Oriana X803


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Whynd1
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Oriana X803

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Well just paid the full balance of this cruise.
Hoping for some warmer weather in the canaries after the winter.

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judging by the post on another thread you will be getting Oriana in a new and pristine condition, engine wise, be like a Ferrari racing car on the way done there. :lol: :lol: :lol:
regards gilly.

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....always assuming they get her fixed up on time !!

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Never been on it,never going to go on it, Sell it and replace it with a nice new Vista class or take a HAL one off their hands.
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screwy wrote: 21 Nov 2017, 15:51
Never been on it,never going to go on it, Sell it and replace it with a nice new Vista class or take a HAL one off their hands.
We've been on her two or three times. She's a lovely ship with a gorgeous wide promenade deck but not enough cabins with balconies.


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Also booked on her for 2019 !!

She may be out of service by then.

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Mervyn and Trish
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She was our first cruise but the balcony shortage puts us off these days, along with the reliability issues

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Lack of balconies with the resultant extortionate cost puts us off Oriana also - but having said that in many respects she is one of our favourite ships and we had, for many reasons, probably the best cruise ever on her.

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I doubt we will re-book Oriana but betwixt 2008 and 2012-ish we did a Christmas Markets plus an extended Fjord cruise and look back with very fond memories, the jjjjjj-judder at our dining table was however less memorable.
Keep smiling, it's good for your well being

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Manoverboard wrote: 22 Nov 2017, 09:57
the jjjjjj-judder at our dining table was however less memorable.
You mean the dance of the knives and forks. Apart from the noise we found that off putting, and the fact that she broke down three times in a fortnight's cruise. At one time all the lights went out, the engines stopped and some of the waiters dashed off. Ten minutes later the lights came back on and normal juddering service resumed.


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Oriana is a grand old lady and as most of you are aware things go wrong when you getvold

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True - I have the same problem myself - but I just wouldn't want it to happen in a Force 10 in mid-Atlantic !!


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qbman1 wrote: 22 Nov 2017, 12:55
True - I have the same problem myself - but I just wouldn't want it to happen in a Force 10 in mid-Atlantic !!
Better there than 2 miles off a lee shore :shock:

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