grapau27 Posted June 24 Author #51 Share Posted June 24 3 minutes ago, DeeniEncinitas said: 🌺🌺🌺🌺 Aloha Graham! You are also very handsome and you and Pauline are just wonderful people! So happy to know you and love all the travels and friendship! 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺 Mahalo Denise😊 Thank you Denise. You are one of the nicest people on here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waju Posted June 24 #52 Share Posted June 24 52 minutes ago, grapau27 said: No we never went there. I think we all are a stone heavier after all the delicious food we ate. I had pre-booked the Take That tribute in the theatre for 8.30pm. We walked past at 7.45pm and there was a long queue and as I can't stand for long we decided to give it a miss. 1 morning there was a retired airline pilot guest speaker in the theatre which we went to and it was interesting. I would definitely recommend you try the 710 club. It was a singer/piano player, two guitars and a drummer - they have a different theme each evening and very cleverly seem to be making it up as they go along - it had an ‘exclusive’ feel as it’s only a small venue. We saw the Headliners do the Take That show, it wasn’t my favourite even though I love Take That! We also saw the Pilot speaker, did you see the ex marine who lost an arm and a leg in Afghanistan? He got a standing ovation but he did use some colourful language which may have offended some people, Richard and Adam the opera style singing brothers were also fabulous IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted June 24 #53 Share Posted June 24 4 hours ago, grapau27 said: Thank you. We love Iona but the 6th Street diner on Arvia makes it our favourite. It opens at 10am for breakfast and we loved it on sea days. The 50s 60s music was great as was the service. wow looks good. Sure wish us USA folks could travel on P&O 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted June 24 Author #54 Share Posted June 24 3 hours ago, Eddie99 said: Welcome back Graham and Pauline We missed you, despite your daily weather reports from the north east of England I’m glad you had a lovely time and it’s good to hear a good report of Arvia. Was it your first time on her? Thank you for your nice words. I really wanted to do a live from review but home insurance would have been void if I highlighted we were away. It was our first time on Arvia but we have been on Iona 6 times. Another good thing is we will be Caribbean loyalty for our next P&O cruise. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted June 24 Author #55 Share Posted June 24 9 minutes ago, Waju said: I would definitely recommend you try the 710 club. It was a singer/piano player, two guitars and a drummer - they have a different theme each evening and very cleverly seem to be making it up as they go along - it had an ‘exclusive’ feel as it’s only a small venue. We saw the Headliners do the Take That show, it wasn’t my favourite even though I love Take That! We also saw the Pilot speaker, did you see the ex marine who lost an arm and a leg in Afghanistan? He got a standing ovation but he did use some colourful language which may have offended some people, Richard and Adam the opera style singing brothers were also fabulous IMO We missed the ex marine speaker. Thanks for the advice on 710 club which we will go to next time. I'm pleased you had a fantastic cruise too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted June 24 #56 Share Posted June 24 Grapau, I must be going daft, sorry it's taken me so long to work out Grapau is Graham and Pauline. We were also on 14 on the Starboard corner, so almost neighbours looking at your pictures. Presume you had Adonis as cabin steward. I also enjoyed the airline talk although my wife said don't ask questions. As I believe the golden age of flying (longhaul) is nowadays , however the golden age of airports disappeared 40 years ago when you could turn up 20 minutes before flight 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted June 24 Author #57 Share Posted June 24 12 minutes ago, Oceansaway17 said: wow looks good. Sure wish us USA folks could travel on P&O Nice to hear from you. I understand it is possible especially when P&O sail in the Caribbean. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted June 24 #58 Share Posted June 24 11 minutes ago, Oceansaway17 said: wow looks good. Sure wish us USA folks could travel on P&O No reason why you cant https://www.poamericas.com Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted June 24 #59 Share Posted June 24 Just now, BrianI said: No reason why you cant https://www.poamericas.com Brian oh I will have to investigate then thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted June 24 #60 Share Posted June 24 1 minute ago, grapau27 said: Nice to hear from you. I understand it is possible especially when P&O sail in the Caribbean. aw but I would want to sail out of UK and I love me my Brits. Always the nicest folks on any cruise I go on. Not just saying since you are a Brit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted June 24 Author #61 Share Posted June 24 7 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said: Grapau, I must be going daft, sorry it's taken me so long to work out Grapau is Graham and Pauline. We were also on 14 on the Starboard corner, so almost neighbours looking at your pictures. Presume you had Adonis as cabin steward. I also enjoyed the airline talk although my wife said don't ask questions. As I believe the golden age of flying (longhaul) is nowadays , however the golden age of airports disappeared 40 years ago when you could turn up 20 minutes before flight Yes 14743 a couple of cabins from you. Adonis was our cabin steward. We said hello a few times to you both in the corridor not realising we both posted on cruise critic. I never say when we are away so you wouldn't know we were both P&O regular posters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapau27 Posted June 24 Author #62 Share Posted June 24 4 minutes ago, Oceansaway17 said: aw but I would want to sail out of UK and I love me my Brits. Always the nicest folks on any cruise I go on. Not just saying since you are a Brit. We have had 25 P&O cruises out of Southampton England which is our preferred departure port for the Mediterranean and Canary Islands cruises. I am always happy to give you advice if you need it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted June 24 #63 Share Posted June 24 Graham Thank you for sharing. My favorite pics are the ones with you & Pauline in them. It looks like you had lovely weather! I also loved the video of the wake. Always so peaceful. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaniDanielle Posted June 24 #64 Share Posted June 24 Thank you Graham 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winifred 22 Posted June 24 #65 Share Posted June 24 So refreshing to read such a positive and enjoyable review. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare h20skibum Posted June 24 #66 Share Posted June 24 All of that food looks delicious, Graham. Glad that you and Pauline had a wonderful cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraann Posted June 24 #67 Share Posted June 24 We were on deck 11 on this cruise and I have to agree that after the disappointing start of a 3 hour delay, the rest of the cruise was amazing. Happily, there didn’t seem to be any probs from noro so maybe their ‘deep clean’ worked. The 710 club is worth booking early as it only holds about 50 people and is popular. The captain amused every night with his jokes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rafinmd Posted June 24 #68 Share Posted June 24 I'm wondering about tendering. Cunard has a "step test" requirement where one must be able to step across 2 lines about 18 inches apart before being able to board a tender. Is this a true of P&O or is it strictly a Cunard thing? Thanks Roy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedneckBob Posted June 24 #69 Share Posted June 24 4 hours ago, grapau27 said: Thank you Nancy. This definitely is not dashboard material! (I guess this doesn’t make sense to most of y’all) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ReneeFLL Posted June 24 #70 Share Posted June 24 @grapau27 Food looks really good and aft views are the beat imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted June 24 #71 Share Posted June 24 48 minutes ago, rafinmd said: I'm wondering about tendering. Cunard has a "step test" requirement where one must be able to step across 2 lines about 18 inches apart before being able to board a tender. Is this a true of P&O or is it strictly a Cunard thing? Thanks Roy I don't know if the mega ships Arvia and Iona , tender , 6000 passengers would be a logistical challenge. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugsta Posted June 24 #72 Share Posted June 24 I had to do a 'step test' on Aurora earlier this year (this was in one of the lounges, for people with mobility problems). However, IIRC, there was also a similar test that everyone had to do on the way down to the tenders. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ReneeFLL Posted June 24 #73 Share Posted June 24 2 hours ago, grapau27 said: Thank you for your nice words. I really wanted to do a live from review but home insurance would have been void if I highlighted we were away. It was our first time on Arvia but we have been on Iona 6 times. Another good thing is we will be Caribbean loyalty for our next P&O cruise. Home insurance doesn’t cover you if you are away? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted June 24 #74 Share Posted June 24 Lovely photos and the food looks amazing as well as the itinerary. You and Pauline look beautiful! I would love to cruise on P & O. Thank you for sharing.😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted June 24 #75 Share Posted June 24 6 minutes ago, ReneeFLL said: Home insurance doesn’t cover you if you are away? I have heard that some insurance carriers do Not cover you if you "advertise" on social media sites that you are on vacation. I read somewhere that US carriers have this in the fine print, sounds like UK does too 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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