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1 hour ago, cruiseluvva said:

Is there a particular order for boarding? My daughter and my sister, with no loyalty status, will be in a deck 4 aft facing balcony cabin, while we are next door but have priority. I know we’ll be boarding first, but does anyone have any idea what sort of boarding time they may get?

I have a very old list but it still appears to work going on our last cruises. Deck 4 E on Arcadia 14.00

32 minutes ago, Josy1953 said:

We have the ex-Lord Mayor living in our street but he says that it is a conflict of interest for him so he can't get involved.

Find out who the applicant is. It could be a councillor. A lot of very bad planning applications have been dubiously passed in our area

50 minutes ago, Josy1953 said:

Same cul-de-sac.  

We are in the worst position because it is L shaped and we are in the corner of the L so the side of the house involved is next to our front garden.  There is currently  a 12 ft high conifer hedge inside their garden but the plans show that it will be removed so that they can put a path between the extrension and our 6ft high fence.

The people in the house in the street below us have told DH that they have also filled in the form to the council because it will affect their privacy too.

Work backwards Josy. Find out what would stop permission. Then start your objections using the guidelines.

We went to bed just after half ten last night. Then hubby's phone started beeping. Son was at the coast and could see the Aurora.

I lay a while then got up to see if daughter wanted us to sit with granddaughter so she could go to beach. Offer was declined, back to bed.

Phone started again. Son was back and the lights were better at home. Got up again. Wow. The sky was red to purple all over. Our three families were sending photos back and forth.

These lasted much longer and were far more intense than on our Northern Lights cruise, and we had good sightings then.

Good luck to everyone checking tonight 

3 minutes ago, JeanieC,Aston said:

Hi

I have sailed Thomson since 1997,,,54 cruises in all,last one 3 weeks ago,,,I can’t remember Thomson/Tui/Marella ever being anything but All Inclusive.

I also cruise P&O (Britannia in 4 weeks) and always buy the DP,,this time with the 20% discount was a no brainier.

Each to their own I say.

Definitely has not always been all inclusive. I stopped going when it changed and the prices went up.

23 minutes ago, yorkshirephil said:

IMO no. P&O cater for retired people during off peak periods, many that don't drink much which is us now, plus many take medication that doesn't mix well with alcohol. We used to cruise regularly with what was Thompsons but stopped when they went all inclusive as I do not feel the need to subsidise other peoples drinking. If P&O go all inc then I very much doubt we would continue using them.

I could have written this. It describes our reasons exactly 

Out of interest I have just checked on my P&O and the prices haven't changed yet. So anyone who would buy a drinks package can do it today. We don't. 

41 minutes ago, david63 said:

If that is true then there is a logic error in the policy. In the section on spirits it says "when guests first embark the ship" therefore the logic of that statement does not preclude taking spirits onboard at ports of call.

However the policy for ports is any alcohol is stored until you leave the ship 

We always have a starter and soup. This is never a problem and we are freedom dinning. On Ventura the food and portion sizes were so good. sometimes we didn't have dessert 

Last year on Britannia. I told the DJ if he looked around the room and most people had grey hair. It was safe to assume they didn't like rap. It worked for a couple of days inside. Out on deck he happily played to himself for a fortnight 

Just to counteract no.7. We were on Ventura a month ago. We really felt cruising was now back to normal. Food, entertainment, staff etc. all great 

14 minutes ago, AndyMichelle said:

We had a 9.35 disembakation time and were off the ship by 8.30.

We came out of breakfast looking for somewhere to plonk ourselves and were just guided off the ship. 

It all seemed to be going smoothly, but apparently the lifts were a nightmare, but I suppose they always are on embarkation day. 

Andy 

 

 

Welcome home 

45 minutes ago, Beckett said:

No Eglesbrech, it's a bit more brutal than that if you're a bit squeamish. You decide on a shape and colour with the therapist -  as near to your naturals as possible. You then get smothered in freeze-cream for 20 minutes or so. When you're frozen you lie on the couch and the therapist cuts into your brows with a machine- operated scalpel and follows the shape you've agreed on.  She then puts the dye into the cut bits and you come out looking like you've got perfect eyebrows! It can be a little bit painful when the first cut goes in but overall it's quite relaxing.  Jane xx

So it is like tattooed eyebrows? Sounds very painful. I think I will pass😉

I would check with Port Adventure. I have also been on excursions which opened out of hours for us 

1 hour ago, kalos said:

 

Ah yes we need a paternoster as well ,saves queues and you will love it Avril 🙃

 

https://youtu.be/ZYbyaj4G9FM?si=0cG6-oOF0IdFX935&t=2

 

 

What's a paternoster?

It's not very pretty. Is it?

I'm just having a cup of tea and thinking. "Isn't it nice to have nothing more pressing to do than design imaginary ships." 😉

Last year this became able to book once onboard. Several times were offered so I would not have thought it would be fully booked already 

15 minutes ago, Adawn47 said:

Strange I found the meaning simply as 'Latin origin. Heavenly or from the heavens'🤫

Just looked again and and I've missed out the N. It should be  CelestiNa. Sorry about that🥴

Avril

I think I prefer Celestia. Much more exotic 🙂

I'm

9 minutes ago, pete14 said:

On another thread, an esteemed poster expressed the opinion that Ventura has the best glasshouse in the fleet. This set me thinking what our perfect P&O ship would be like. Adding to the glasshouse on Ventura, I would say the aft cabins on Arcadia. If you would like to help us to design the best P&O ship, just quote the previous post and add your suggestion to the bottom of the list. This should collate the list for us all in one place. No arguing please and nothing that is not P&O.

 

1 Glasshouse on Ventura

2 Aft cabins on Arcadia

3

3 Cinema Iona

4 Pool aft Aurora 

I hope you both have a wonderful time 

We have just been out for a walk 

 We didn't have rain..... just hailstones. It is freezing here

I think we are P&O 'family'. Like all families we moan and groan but basically get along. If an outsider comes in and criticises. Like all families we band together and fight back.

If you don't mind noise it shouldn't bother you too much. However there is constant music. If you move further down, deck 8/9 will be churning out different music.

 Oh, I have just read this and realised I am turning into my father- in- law😧

I think the point is. To get everyone with lots of luggage away from the lifts so there is room for passengers.