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Have you found a bargain?
by Kendhni » 30 Jan 2013, 06:21
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If you find a good bargain for a cruise why not let others know about it by posting on this thread.
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Try the P&O board on cruise critic too there are more people around on that
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Free Wifi hotspots in ports
by Mummykins » 11 Feb 2013, 10:57
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Thought it might be useful if anyone knows of free wifi in different ports, especially as it is so expensive and slow on board. Only one I know is:...
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Good plan. Not keen on McDonald's food but like their coffee
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Last post by Mervyn and Trish 27 Jun 2017, 17:03
Gothenburg , Sweden.
by Whynd1 » 25 Apr 2024, 08:01
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Morning all.
My Saga cruise in August has had to change a port of call from Arendal in Norway to Gothenburg in Sweden due to the port authorities...
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Foxy's moved onto second hand Reliants since then. He knows how to live.
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Last post by Mervyn and Trish 25 Apr 2024, 16:20
Summer 2026
by screwy » 16 Apr 2024, 17:22
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Having seen the offerings we shall not be rushing to book anything.
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Stephen has a spare room....
Just make sure you take pound coins…electricity comes as an extra :o :)
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Last post by Onelife 17 Apr 2024, 21:36
P&O port guides
by oldbluefox » 10 Apr 2024, 15:22
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Is it just me or does anyone else find the P&O port guides pretty useless?
I have contacted P&O (awaiting a reply) to complain about just how poor...
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On Ìona recently they had a map in the horizon showing the shuttle and walking routes into town for Madeira, Lanzarotte and Lisbon, but not the non...
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Last post by towny44 10 Apr 2024, 23:07
Itinerary changes
by Meg 50 » 09 Apr 2024, 09:41
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what is it with P&O that they only realise a few weeks before sailing that there's stuff going on in port (national events, Grand Prix Tour De France...
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To be fair to P&O they publish their cruise schedules more than 2 years in advance. Summer 2026 is about to go on sale. Which probably means they're...
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Last post by Mervyn and Trish 09 Apr 2024, 16:03
Fly cruises
by noddy10 » 09 Apr 2013, 11:42
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With the introduction of fly cruises in the summer of 2014 aboard Ventura if this proves popular will this mean less bookings for cruises from...
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David, it was 1998.
Well at least you have had a free history lesson :D :thumbup:
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Last post by david63 29 Mar 2024, 14:26
Ambassador
by oldbluefox » 23 Mar 2024, 16:00
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Well I've just gone and done it and booked a non-P&O cruise. This time it's on Ambassador Ambition next year and we're sailing out of Newcastle. It...
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Covered by ABTA.
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Last post by oldbluefox 24 Mar 2024, 06:36
CPS Parking.
by screwy » 18 Mar 2024, 17:52
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Thinking about booking Iona in October. Looked on CPS for the price. £243 for 2 weeks.! Last year I paid £160. What has caused this increase.?
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I paid £136 for 1st September for two weeks with regular customer discount.
Good value in my opinion.
We’ve never had a single issue with p4c so...
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Last post by barney 23 Mar 2024, 12:59
Ambition
by barney » 13 Feb 2024, 16:46
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Just booked yet another cruise, this time giving Ambassador a chance.
We’ve booked Ambition for a ten night France and Northern Spain. It’s end of...
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Guys, you literally have no idea.
Most ladies have a wardrobe.
A lucky few have more than one wardrobe.
Mrs Barney has a room.
You heard right.
Not a...
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Last post by barney 19 Feb 2024, 14:11
New Cruiser with a young child
by Frank Manning » 04 Feb 2024, 11:26
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We became friends with a really nice girl in the photography dept on Aurora about 12 years ago, and we have remained friends via Facebook. She now...
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A lot will depend on where she wants to go and when as to which ship - you are right that Aurora and Arcadia are both adult only so they will be...
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Last post by Frank Manning 08 Feb 2024, 12:27
Just back
by barney » 24 Jan 2024, 18:52
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Just back from another lovely couple of weeks on Azura.
Flights on time both ways and the entire travel experience was pretty seamless.
Azura is...
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See you in the buffet Stephen.
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Last post by oldbluefox 27 Jan 2024, 21:07
Fancy a northern lights cruise, make sure it's on a BIG ship
by Ray B » 24 Dec 2023, 14:49
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Just seen this article, and my experience in a raging storm on a ship has no comparison to what passengers had to endure on the MV Maud, taking 266...
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It does make you wonder what use a mayday call would be in a force 11 storm other than to pick up the pieces if it went down. I can’t see how it...
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Last post by Onelife 24 Dec 2023, 15:51
P&O Calendar 2024
by Ray B » 06 Dec 2023, 10:01
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As we approach the end of the year, our thoughts turn to next year and keeping tabs on appointments etc. My question is ,will we get a calendar from...
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Merv have you checked that somehow on the P&O site the box that says No Postal Communications hasn't been ticked. A couple of years ago when I...
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Last post by Mervyn and Trish 22 Dec 2023, 10:16
P&O Cabins for resale.
by screwy » 14 Dec 2023, 15:34
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Came across this FB page,does anyone know anything about it.?
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I checked it out and it does seem legitimate.
It simply introduces sellers to buyers with the onus on the buyer being vigilant.
One thing that is...
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Last post by barney 14 Dec 2023, 16:33
Ambassador cruises ship out of action
by Ray B » 08 Dec 2023, 16:05
Ambassadors cruise ship Ambition, now in Germany for it's biannual check, had a set back when engineers found the prop shafts damage due to metal to...
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Last post by Ray B 08 Dec 2023, 16:05
new carribean members
by poole boy » 05 Dec 2023, 14:52
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as we will be new caribbean members on our christmas cruise can anbody tell us were you have to go for lunch after you have boarded or at what time...
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When we boarded Aurora in April this year the Priority Lunch was served in the Alexandra Restaurant, at the stern of the ship. It was a lovely three...
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Last post by CaroleF 06 Dec 2023, 10:36
Food in buffet being wasted.
by Ray B » 02 Dec 2023, 14:29
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Could not find the post with reference to the withdrawal of trays in the piggery, so my thoughts are here.
My last cruise ,which was on Aurora ,was...
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I prefer to have a tray where you a get all requirements in one hit rather that going back and forth or juggling separate items up your arm.
And...
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Last post by Stephen 02 Dec 2023, 16:49
Airport procedure for Azura to Malta
by Linda67 » 01 Sep 2023, 15:31
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Could someone talk me through the procedure at the airport, flying from Bristol to Malta in less than a couple of weeks. Not flown for years and...
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flying to Tenerife in 3 weeks to join Azura. Do you get flight tickets or just the Boarding Pass.?
Forget this post, found the answer.
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Last post by screwy 28 Oct 2023, 13:44
Battery fire on Iona.
by Ray B » 22 Oct 2023, 09:23
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Bit of a concern with reports of a wheelchair battery catching fire in what may be the Atrium (not been on Iona) but the crew responded well by all...
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I have spoken to one of the glass house bar waitresses who we became friends with, she says the fire was a real incident.
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Last post by screwy 26 Oct 2023, 16:56
Cutbacks on P&O - good or bad?
by oldbluefox » 12 Sep 2023, 11:09
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When browsing the internet I cam across this little link talking about cutbacks on P&O cruises.
Just to summarise:
No more flowers in cabins or in...
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Unless he's a postman....
Don’t mention postman to me Sir Merv…late deliveries etc…they ruined my chocolatier business :(
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Last post by Onelife 19 Oct 2023, 19:29
travel Insurance
by towny44 » 28 Sep 2023, 14:58
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After reading about the cost and benefit of insuring through a Nationwide Flex Plus account, and after having problems recently due to additional...
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Thanks David.
Yes we all had a letter put in our post boxes confirming the missed port.
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Last post by Stephen 01 Oct 2023, 15:28
Itinerary change
by screwy » 17 Aug 2023, 16:38
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e-mail from Bolsover to say that P&O have changed part of the Itinerary for our Azura cruise in May.
Azura cannot call at Hhvar, Dubrovnik and...
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We appear to have got the same email from our TA. We are perfectly happy with the alternate ports, in fact on our recent cruise we heard a lot about...
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Last post by Kendhni 25 Sep 2023, 08:05
Anyone in the know?
by barney » 02 Nov 2022, 12:24
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A bit of a wild shot but has anyone heard anything about Azura having a refit next year?
I’ll tell you why I ask.
I booked the Azura relocation...
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Welcome to the forum AngelIan :wave:
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Last post by Stephen 14 Sep 2023, 11:17
Online Check In
by CaroleF » 16 Mar 2023, 13:56
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I've now had my first experience of checking in on line. I wasn't very confident about this, a combination of lack of computer skills and past...
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Hopefully it will be easier this time soon.
Our cruise just after covid last year nearly use up a tree in paper.
They also had to retake Sarah's...
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