Megabear2

They won't be. CDC and the equivalent aren't interested. The tough guys are the Aussies and they haven’t been phased by the "covid like " illness either.

Horrible experience. As you like figures, have a look here https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/surv/gilist.htm

Correct. Believe me you'd know only too easily if you had a gastric/noro virus. It is incredibly quick and violent.

More or less, yes. Covid is airborne whereas norovirus is by touch. Deep cleaning and sanitation processes can eradicate noro but not covid. Noro is easily passed by touch whereas we now know covid isn't. The new variant does cause s&d but it is not violent or transmitted in the same way as the noro or other sickness bugs.

Look under the deals tab?

You have to log in to your individual cruises. Each one will carry the offers for that particular cruise. I have three, they all have excursions, spa, Internet and gift offerings. For the excursions the descriptions have a red price and black Friday deal across them.

I appreciate your choices but the problems are in other places and as you tend to go into attack mode when people explain their experiences in fairness you need to understand everyone has different expectations. Andersons for instance isn't a particularly great place for a solo non alcohol drinker. Atriums on the other hand offer lots of music, dancing etc on other ships and are actually the main hub. As such they're ideal for socialising, hence their popularity.

Interesting choice of venues. Basically at night apart from the restaurants you don't use any large venues at all so you rarely encounter the things people give bad feedback on. The pool bars are not open late on a non Caribbean cruise either as the weather/sea conditions are not ideal after sunset. Explains a great deal. Really you're saying you don't see the problems so aren't really in a position to comment or tell people they're being unreasonable when they say they've experienced something different to you.

I can confirm my travel agent (who is a personal friend) uses special numbers. However she often waits for well over an hour for anyone to pick up. That includes P&O, Princes, Cunard, Celebrity and TUI for my bookings and I've sat with her on holiday while she's held for two hours for Jet2!

Atrium ... well the Arvia one was like an airport. Extremely loud with a footway through the middle. One side given over to the coffee bar, the rest served by one big bar. In one corner a small stage with a couple of rows of bench seats allowing you to look at the act which was normally some Spanish singers or on one occasion the lady busker. Waiters were hard to come by, very over busy and appearing to be giving preference to large groups. Other entertainment offered were acrobatic performers on the immediate floor area by the stairs. On Celebration night the photographers set up in this area and large queues form. The stairs are also closed off to facilitate these photographers. Silent disco is held here too. As a solo traveller I use the Atrium on most ships as it can be a good place to meet people, particularly early on. Arvia's Atrium unfortunately being so loud wasn't a good place for conversations due to the "airport effect". Compared with the other ships entertainment chosen to be in this area simply didn't work as well. It is a massive area but seems to have little identity.

The original poster liked a post about seats and sunbeds on page 8, apparently on Sunday evening. I'd guess she read things and decided it wasn't a good place for her to be. And then we have 4 pages of chocolate, so even if she decided to brave it she probably thought not much point.

I've had several conversations with them recently, thankfully with little difficulty. I call around 50 minutes before closing. Once the robot answers I just say operator. When she moves on I stay quiet and generally that confuses her and she says she will get me help. That seems to work, music force minute or so and then someone answers. Hopefully worth a go. Good luck.

Normally we don't buy that much wine apart from Cloudy Bay Sauvignon as a treat when we go to the Limelight Club. However as we have been given a £500 unexpected gift we thought a dozen bottles pre ordered would be a nice thing to spend it on (particularly as the client told us to "have a drink on him". We only drink white wine so no problem with having two on the go! The Commodore appeals because we can have a bottle of port and my OH has one every night. We can always take it with us as required and also can have a bottle in the room if we want. I'm pretty confident we can finish a bottle a day between us. Looking at the wine lists on offer elsewhere a lot of the wines are approaching £14 for the better quality ones so as non wine buffs there are a few we know on the list that we'd be happy with. We recognise quite a few on the list so that's a benefit.

Thank you very much. Have you by any chance bought one recently and if so how was the availability of the wines onboard? We are looking at the Commodore but the only review I've seen mentioning it I'd dated 18 months ago and suggests there were shortages with cheaper substitutes.

We've not had one of these since our last staycation but a very grateful client has very generously given an unexpected bonus to us as a thanks for working on our last holiday. We though it would be nice to treat ourselves to a wine package as a result but I am unable to find either an upto date menu or the included bottles or the current price. Does anyone have any idea where I can find this information? I can see a telephone number but don't really want to call until I can see which wines are on offer. Thank you.

Thank you. Rebooked internet for £16 saving and also just short of £5.00 each on my husband's three thermal spa booking. Unfortunately my excursions are too popular to be included but a good result.

Where did you see the shore excursions and internet please? I can't see anything on my link. Thanks

I understand your frustration, all I wanted was a seat too. They were extremely helpful, no problem at all. On the other hand, jeepers the problems we've had over a walking sticks ... 🙄

In your cruise personalised under before you sail there's a new online mobility form. I ignored the stuff about walking aids etc just ticked no assistance but on page 3 under hidden disabilities ticked yes and put in there I needed access to a chair at embarkation due to such and such condition. I submitted it and dropped an email to the address on the form explaining I had the hidden disability and received an email saying it was noted. As Tiger said went to the accessible line and my name was on the list and I was whizzed in, chair for a couple of minutes and then straight checked in.

When I couldn't stand following an accident I completed the access form and asked could I sit inside by email. It was acknowledged and the seat was waiting no problem, in fact they were going to let me jump the queue as I had 4.00pm boarding. Excellent service, I'd email if I was you, seems if you're upfront they try everything to help.

Ironically the only bad review is a TUI flight wh7ch again didn't offer the much vaunted entertainment ..

I promise I never try to kill anyone. On a serious note I have a friend who was an Essex traffic cop who had to be taken off duties after years of frequently attending the scenes of motorcycle accidents. He flinches and ducks if a bike passes him on a road even though he hasn't done the job for 20 years.

I live on a main road, have had multiple accidents outside or near my home in the 19 years I've lived here. The road has houses on either side and is a former B road just upgraded to A for expediency the year after we moved in. All the accidents bar 3 are "property accidents", ie no injuries or fatalities and as such don't exist. One of these traffic watch things was set up a number of years back and reports to police. Other than telling us that 65% of drivers are in excess of 40mph in the 30mph zone it does absolutely no good. As residents we've learned that what we call accidents aren't and the speeding is actually not a game changer, more the definition of what was a minor road as a major one causing the increase in collisions etc. Judging by the figures in these documents Wales hasn't much to worry about road accidents before they changed the 20mph. However older drivers seem to be a problem everywhere along with motorbikes. https://www.brake.org.uk/get-involved/take-action/mybrake/knowledge-centre/uk-road-safety https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-provisional-results-2022/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-provisional-results-2022

Very true but perhaps the real problem is the decline of respect and morals across the board. Angry older people in a crowded buffet demanding and expecting to get the tea and cakes first and shoving people aside is another pet hate. I totally agree with you about it being prevalent elsewhere, the difference presumably being birds of a feather flock together and on a ship it's even more obvious. As for the Mail, please don't insult me ...

Exactly the case. Quite a few contributors on here like their own company, it's much easier on the adult only ships.