Scratchrat Posted June 12, 2020 Author #76 Share Posted June 12, 2020 I've seen plenty of the world and will see plenty more. I don't just cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted June 12, 2020 #77 Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 6/11/2020 at 9:57 AM, wowzz said: When youre young and healthy, there are, imho, better ways of seeing the world. That's what we did. We explored all over the far east while we were healthy enough and only had to finally stop in 2007 when we were 60 and 62. Now it's exploring a different continent at a more leisurely pace, but no less interesting. We're only thankful we can still do it. Avril 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted June 12, 2020 #78 Share Posted June 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: That's what we did. We explored all over the far east while we were healthy enough and only had to finally stop in 2007 when we were 60 and 62. Now it's exploring a different continent at a more leisurely pace, but no less interesting. We're only thankful we can still do it. Avril I have seen a lot less of the world since we started cruising, but for us, the onboard experience outweighs the importance of the ports. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted June 12, 2020 #79 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, AndyMichelle said: I have seen a lot less of the world since we started cruising, but for us, the onboard experience outweighs the importance of the ports. Andy We'd hardly seen hardly anything of Europe, once to Mallorca and once to Kos. Then we dicovered Malaysia etc. and we were hooked. So now this area is all new to us. We still like to explore new places that we visit. The HOHO buses are great or we take a gentle stroll from the ship. The inquisitive gene is still alive and well, we just have to take it at a more leisurely pace. 😉 Avril Edited June 12, 2020 by Adawn47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted June 12, 2020 #80 Share Posted June 12, 2020 33 minutes ago, Adawn47 said: That's what we did. We explored all over the far east while we were healthy enough and only had to finally stop in 2007 when we were 60 and 62. Now it's exploring a different continent at a more leisurely pace, but no less interesting. We're only thankful we can still do it. Avril Yes, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka etc. Would still be going there now, but the 16 hours flights and the jet lag take their toll a bit more these days! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adawn47 Posted June 12, 2020 #81 Share Posted June 12, 2020 32 minutes ago, wowzz said: Yes, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka etc. Would still be going there now, but the 16 hours flights and the jet lag take their toll a bit more these days! Exactly. The jet lag. The heat now as well for us. Frank won't fly anymore after a panic attack on the plane back from Borneo, but we still miss that part of the world. The longest flight for us was Bali, but worth every hour. You sound like us wowzz with a love of that part of the world. Avril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted June 13, 2020 #82 Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 6/9/2020 at 10:46 AM, terrierjohn said: What about fish Jean? The recent P&O menus seemed to have far more fish than meat dishes. Yes I do eat the fish when it appeals. Strangely, I reluctantly ordered lemon sole one day and it was just beautiful. On the other hand, tried the barramundi and it was grey and not nice at all. The Beach House doesn't do it for me either. Used to love Sorrento when they had it on Oriana, superb Italian food. The barbecue rubbish in the beach house is not for me. would love some Italian dishes in the evening and more Indian. They do that so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted June 13, 2020 #83 Share Posted June 13, 2020 3 hours ago, jeanlyon said: Yes I do eat the fish when it appeals. Strangely, I reluctantly ordered lemon sole one day and it was just beautiful. On the other hand, tried the barramundi and it was grey and not nice at all. The Beach House doesn't do it for me either. Used to love Sorrento when they had it on Oriana, superb Italian food. The barbecue rubbish in the beach house is not for me. would love some Italian dishes in the evening and more Indian. They do that so well. Royal Caribbean and Celebrity have nice Italian restaurants. I don't know why P&O can't but at least P&O don't do much sushi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted June 13, 2020 #84 Share Posted June 13, 2020 4 hours ago, zap99 said: Royal Caribbean and Celebrity have nice Italian restaurants. I don't know why P&O can't but at least P&O don't do much sushi. Iona is going to have an Italian/med restaurant, The Olive Grove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted June 13, 2020 #85 Share Posted June 13, 2020 1 hour ago, terrierjohn said: Iona is going to have an Italian/med restaurant, The Olive Grove Thanks. I'll try that as soon as they start cruises again. November to the Canaries probably😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowzz Posted June 13, 2020 #86 Share Posted June 13, 2020 6 hours ago, zap99 said: Royal Caribbean and Celebrity have nice Italian restaurants. I don't know why P&O can't but at least P&O don't do much sushi. Isn't Cafe Jardin an Italian restaurant, despite its name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted June 14, 2020 #87 Share Posted June 14, 2020 10 hours ago, wowzz said: Isn't Cafe Jardin an Italian restaurant, despite its name? Isn't that only on Oceana?. Not been on her. Looks like the Olive Grove on Iona will be our next Italian on a ship. Our cruise to Alaska on Celebrity Eclipse leaves Vancouver this evening. NOT.☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchrat Posted June 15, 2020 Author #88 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I love sushi and italian ❤️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted June 15, 2020 #89 Share Posted June 15, 2020 26 minutes ago, Scratchrat said: I love sushi and italian ❤️ My vote goes for a Hibashi style restaurant on Iona, love the theatre of the food being cooked in front of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vampiress88 Posted June 15, 2020 #90 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/8/2020 at 9:43 AM, Scratchrat said: So as some of you know, I've only ever cruised with Carnival before now and only just booked my first ever P&O Cruise. I am sure there are differences between how things work on different ships and brands and my partner keeps asking me questions about the food so I suggested I'd ask them here! My partner is rather fussy with food and will often not want any of the options for one or more of the courses. If they were to ask for 3x starters instead of a main course for example, would this be doable/normal to ask? Are you restricted to 1 starter, 1 soup, 1 main, 1 dessert or could someone have 2 main courses if they couldnt choose? (Ignore the gluttony aspect for now!) I don't know about you all but I like to treat the MDR as my little experiment. I am a creature of habit in restaurants at home, I want to try new things but I don't like paying for things I end up disliking, so on a cruise, I use the MDR to try new things, on the understanding that if I don't like it, I haven't lost anything and I've tried it! Does anyone else do this? Do people find the specialty restaurants worth the cost? We tend to do specialties once or twice a cruise on Carnival as a treat, usually when we're not too fussed on the MDR menu. On that note, do they advertise the MDR menu/s in advance? Thanks all 🙂 Let's start getting hungry in this thread 😄 yes I use the cruise to puush myself to try new things but even then I have limits. I am fussy too and put I think there was always something on our last cruise I would pick. the dinners are hit and miss to each persons taste I suppose. Some dinner we had were lovely and some weren’t. im sure if I had moaned they would have fetched something different, same as I think they would probably have given me a starter for a main etc if that’s what we had said. I know the kids always got exactly what they asked for even when it was broccoli with chicken nuggets but then I found they were really extra specially good with the kids than most places. they put the menu up in the morning. I used to take a picture on my phone of it and we could decide before we ate. I like sindhu and the beach house. They were both quite good but sindhu was better imo. Haven’t tried the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vampiress88 Posted June 15, 2020 #91 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/11/2020 at 10:00 AM, Scratchrat said: Remember that not all "young" people are the same, just like we'd all be fools to assume that the older cruisers on here are all boring old farts 😛 Me and my other half are quite particular about home comforts. We wouldn't want to do backpacking, or travelling like that. We like nice hotels, cruises and stuff like that. We do go to Disney World in Florida for 2 weeks every 2 years and do 1-2 cruises a year when we can. In 2010 when we went on the first cruise, we thought it would be boring and like butlins at sea but we had a blast and we were in our 20's going to bed at 10pm cos we were exhausted! The old folks were still singing in the piano bar when we were in bed! wow. Your two years older than me an practically have the same holidays. Disney and cruises 😂 we have inside cabins so far. Have a balcony for the fjords so we can watch as we pass through. not sure what you mean about what you can do in an inside cabin. 😆 we went in 2012 on our first cruise too and we didn’t party hard half As much As All the older folk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchrat Posted June 16, 2020 Author #92 Share Posted June 16, 2020 8 hours ago, Vampiress88 said: wow. Your two years older than me an practically have the same holidays. Disney and cruises 😂 we have inside cabins so far. Have a balcony for the fjords so we can watch as we pass through. not sure what you mean about what you can do in an inside cabin. 😆 we went in 2012 on our first cruise too and we didn’t party hard half As much As All the older folk You know exactly what I mean about what you can do in an inside cabin, you have 2 kids for a reason! 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vampiress88 Posted June 16, 2020 #93 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Let’s have imaginary dinner (you can tell I am getting bored) this is tonight’s menu I would have tomato soup chicken breast buttermilk batter Sticky toffee pudding with honey and ginger ice cream. Hubby crab and leek pasties chicken breast buttermilk batter Sticky toffee pudding coffee maybe cheese and biscuits join me in my virtual MDR Edited June 16, 2020 by Vampiress88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted June 16, 2020 #94 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I will have, Crab & leek pasties Cannon of Lamb Passion fruit Pavlova a bottle of Malbec and maybe the Cheeseboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vampiress88 Posted June 16, 2020 #95 Share Posted June 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, terrierjohn said: I will have, Crab & leek pasties Cannon of Lamb Passion fruit Pavlova a bottle of Malbec and maybe the Cheeseboard pavlova sounds nice. I don’t really do lamb other than kebab. never used to this posh food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eddie99 Posted June 16, 2020 #96 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Rainbow trout Whole witch sole Cheeseboard Something nice from the wine waiter That’ll do me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMichelle Posted June 16, 2020 #97 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Minestrone Lamb cannon Apple pie sundae Cheeseboard Peroni Peroni Peroni Coffee... Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaJane Posted June 16, 2020 #98 Share Posted June 16, 2020 For me it would be: Rainbow trout Cannon of lamb Passion fruit pavlova a bottle of malbec (I’d let my husband share that!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalos Posted June 16, 2020 #99 Share Posted June 16, 2020 I will have ... Tomato soup Chicken breast or the sirloin Followed by a trip to a nearby bar and finish the night off with chip butty in the buffet (if it still exists) Don't do puddings hence the bar . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No pager thank you Posted June 16, 2020 #100 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Hmm... probably Pasties, Minestrone, Salmon and Panna Cotta, good glass of white wine, and coffee to finish... With the main, I might be cheeky and ask if a refund is today's special instead of xxx (sorry, couldn't resist 😉) Edited June 16, 2020 by No pager thank you Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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