2015 Christmas Cruise on Britannia

Britannia cruises in 2015
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2015 Christmas Cruise on Britannia

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My son has just rung to ask if I am interested in a cruise on Britannia at Christmas 2015 - am I heck :roll: I have always fancied a Christmas cruise and if it is with my family it would be perfect so watch this space. I guess registering an interest is the next step :thumbup:
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Sounds wonderful, Jan.
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We have been doing Christmas cruises for the last 25 years Jan, you will have a fantastic time, there is nothing like basking in the hot Caribbean sunshine while everyone at home is freezing and having someone else do all the hard work :lol:

I can see this one being popular so register and book asap.
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Britannia registration has been open for some time and booking starts on Thursday (27th March) at 08:00

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It wasn't until my son looked at the new brochure that he realised that P&O are quoting family room prices as opposed to individual fares and he feels that they are good value compared with 14 nights in say the Med. £5,000 +for 4 in an inside cabin at Christmas in the Caribbean doesn't seem too bad :roll:

As I haven't received the new brochure yet I've only looked online and will get my TA to do some comparisons - I imagine all the single cabins have already been snapped up although yet again don't think they are good value - "single" means something different to P&O when it comes to fares :sarcasm:

This cruise fits perfectly into the school holiday slot so I do hope we'll be successful :thumbup:
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Hope you get the cruise you want!
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Jan Rosser wrote:
My son has just rung to ask if I am interested in a cruise on Britannia at Christmas 2015 - am I heck :roll: I have always fancied a Christmas cruise and if it is with my family it would be perfect so watch this space. I guess registering an interest is the next step :thumbup:
Jan that would be so fantastic.. wish my son would do that :? it has taken me 10 years to get him on the 3 day one next week - BUT watch this space - you never know and then you could be stalking Steve again :lol:
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Sounds great Jan.

On an Xmas cruise, is there still somewhere for everyone to go and fall asleep in front of the telly after dinner?

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Dancing Queen wrote:
We have been doing Christmas cruises for the last 25 years Jan, you will have a fantastic time, there is nothing like basking in the hot Caribbean sunshine while everyone at home is freezing and having someone else do all the hard work :lol:

I can see this one being popular so register and book asap.
You told me you were only 23 DQ :o

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Dennis The Menace wrote:
Sounds great Jan.

On an Xmas cruise, is there still somewhere for everyone to go and fall asleep in front of the telly after dinner?
Well I've asked my TA to book me a balcony cabin - there aren't any outside on Britannia - which I know with the single supplement will probably be zillions but I've decided life is too short - it will be pretty special as it's Christmas and I'll have a sofa to slump on after all the nosh though whether I'll get any sleep very much depends on my granddaughters ;) What the hell it's only money :lol:
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Sounds great Jan.

I think however, that you still need an elderly relative breaking wind on the other end of that sofa to make it an authentic Xmas ;)

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Dennis The Menace wrote:
Dancing Queen wrote:
We have been doing Christmas cruises for the last 25 years Jan, you will have a fantastic time, there is nothing like basking in the hot Caribbean sunshine while everyone at home is freezing and having someone else do all the hard work :lol:

I can see this one being popular so register and book asap.
You told me you were only 23 DQ :o
I lie :lol: :lol:
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Dennis The Menace wrote:
Sounds great Jan.

I think however, that you still need an elderly relative breaking wind on the other end of that sofa to make it an authentic Xmas ;)
Dennis I am the "elderly relative" in the family group :roll:
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lot of people discussing this cruise on FB and other sites
some of the ex PandO forum are on it as well
should be a good one
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Well done Jan. I truly hope you are successful. Spending Christmas with your Family and on a Cruise, what more can you ask for.

Christmas on board is fantastic :clap:

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Dancing Queen wrote:
Dennis The Menace wrote:
Dancing Queen wrote:
We have been doing Christmas cruises for the last 25 years Jan, you will have a fantastic time, there is nothing like basking in the hot Caribbean sunshine while everyone at home is freezing and having someone else do all the hard work :lol:

I can see this one being popular so register and book asap.
You told me you were only 23 DQ :o
I lie :lol: :lol:
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Jan Rosser wrote:
Dennis The Menace wrote:
Sounds great Jan.

I think however, that you still need an elderly relative breaking wind on the other end of that sofa to make it an authentic Xmas ;)
Dennis I am the "elderly relative" in the family group :roll:
Ah, I see Jan, enough said (parp) ;)

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Jan - guess what?????

We have registered for this one too. Am soooooooooooooo excited just waiting for the call on Thursday :thumbup:

We have never been on a Christmas Cruise and never been to the Caribbean so we are all very excited.

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Hi Jan, go for it, we may be on that one as well ... we are just trying to sort out our holidays for next year at the minute.
The last time we did a Christmas cruise it was a bit special so I would recommend it to anyone.

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Well I've booked my cabin today as have my son Matthew's in laws as we had priority booking. Really anxious now until Matthew's cabin is booked tomorrow. We hadn't pre-registered as it was a last minute thing and so fingers and toes crossed :thumbup:
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Keeping everything crossed for you, Jan.
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Is there an application fee to join your family Jan? Or just a form to fill in? I take it the junior members are footing the bill?

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Mervyn and Trish wrote:
Is there an application fee to join your family Jan? Or just a form to fill in? I take it the junior members are footing the bill?
Merv you can get honorary membership of my gang if you wish :thumbup: My son footing the bill - you are having a laugh aren't you - bank of mam is opening the coffers :roll:
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Jan Rosser wrote:
Mervyn and Trish wrote:
Is there an application fee to join your family Jan? Or just a form to fill in? I take it the junior members are footing the bill?
Merv you can get honorary membership of my gang if you wish :thumbup: My son footing the bill - you are having a laugh aren't you - bank of mam is opening the coffers :roll:
Well as long as it's not me paying I'm happy to join and take charity from anyone! :thumbup:

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Well after an extremely stressful morning I can report that we are all going on the Christmas cruise. It was so easy yesterday to book for myself and the in laws but today as I'm sure everyone is aware P&O have had serious problems with their systems.

So son and one granddaughter in one cabin and daughter in law and other granddaughter in the other one - cabin in between but can't see this being a problem. I can see bank of grandparents helping out as they had hoped to get a much cheaper cabin but beggars can't be choosers and I'm just so thankful we can at least all celebrate together :thumbup:
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