Gwendy

A mixture of cruises, the 2024 Melbourne Cup cruise, 8 days was pretty woeful as was the Fiji cruise, 10 days? The 4 night cruise to Airlie Beach was ok as there were no drinks packages on sale. We mostly cruise overseas generally on Princess but love the convenience and no flights with P&O.

Might sound a bit harsh, but on our last 3 P&O cruises had to ask to have our table in dining room changed on at least one night on each cruise. couldn’t hear above the yelling and insane screeching from well lubricated fellow diners. Will continue to cruise with them, because they are cheap and we can drive to port, but the demographic is going downhill fast.

P&O drinkers don’t see 15 drinks a day as a limit, they see it as a challenge.

What I take for a 7 night cruise is what I took for a 54 night cruise, plus an all weather light coat. Did have to fly to London to join cruise so that limited me. Medium suitcase, carryon and shoulder handbag. Cruise was Princess so free laundry but turnaround was often 3 to 4 days as so many elites.

Oops shouldn’t have spoken/written so soon. It has been raining steadily for the last 24 hours and still going. Grass is looking a little greener already. Lol

Or as the guide said in Hawaii, heavenly blessings.

Not very often, I have brown “grass”, what’s left after the lawn grub attack and my garden is looking very poor.

I’m in Australia. What’s rain?

Yes please, make me stay on onboard. Lol

Rarely go to MDR, Waterfront, we were in Angelo’s Italian themed restaurant on Encounter.

Last P&O cruise on Gatsby night a couple at a table near us dressed to “impress”. Baggy cargo pants, sleeveless singlet top and caps worn backwards.

Ovea in South Pacific. You could see ship’s anchor on bottom of ocean floor. Unfortunately it is no longer a port of call.

There is a happy medium. Two men in particular, I would not wear what they were wearing to McDonalds. Lol

On Caribbean Princess last year, baseball caps, sometimes worn backwards and tshirts and singlets were “ok” in dining room,

Use their website to check when elevator is operating, you can book a time. Has some odd hours sometimes and is often closed completely. I had a letter from my doctor stating difficulty in walking, but couldn’t use elevator as it was out of action in the two days I was there.