The Children's Off Topic Thread
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We are boarding Arcadia from the QE 2 terminal.
Are the CPS parking arrangements the same. I assume it is but you never know.
RB
Are the CPS parking arrangements the same. I assume it is but you never know.
RB
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That old chestnutMervyn and Trish wrote:Someone else at the wheel!
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Should be. Have great timeRB1961 wrote:We are boarding Arcadia from the QE 2 terminal.
Are the CPS parking arrangements the same. I assume it is but you never know.
RB
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Back to GMT + 1
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You are a big tease MervMervyn and Trish wrote:Back to GMT + 1
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Basically the same arrangements but the entrance id a bit confusing if you don't know. You drive into what seems like a multi-storey car park then you have to go to the end by the terminal entrance to offload your bags then drive to the other end to hand over to CPS before walking back to the terminal entrance. The 2 or 3 times I have been there, there was no one to tell you that - all a bit trial and errorRB1961 wrote:We are boarding Arcadia from the QE 2 terminal.
Are the CPS parking arrangements the same. I assume it is but you never know.
RB
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You missing us already QB
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Rabbit update - breeding rapidly and eating everything !
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If you want to see "life" I highly recommend a weekend booze cruise ! On ours there were at least 5 large hen parties. Plenty of drinking but no "offensive drunks" and everyone seemed happy and jolly. We went into Southampton on turnaround day and when we returned, I thought we had boarded the wrong ship, it was so quiet !
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Okay so I'm home and the place hasn't been turned over by burglars or trashed by you lot - a worry I always have (irrational maybe) if I publicise in advance what I'm doing. You never know who reads this rubbish!
So it was QM2 to New York, a week with friends in New Jersey, flight back, all travel fixed round trip from Manchester by Cunard. A review will be posted in due course. Promise. But overall a great trip.
So it was QM2 to New York, a week with friends in New Jersey, flight back, all travel fixed round trip from Manchester by Cunard. A review will be posted in due course. Promise. But overall a great trip.
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Been there, done it, at least twice. Can be quite amusing. I remember our last one, all the hens were parading across the deck in their outfits when one lad from a group next to us called out in his East London accent, 'OY OY GIRLS, OVER ER'E IF YOU WANT A GOOD TIME'. Needless to say they ignored him.qbman1 wrote:If you want to see "life" I highly recommend a weekend booze cruise ! On ours there were at least 5 large hen parties. Plenty of drinking but no "offensive drunks" and everyone seemed happy and jolly. We went into Southampton on turnaround day and when we returned, I thought we had boarded the wrong ship, it was so quiet !
Laugh, I nearly got the next round in.......nearly. Let's not get silly
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qbman1 wrote:Basically the same arrangements but the entrance id a bit confusing if you don't know. You drive into what seems like a multi-storey car park then you have to go to the end by the terminal entrance to offload your bags then drive to the other end to hand over to CPS before walking back to the terminal entrance. The 2 or 3 times I have been there, there was no one to tell you that - all a bit trial and errorRB1961 wrote:We are boarding Arcadia from the QE 2 terminal.
Are the CPS parking arrangements the same. I assume it is but you never know.
RB
Thanks for your help.
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Lovely morning here. The sun is shining, the birds are twittering and there's a pussy currently sleeping between my legs.
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Depressingly damp up here in the north, first politician to offer lower taxes for living "oop north" will get my vote.
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They couldn't afford ittowny44 wrote:Depressingly damp up here in the north, first politician to offer lower taxes for living "oop north" will get my vote.
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Just booked a cheeky little week on Oriana in June and two weeks on Aurora in August 2017 - I'm a happy bunny
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Jan Rosser wrote:Just booked a cheeky little week on Oriana in June and two weeks on Aurora in August 2017 -I'm a happy bunny
An unusual statement from a woman
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Do NOT mention "bunny" to me please !!Jan Rosser wrote:Just booked a cheeky little week on Oriana in June and two weeks on Aurora in August 2017 - I'm a happy bunny
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Oh yes, and be careful with Oriana Blod - I want her in pristine condition for Christmas !
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At the sailaway party from Southampton one hefty bride-to-be did a fantastic dance to Uptown Funk around one of the jacuzzis including a bit of "pole dancing" around the handrails. There were four lads in the jacuzzi at the time and they just did not know where to put their faces (their tongues were pretty close to the water though !!)Stephen wrote:Been there, done it, at least twice. Can be quite amusing. I remember our last one, all the hens were parading across the deck in their outfits when one lad from a group next to us called out in his East London accent, 'OY OY GIRLS, OVER ER'E IF YOU WANT A GOOD TIME'. Needless to say they ignored him.qbman1 wrote:If you want to see "life" I highly recommend a weekend booze cruise ! On ours there were at least 5 large hen parties. Plenty of drinking but no "offensive drunks" and everyone seemed happy and jolly. We went into Southampton on turnaround day and when we returned, I thought we had boarded the wrong ship, it was so quiet !
Laugh, I nearly got the next round in.......nearly. Let's not get silly
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Can't do much damage in a weekqbman1 wrote:Oh yes, and be careful with Oriana Blod - I want her in pristine condition for Christmas !
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Yeah, right.......the way you drinkJan Rosser wrote:Can't do much damage in a weekqbman1 wrote:Oh yes, and be careful with Oriana Blod - I want her in pristine condition for Christmas !
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You're Welsh, Blod, you can do anything ! Anyways, after seeing those hen parties on a 3-nighter.......!!Jan Rosser wrote:Can't do much damage in a weekqbman1 wrote:Oh yes, and be careful with Oriana Blod - I want her in pristine condition for Christmas !
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Just composing a 3-page whinge to P&O (true Goldie stuff !). We had "essential maintenance" going on right under our cabin all last week. It was tolerable until Friday when the banging, drilling and vibration was unbearable. About 10 cabins around us were rioting all afternoon !
I know they have to do maintenance but no one had bothered to give us advance notification (apparently even reception and housekeeping were not told it would be happening). Had we known, we could have made other arrangements and accepted it. In the event, no senior officer could be bothered to speak to us or even offer an apology and they deputy captain reputedly said "they will just have to put up with it - it will end when we sail"!
And no, it's not about compo (although we did accept a tidy sum off our on-board account) but they just need to learn a bit of good old fashioned customer service.
I know they have to do maintenance but no one had bothered to give us advance notification (apparently even reception and housekeeping were not told it would be happening). Had we known, we could have made other arrangements and accepted it. In the event, no senior officer could be bothered to speak to us or even offer an apology and they deputy captain reputedly said "they will just have to put up with it - it will end when we sail"!
And no, it's not about compo (although we did accept a tidy sum off our on-board account) but they just need to learn a bit of good old fashioned customer service.
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I've never been on a hen night or weekend (they hadn't been invented in my day)qbman1 wrote:You're Welsh, Blod, you can do anything ! Anyways, after seeing those hen parties on a 3-nighter.......!!Jan Rosser wrote:Can't do much damage in a weekqbman1 wrote:Oh yes, and be careful with Oriana Blod - I want her in pristine condition for Christmas !
Janis