Orianababes Posted July 27, 2022 #1 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Calling anyone who is on Azura at the present time! Are Sindhi and the Epicurean open? Any other comments about current life on board welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galeforce9 Posted July 27, 2022 #2 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Let’s have a topic so we can log what speciality dining is open by ship now and try and keep it up to date. Thanks for your help. Many will find it useful. I posted about this subject on the Arcadia topic just now but it struck me that many people are wanting to know this, particularly freedom diners, and it is a rapidly changing situation. I have to add that this is really important to me and one of my main reasons to book on Aurora in October (having sailed with P&O over 30 times). I was planning to dine in the Glass House every night, as we have previously. Let’s hope this visibility keeps the pressure up on P&O to keep these dining places open and sacrifice other service areas (eg a number of tables in select dining) if they do suffer unexpected staff shortages. Freedom diners shouldn’t be the ones constantly penalised by these misguided operational decisions. It can’t be acceptable to run at below usual staff levels now we are in the recovery phase and have dining options permanently shut or shut for months when charging full service prices. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted July 27, 2022 #3 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Moley and P&O have both said that things should be more normal by the end of August, so I think your concerns about an October cruise are unfounded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenandPaul Posted July 27, 2022 #4 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Might be resolved by October. Think they will be back to square one come December when Arvia and it’s 5000+ Passengers comes into service 😬 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galeforce9 Posted July 27, 2022 #5 Share Posted July 27, 2022 50 minutes ago, terrierjohn said: Moley and P&O have both said that things should be more normal by the end of August, so I think your concerns about an October cruise are unfounded. Probably not unfounded to have concerns now given current evidence. Let’s hope they prove not to be of concern in October. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristaltips Posted July 27, 2022 #6 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Bearing in mind that Arcadia at the best of times does not have the dining options of other ships, I am really not looking forward to my upcoming Baltic cruise. The MDR menus are even further reduced from our previous three post covid cruises. This cruise is not a “cheapie” and has been booked since day one. No way are we going to get the experience we envisaged when booked and to say I feel cheated is an understatement. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazrat Posted July 28, 2022 #7 Share Posted July 28, 2022 11 hours ago, Cristaltips said: Bearing in mind that Arcadia at the best of times does not have the dining options of other ships, I am really not looking forward to my upcoming Baltic cruise. The MDR menus are even further reduced from our previous three post covid cruises. This cruise is not a “cheapie” and has been booked since day one. No way are we going to get the experience we envisaged when booked and to say I feel cheated is an understatement. So you will be going thinking you will be disappointed before you get on board, we have a tendency to be more positive until proved wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted July 28, 2022 #8 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Bazrat said: So you will be going thinking you will be disappointed before you get on board, we have a tendency to be more positive until proved wrong. Me too. Think positive! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristaltips Posted July 28, 2022 #9 Share Posted July 28, 2022 29 minutes ago, Bazrat said: So you will be going thinking you will be disappointed before you get on board, we have a tendency to be more positive until proved wrong. Having been on three cruises since covid on different ships and on Arcadia on many previous occasions, and seeing the now reduced menu, I know it will not be the experience I am entitled to expect. My opinion, which I am entitled to. I hope upon hope to be proved wrong. However, to take both speciality restaurants out of service on a smaller, adult only ship that pax pay a premium to sail on, in my opinion is short sighted. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted July 28, 2022 #10 Share Posted July 28, 2022 43 minutes ago, Bazrat said: So you will be going thinking you will be disappointed before you get on board, we have a tendency to be more positive until proved wrong. I would say they are going on board aware of facts in advance that may well impact on their enjoyment, having paid for more / better. Positive thinking does not open closed restaurants, get you to missed ports or miraculously conjur up extra choices on menus that have apparently been cutback. I’m a great believer in positive thinking but cruise lines are not really being fair to their customers and covid is no longer an excuse as there has been adequate time to resolve any issues. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted July 28, 2022 #11 Share Posted July 28, 2022 23 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: I would say they are going on board aware of facts in advance that may well impact on their enjoyment, having paid for more / better. Positive thinking does not open closed restaurants, get you to missed ports or miraculously conjur up extra choices on menus that have apparently been cutback. I’m a great believer in positive thinking but cruise lines are not really being fair to their customers and covid is no longer an excuse as there has been adequate time to resolve any issues. Much as I hate to say it, both Celebrity and Princess served up a near normal experience with everything open, full menus and even turn down at night. Perhaps it is a P&O problem at present rather than a cruise line one but I'm intrigued as to why. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 28, 2022 #12 Share Posted July 28, 2022 35 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: I would say they are going on board aware of facts in advance that may well impact on their enjoyment, having paid for more / better. Positive thinking does not open closed restaurants, get you to missed ports or miraculously conjur up extra choices on menus that have apparently been cutback. I’m a great believer in positive thinking but cruise lines are not really being fair to their customers and covid is no longer an excuse as there has been adequate time to resolve any issues. It's not all cruise lines. We didn't notice any issues on Celebrity last week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted July 28, 2022 #13 Share Posted July 28, 2022 14 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: Much as I hate to say it, both Celebrity and Princess served up a near normal experience with everything open, full menus and even turn down at night. Perhaps it is a P&O problem at present rather than a cruise line one but I'm intrigued as to why. Yes, forgot. Off to dinner and a show. Came back to the bed turned down and chocolate on the pillow. Perhaps P&O's operational chocolate issue will be solved by October.🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecttr Posted July 28, 2022 #14 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: Much as I hate to say it, both Celebrity and Princess served up a near normal experience with everything open, full menus and even turn down at night. Perhaps it is a P&O problem at present rather than a cruise line one but I'm intrigued as to why. 1 - P&O may be considered a cash cow at Carnival HQ 2 - P&O passengers may moan a lot but don't vote with their feet 3 - P&O is now concentrating on the family market but what sort of families, wealthy ones or disfunctional ones!, see 2 above 4 - family market means ships with lots of stuff for kids to do and short cruises to hot weather areas. Lots of competitors in this area, Arvias 14 nighters to the med won't appeal to families, they want a fly cruise Edited July 28, 2022 by davecttr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galeforce9 Posted July 28, 2022 #15 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Cristaltips said: Having been on three cruises since covid on different ships and on Arcadia on many previous occasions, and seeing the now reduced menu, I know it will not be the experience I am entitled to expect. My opinion, which I am entitled to. I hope upon hope to be proved wrong. However, to take both speciality restaurants out of service on a smaller, adult only ship that pax pay a premium to sail on, in my opinion is short sighted. I totally agree. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galeforce9 Posted July 28, 2022 #16 Share Posted July 28, 2022 50 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: I would say they are going on board aware of facts in advance that may well impact on their enjoyment, having paid for more / better. Positive thinking does not open closed restaurants, get you to missed ports or miraculously conjur up extra choices on menus that have apparently been cutback. I’m a great believer in positive thinking but cruise lines are not really being fair to their customers and covid is no longer an excuse as there has been adequate time to resolve any issues. This is my issue. Thank you for explaining to the other posters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billish Posted July 28, 2022 #17 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, davecttr said: P&O may be considered a cash cow at Carnival HQ Not so much these days with the current fx rate. Any profit P&O is currently earning is 15% less than it was this time last year. Edited July 28, 2022 by Billish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eglesbrech Posted July 28, 2022 #18 Share Posted July 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, zap99 said: It's not all cruise lines. We didn't notice any issues on Celebrity last week. I would agree re Celebrity, we noticed no changes and great service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted July 28, 2022 #19 Share Posted July 28, 2022 30 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: Much as I hate to say it, both Celebrity and Princess served up a near normal experience with everything open, full menus and even turn down at night. Perhaps it is a P&O problem at present rather than a cruise line one but I'm intrigued as to why. That was also our experience on Britannia in June, everything was open and we had no problems with waiter service in the bars. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazrat Posted July 28, 2022 #20 Share Posted July 28, 2022 58 minutes ago, Eglesbrech said: I would say they are going on board aware of facts in advance that may well impact on their enjoyment, having paid for more / better. Positive thinking does not open closed restaurants, get you to missed ports or miraculously conjur up extra choices on menus that have apparently been cutback. I’m a great believer in positive thinking but cruise lines are not really being fair to their customers and covid is no longer an excuse as there has been adequate time to resolve any issues. The point is nobody on this thread me included knows what the situation will be like in a few weeks time, so I will be looking forward to our cruise without the worry what might be open or available till we get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazrat Posted July 28, 2022 #21 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Cristaltips said: Having been on three cruises since covid on different ships and on Arcadia on many previous occasions, and seeing the now reduced menu, I know it will not be the experience I am entitled to expect. My opinion, which I am entitled to. I hope upon hope to be proved wrong. However, to take both speciality restaurants out of service on a smaller, adult only ship that pax pay a premium to sail on, in my opinion is short sighted. All I ment to say until I get on our cruise I go with eager anticipation, any negative thoughts I will leave to others, I too have been on post COVID cruises should have been more but for my wife's I'll health and enjoyed them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Megabear2 Posted July 28, 2022 #22 Share Posted July 28, 2022 As I said earlier Iona seems pretty much booked up from September. I also looked at the "reduced" Arcadia and Aurora September cruises, quoted £6,000 for an inside for single use on the former and £4900 for the latter. Clearly someone is booking these cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazrat Posted July 28, 2022 #23 Share Posted July 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: As I said earlier Iona seems pretty much booked up from September. I also looked at the "reduced" Arcadia and Aurora September cruises, quoted £6,000 for an inside for single use on the former and £4900 for the latter. Clearly someone is booking these cruises. Those prices seam a bit steep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmt47471015 Posted July 28, 2022 #24 Share Posted July 28, 2022 15 minutes ago, Megabear2 said: As I said earlier Iona seems pretty much booked up from September. I also looked at the "reduced" Arcadia and Aurora September cruises, quoted £6,000 for an inside for single use on the former and £4900 for the latter. Clearly someone is booking these cruises. Hopefully in good faith🤨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazrat Posted July 28, 2022 #25 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 minute ago, gsmt47471015 said: Hopefully in good faith🤨 Don't we all book in good faith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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