yes!yes!yes!

2 hours ago, arxcards said:

Princess has been able to sell individual packs of 20 over the bar for $12, whether domestic or international. This was still true ex-Sydney last season. They were restricted to 1 pack per adult per day. Thankfully no longer required for us. I don't recall P&O being as cheap for us either.

Fung Kuei is the go. Cheaper, more choice, plus you can take them to your cabin and consume during the remainder of your cruise.

Mums the smoker, not me. But I was with her when she bought a pack from the poolside bar and they said $15.00 per packet, limited choice tho.

5 hours ago, arxcards said:

When built, it was the Dawn Princess Vista Lounge. P&O only changed the decor when she became Explorer. The layout of most areas are very similar to her Dawn Princess days.

 

Thanks for your posts. I am looking forward to your comments from Europe.

Mum has spent months on the Dawn and she kept pointing out all the original stuff.

Most of it was quite obvious, especially the room carpet and stair well carpets. Vista just has different carpet and cushion covers

5 hours ago, dazadelaide said:

Yes would love to read about your adventures.

Have never thought about posting on this forum when we have cruised in other locations.

Have a great time.

Daz

Nor me, I have done lots of "foreign cruises"

On 5/6/2024 at 7:17 AM, arxcards said:

No foreign port = no duty free cigs or alcohol.

I know, thats the over the counter individual packet price. Its available whenever the pool bar is open. I dont think there was a duty free shop on board

the entertainment staff were good. excellent turn out at all activities and trivias and gameshows.

the cruise director was okay, he did the job, but not much personality.

3 hours ago, Cruisers47 said:

Thanks for your comments.  We are going on a p and o in a month.   Accept that food is not as good as other lines but sometimes I think it is my fault for ordering the wrong dish,   But we will enjoy.   Enjoy Europe.

 

eileen

you won't go hungry.

they do penny pinch a lot tho. if you want a burger its $6.50 and $8.50 extra on the lunch menu (altho the laSt lunch in the buffet had an included burger bar) $10.50 for a hotdog in the dining room. there is a burger place somewhere near the pool but you have to pay there too.

thankfully I'm not really into burgers but I know alot of people are.

we have really enjoyed our cruise.

its always great to travel with mum and eat lots. p&o is not anywhere near as good as msc, royal Caribbean  or princess. but they don't come here and do return cruises so we made the most of it.

I'm off in 2 weeks time to Europe for 8 weeks  and will be booking a cruise for while I'm there. so I suppose I can't post on here as its not Australia / new Zealand.

if anyone has any questions about this cruise,  I will  check in here over the next few days.

we had breakfast in the buffet for the first time this morning.

it was the same stuff as the dining room menu.

we have pulled into fremantle.

we can start getting off from 7.30am 

we had dinner in Angelo's last night.

it was quite good

cigarettes are $15 a packet of 25, Winfield or rothmans. thats bar price. I don't think they have them in the duty free shop

waiting for the perfect match show to start in the lounge. we call it the Vista lounge because it's just like a princess Vista lounge.

there is such a good turn out for all the events and every one joins in.

have only seen one wheel chair and a few crutches. not one walker frame.

we had the buffet for lunch today.

the Indian station was good. I also had a beef burrito made to order from the Mexican station.

both were good. the food is very average, but the hot food is nice and hot. mum had roast beef which she said was like leather.

lots of cakes but no flavour.

we are still enjoying ourselves.

lots of trivia, gameshows and dances.

today's events 

we did many trivias and the celebrity heads game show during the day and saw the first half of the George Michael impersonator show. (we had dinner booking so left early ) show was disappointing in that the first 3 songs I didn't  recognize (the audience didn't either) and then the next two weren't big hits. it annoys me when you go see a cover singer and they sing all the b songs.

dinner in the Asian restaurant was poor. there was a deck party last night as it was a warm night. we only caught the beginning  and had an early night

we just had the dimsum. we enjoyed it, but we also said if it was at a restaurant on land we would never go back. 

we are booked in there for dinner tonight. everyone says its the better of the included dinner dining rooms.

we had 4 dishes. $30

17 minutes ago, ceeceeDee said:

It's definitely worth asking your cabin steward. In my experience they do their best to accommodate requests wherever possible. They may have a spare dining style chair which is what is used at the desk in the mini suites. As the old adage says 'If you don't ask, you don't get'.

as its only 3 nights, I won't bother.  mum usually sits on it.

seems like only royal Caribbean gives every inside room a 3 seater sofa and a high back padded chair

55 minutes ago, ceeceeDee said:

Well, that only leaves you the option of sitting on the beds. Not ideal.☹️

 

BTW, if the coffee table looks like this, maybe it's a stool?

yes. looks like that but not strong enough to sit on and I'm not big

I have just noticed that there is no chair what so ever in the room. what I thought was a chair under the dressing table is in fact a small coffee table 

mum isn't going to bingo. she said the line had hundreds of people waiting to buy the cards. and she went really early. 

she will try again  this afternoon. 

the casino keeps her distracted in the mean time.

we have been doing ok with trivia so far. but haven't won.

we are going to have the yum cha/dim sum for lunch. you have to pay per item but mum and I love dim sum so will give it a go. mum is at bingo so I had a quick look in the buffet to see what the menus are at each food station. they are more or less all different dishes from yesterday. ie the chicken Tikka is now lamb Rogan Josh.

for those that like to know.

there is one Australian plug and one American plug in there area below the TV. with 4 USB plugs in same area. nothing by the bed

there is a big wine menu in the dining room but I forgot to take a photo of it 

1 minute ago, ceeceeDee said:

Thanks so much for your observations! If you happen to have the time, would it be possible to post a photo of the cocktail menu/prices please? Would really appreciate it.

here's a few

56 minutes ago, MicCanberra said:

Have a great cruise 

always

we had to book dinner times when we got onboard. the times we wanted were not available.

we went 45 minutes earlier than our timeslot and they said not a problem and let us into the almost empty dining room.

food was basic, mums pie was good, my brisket was awful. I ordered a bottle of wine  and they told me I could take the rest of the bottle back to my room and take it to dinner tomorrow.