Our fantastic Arvia cruise June 9th- June 23rd

[ReneeFLL]

1 minute ago, Sunshine3601 said:

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

Thanks for the info.

[bigpuss1]

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Sad to say our Arvia cruise was the worst cruise we have ever been on, P&O do not know how run a ship with 5000 passengers all their rules and regulations went over board, it was more like Butlins on Sea. Gone are the days were you make a reservation in person ever thing is now on line so the good restaurants are nearly all fully booked before you board. We made the decision never to sail with P&O again.

Peter Rees 

[lazey1]

Thank you for posting this review and the wonderful photos Graham. Being a former Insurance Claim Specialist it only makes sense to me that no one should ever publically share the information that their home will be empty during a certain time frame. That is just asking for trouble.

Jane 

[maggieq]

11 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Good afternoon.

We had a fantastic cruise on Arvia.

We stayed in the Grand Harbour hotel in Southampton on June 8th and had a nice balcony overlooking the Solent.

On June 9th there was a 3 hour delay for boarding while they did a deep clean but we boarded at 15.00pm.

Our cabin was at the back with fantastic views of the ships wake.

I had pre-booked our 14 nights Speciality restaurants on line.

I booked 6 nights in Epicurean.

4 nights in Sindhu.

3 nights in the Beach house.

1 night in Limelight club where we saw Joe McEldery the 2009 X factor winner who lives 20 miles from us.

Our itinerary was.

Southampton.

La Coruna.

Valencia.

Marseille.

Barcelona.

Alicante.

Cadiz.

Southampton.

For breakfast we went to the Meridian restaurant.

The Quays.

6th Street diner.

For lunch we went to

Meridian restaurant.

The Quays.

I have posted a selection of photos and if anyone has any questions please feel free to ask.

 

 

 

@grapau27 thanks for doing his review.  We stayed at same hotel before our encore ta in nov 2019. Should we cruise out of Southampton again, we will most certainly try to book it and hope for better weather to enjoy hotel and surroundings.  😊 

[Luckynana]

1 hour ago, Sunshine3601 said:

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

Hmm..that's interesting..

[Luckynana]

 

@grapau27  Beautiful pictures, Graham!  Another great cruise in the books!!😉

Thank you for sharing!

[MISTER 67]

Graham, looks like you had a wonderful cruise on a beautiful ship.

[quilty964]

Looks very nice, thanks for sharing!

[h20skibum]

8 hours ago, Waju said:

It would have been lovely to meet you and Pauline too 😊. I’m sure you would have recognised me - I’m the one that was a stone heavier at the end of the cruise than I was at the beginning 🤣🤣

I had to look up how much a stone was.  Given how good that food looks, a stone seems about right for 14 days.  Sounds muvpch less than 14 pounds.  Maybe I should start using that reference. 

[P&O SUE]

Thank you Graham for your wonderful review. I was going to ask if it was your first time on Arvia but I see you have answered this.

I definitely want to try Arvia but don’t want to leave my mum for that long at the moment. 

[grapau27]

9 hours 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

Anyone who uses a wheelchair or motor scooter has to let P&O know in advance of their disabilities so there are enough crew to help them in an emergency.

It is a while since we had to use a tender but we have St Peter port Guernsey on our next cruise so will report back to you Roy.

[grapau27]

17 hours ago, Sharon in AZ said:

Thank you for sharing your cruise Graham!  It looks like you and Pauline had a wonderful time!  Your pictures are great too. I love hearing your voice on the videos. How large is this ship passenger wise?

Thank you Sharon for your lovely comments.

Normal operating capacity is

5200 guests.

1800 crew.

184,700 tons.

The cruise after us has over 2000 children on board so capacity will be well over 6,000 passengers.

We never felt the ship was crowded though.

[zap99]

Glad you had a great cruise Graham. Pauline's hat look nice and looks like you had some decent weather in A Coruña,  for a change. I bet Greggs wondered where you were, but we all guessed. We loved our med cruise on Arvia, only complaint was Gail's beef was a bit fatty in the olive Grove. Easily fixed, she pinched my lamb.

Edited Tuesday at 09:04 AM by zap99

[grapau27]

13 hours ago, DaniDanielle said:

Thank you Graham 😁

Thank you Marietta.

I hope you and Charlie are both well.

[grapau27]

13 hours ago, Winifred 22 said:

So refreshing to read such a positive and enjoyable review. 

Thank you for your great comments.

[grapau27]

13 hours ago, h20skibum said:

All of that food looks delicious, Graham.  Glad that you and Pauline had a wonderful cruise. 

Thank you Mark.

We enjoyed every minute of our cruise.

[zap99]

11 hours ago, bigpuss1 said:

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Sad to say our Arvia cruise was the worst cruise we have ever been on, P&O do not know how run a ship with 5000 passengers all their rules and regulations went over board, it was more like Butlins on Sea. Gone are the days were you make a reservation in person ever thing is now on line so the good restaurants are nearly all fully booked before you board. We made the decision never to sail with P&O again.

Peter Rees 

That is the way of the world now. Book in advance. Can you just show up at Butlins? You book on line in advance at Warners.

[grapau27]

12 hours ago, RedneckBob said:

This definitely is not dashboard material! (I guess this doesn’t make sense to most of y’all)

Thank you Bob.

Back to reality today but still a sea view.

 

[grapau27]

13 hours ago, cat shepard said:

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. 

Thank you Ann for your lovely comments.

[grapau27]

12 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

Home insurance doesn’t cover you if you are away?

It does cover us but if you highlight on Social media with photos that you are away from home and we had a burglary the insurance Loss Adjuster would turn down any claim because they check social media and if it highlights we are away even though we have CCTV and alarms they would turn down any claim as irresponsible.

This is why I Never do a Live From review or tell anyone we are away until we are back home.

Edited Tuesday at 09:34 AM by grapau27

[grapau27]

12 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

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.😊  

Thank you Debbie.

It is always nice to chat with you.

[grapau27]

12 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

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

Having spoken to insurance Loss adjusters the first thing they do if you report a burglary is they check your social media.

It is wise to have someone living at your home if you advertise you are away on Social media.

[grapau27]

11 hours ago, bigpuss1 said:

Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Sad to say our Arvia cruise was the worst cruise we have ever been on, P&O do not know how run a ship with 5000 passengers all their rules and regulations went over board, it was more like Butlins on Sea. Gone are the days were you make a reservation in person ever thing is now on line so the good restaurants are nearly all fully booked before you board. We made the decision never to sail with P&O again.

Peter Rees 

The speciality restaurants booking online is available 14-15 days before your sailing.

The benefits are

1----20% discount.

2----Loyalty discount also taken off which is good because if you have a lot of OBC like we did your loyalty discount on board only starts after you have used up your OBC.

3----You can choose the time you want to eat.

[grapau27]

11 hours ago, lazey1 said:

Thank you for posting this review and the wonderful photos Graham. Being a former Insurance Claim Specialist it only makes sense to me that no one should ever publically share the information that their home will be empty during a certain time frame. That is just asking for trouble.

Jane 

Thank you Jane for your lovely sentiments and your professional advice confirming  insurance problems if you highlight you are away on Social media.

[grapau27]

11 hours ago, maggieq said:

@grapau27 thanks for doing his review.  We stayed at same hotel before our encore ta in nov 2019. Should we cruise out of Southampton again, we will most certainly try to book it and hope for better weather to enjoy hotel and surroundings.  😊 

Thank you for your comments.

Edited Tuesday at 09:57 AM by grapau27