AidenL

I got that today too.

Good plan, I might just do that.

Will there be spares looking for fares? Id have thought they would all be well booked up on a morning when a cruise disembarks?

Hi all, Just wondering who would be the most reliable for an airport transfer on the return leg, from port to Southampton airport. West Quay Cars was the service I was familiar with, but the reviews on Tripadvisor are a bit worrying. @John Bull can you chip in, you have the most accurate local knowledge in this area. As we are tight on flight times, I’d be happy to pay a bit more for certainty. Thanks in advance.

We are banking on that and going to give it a shot.

We are going to take a chance on the 9.20am flight back to Dublin, with self disembarking, taking our own cases off and hopefully grabbing a taxi for 7.30am.

What did you decide to do? We have the same situation, 9.20am back to Dublin. I’m sure you can walk off at 7am, take your cases with you, book a taxi and make it easily to the airport for 8am? That’s our plan anyway.

We were on this cruise also. Great and accurate review. Looking forward to more posts.

Yeah I guess it does, but we had ordered sparkling bottles to go. I get the principle of self service in a buffet, but I guess I’d expect if there is someone taking drinks orders that they would get them in a reasonable amount of time, and also,bring everything asked for?

So had a great meal with super service last night in Prime Rib. Really good service in the MDR for breakfast. Had the same issue with drinks service in Oceanview today, took 25 minutes for drinks after sitting, we were finished the food, and even then forgot to bring water. Sea day at 2pm admittedly so a lot of demand. For me therefore, the Oceanview service is the weakest link at the moment.

We are on Beyond at the moment. I know it might be first day craziness, but I’m finding the drinks service to be lacking, couldn’t get served in Oceanview or Sunset, did the bar trip in both myself, which I didn’t mind, but I do remember service being better previously. When I did get a server to take an order in he took 25 mins, came back with a bottle of beer with a cap on which he popped off with a knife and had a Perrier for my wife with no glass and no ice. Found the previous cabin occupants clothes in a drawer in the stateroom also. Handed those to the room attendant, that’s a first for us too. Will see how it goes for the rest of the cruise, I know the first day isn’t normal. Booked a future cruise today when we boarded for next year, hope we don’t regret that. Love the look and style of Beyond and really like the infinite veranda cabin we are in, so can’t fault the surroundings. Hopefully what we experienced today was glitches.

I'll ask when we board if there is any way to get the booking for 6.30pm instead of 7.00pm which we have booked.

I wanted to make sure it wasn’t rushed for us. I see the shows don’t start till 9.30pm anyway, so seems we have loads of time. All good!😀

We have Eden booked for 7.00 pm. Will we have time to make the 9pm show? Most restaurants take 90 mins for service, but does Eden take 2 hrs, I think I recall seeing that somewhere?

I’m planning to try some new and different drinks on this cruise myself too! 👍