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They did that to us in La Rochelle on our very first cruise in 2012! It was the only port we were asked to show them.

Definitely wasn’t 120 days but yesterday mine was able to book and we were at 60 days yesterday. I had looked a couple of days before but nothing was available..

Exactly they wouldn’t need that much money then.

Oh, also meant to say - yesterday was 60 days to my cruise and restaurants were open to book- and the Limelight club! I wouldn’t have known if I wasn’t on the face ache group for that cruise! I’ve booked the BeachHouse for the first night but I don’t want to book too much as I like to go to the theatre etc. It’s a shame they don’t tell us the other entertainment!

I wonder would that apply to cruise passengers?

Morning all, Saturday was lovely and sunny and actually warm! Hooray. We went and did a bit of cruise clothes shopping (for me) in Maidstone and then went for a walk in Mote Park on the edge of the town. It was so busy, last weekend before the children go back to school. We walked away from the busy cafe, playground area but it was still busier than usual elsewhere in the park. Was lovely to see families out in the fresh air though. I managed to take a photo that made it look deserted though! Back to horrible wind and rain again yesterday but luckily my manager text me Sunday asking me to work from home yesterday so that was good! Lunch with a friend today, haven’t seen her for a while so looking forward to that.

Yes they do we went last June and my friend is going in September. Docked a few minutes walk from the station. However I’ve noticed this morning looking at the new 2026 cruises the words ‘from Ijmuiden’ again. Perhaps that’s due to the work at the railway station and it will back to central Amsterdam again soon.and, of course they are going to Rotterdam a lot more too.

I agree Damian, I’ve seen a few different ones including the Ventura one. Also the Arvia Med were really only Spain but in 2026 they’re going to Italy again. Ok so ‘only’ Rome and the Florence port but some of us haven’t been there yet! Also noticed the Amsterdam ones say ‘from Ijmuiden’ again. Wonder how many people will notice that!

Yes my grass is a vibrant green but I’m sick of this rain!

Hope all goes well.

The last time I saw Liverpool was Oct 2019, I treated us to hospitality with some of my redundancy! Got in just before you know what! First few times we went I just sent a £50 cheque and I didn’t know if I’d got the tickets until my stamped address envelope came back 🤣🤣

Interesting review thanks. As you know you got on as we got off. We found the MDR ok- we went as near to 6 or 6.30 as we could in order to allow for wait times . We went twice and only had the buzzer once and only waited 5 minutes. We went to the Beach House the first night and it was good - no problems! How strange. We are going on a similar itinerary to yours on Britannia in June, unfortunately Cherbourg instead of La Rochelle, we loved La Rochelle when we went before.

Morning one and all, that’s taken me ages to catch up! Graham - you were nearly on the same Aurora cruise as me! We didn’t mind it changing to Rotterdam as we’ve been to Amsterdam at least 3 times. Looks like you had a lovely cruise though. We also ate in Carluccio the night before the cruise! Glad your check up went well. Glad to hear your new health issue is hopefully ok Jane. @pepper's mum - welcome! Add me to the shortie list - about 5’1!

Yes it’s all going to pot in the football world! I can see me getting less interested soon!

school run? They’re still off here, it’s lovely the traffic is so much better 😁