,....twice ....but the truth was from the horses mouth that C&M were liaising with Foreign office over port clearances.

We had three separate times for sail away but in the end as we told other passengers who asked us ...the ship did not have the correct clearances at all.

If only they could have been honest we would have been more understanding but they weren’t and even when we left they were still fobbing people off.

I’ll wait for the refund thanks.

All packed ...phew!!

had a call from cruise and maritime and I thought oh no it’s cancelled but they just wanted to confirm my allergies to food so 5 stars for efficiency ...actually looking forward to it now and have booked the midnight cruise Reykjavik for Northern Lights and Golden Circle all day tour which after talking to a friend who did it it last year looks to be really worth the money.

Just hope it’s dry If it’s really cold ....can cope with one or t’other but not both, so fingers crossed.

Happy Sailing 🙂 

Hi Mary,

yes that’s right 12th March ...I’m packing jumpers ...not a ‘cold’ person but braving it for hubby!

No, I booked Guaranteed inside and expected an inside twin so an unexpected plus to have a ‘view’. Just trying to find out if there’s a fridge as some sites say yes all cabins ..others say depends on cabin !

Also not sure of tea and coffee facilities on tap ..if not hubby will be assigned ‘drinks go getter’.  I need my cuppa first thing!!

Thank you the videos were very informative ...I feel a lot less that I’m going into the dark now lol.

thanks again 🙂

Thank you for your help, I will do that.

 CAn anyone tell me what my cabin on the Astoria actually is as we booked this norther isles and Iceland as a replacement to the one last year that hit a sandbar and didn’t go ahead. We book stand by guaranteed cabin and got number 527 on promenade deck. I’ve only ever gone with Cunard but my husband wanted this particular ship as I believe it’s the oldest, but I have no idea what to expect nor what to pack ...please help ..I have 23 days before cruising!

Thank you for your help - I will do that. 🙂

Hi I’ve just downloaded the tickets and it’s saying JS so I presume so. Just don’t really know what the difference is. I couldn’t find much on the C&M site.

thanks for you help 🙂

Hi

Can  anyone help me please?

Its my first time on a Cruise &  Maritime  Columbus cruise -  Northern Isles and Iceland June 2019 and we were given cabin number  111113  deluxe balcony and now when Ive come to download the tickets it’s telling me 111133 which is coming up as a JS???

I did get a message on my mobile a few weeks ago to say if you ring today you can get a complementary upgrade but I didn’t find the message until days  later so never took any notice.

can anyone explain if that’s what’s happened and also what’s the difference in the cabins ???

thank you 

an anxious Min