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When will Headliners shows change on Iona?
terrierjohn replied to janem2's topic in P&O Cruises ( UK )
Presumably starring Chris Kamara.!!!! -
How does a US citizen book a P&O cruise?
terrierjohn replied to Florida Lady's topic in P&O Cruises ( UK )
Not entirely true, our Canadian relatives booked a cruise with us through our UK TA, two cruises actually, one with P&O and one with Royal Caribbean. -
P&O Cruisers - What are things like where YOU are?
terrierjohn replied to Host Sharon's topic in P&O Cruises ( UK )
They do 2 versions Brian, one normal and one HOT. -
Are you thinking about the new Princess dining, that starts in September?
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Gratuities are included in the fare, so it's totally up to you if you feel their service has been outstanding. Drinks prices are fairly reasonable, although rising steadily, so unless you are big drinkers it's better to pay as you go, and their is no gratuity uplift on the bar prices.
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I can believe that, since that would have been in a specially chartered plane which could carry a patient on a stretcher. I imagine a coastguard medevac is different because it is a maritime emergency.
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Check out post 10.
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Helicopter medevac is apparently provided free by the coastguard.
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All your P&O dress code comments and queries.
terrierjohn replied to jomf's topic in P&O Cruises ( UK )
Smart casual is the designated dress code, so the same things you would wear on a non formal evening. -
P&O Cruisers - What are things like where YOU are?
terrierjohn replied to Host Sharon's topic in P&O Cruises ( UK )
Jane, from the jocular nature of your recent post I take it that your are feeling much better, with far less pain. On a different topic I am Intered to know how your vaping trial is going, and whether you stil smoke free. -
Out of interest, in case this insurance question pops up again. Does your personal medical insurance cover you for any problems that occur on a cruise; and would that include airfares back home if you were admitted to hospital whilst on your cruise?
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Once disembarkation starts, there is, IMHO, no problem in letting people off the ship, and I certainly did not see anyone queueing at the gangway, nor indeed anyone turned away because their coloured tag had not been called. In fact the downside to arriving too early in the baggage hall on ships that do provide fresh baggage tags, is that your row is still full and takes you far longer to find your luggage than disembarking a little later, when it's much easier to spot your suitcases.
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That's not how we disembarked Sky Princess last June, I agree they do have colour coded disembarkation luggage tags, but there was no meeting points. The instruction was to listen to the announcements and as yours was called, make your way to the gangway. It was a very slick and fast process.
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I think it is the way that P&O want you to attend a meeting point and wait there until they say you can disembark. Princess, Celebrity and Royal Caribbean make regular announcements advising when a disembarkation group can leave the ship. This enables passengers to know how disembarkation is progressing and and allows passengers to speed up or slow down their breakfasts, and seems to avoid the mass scrums for the lifts, which are always full, and certainly makes the whole process much less stressful.
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Speciality Dining and drinks questions
terrierjohn replied to CharlieNo's topic in P&O Cruises ( UK )
@TigerB' explained the Sindhu pricing, as regards wine, if you are not big drinkers then buying wine by the glass will probably be your best option. Iona does not let you leave unfinished bottles for the next time you're in the MDR, so you need to take it back to your cabin, and carry back down the the next time. -
In Lanzarotte the shuttle takes you to the Marina entrance, the port exit is as you exit the car/bus park.
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In March Iona was nearly 2 hours late back because of a helicopter medevac, and main disembarkation did not start till about 9:45.
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That's OK if your stockholder provides you with a flexible facility to print out a statement that needs little or no redacting mine doesn't.
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Since very few numbers normally self disembark, then splitting the queue would result in doubling the time taken for standard disembarking passengers which I think you will agree would be grossly unfair.
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I hope you're wrong @Selbourne, if you still need to provide regular statements to validate your shareholding, then I cannot see any benefit to passengers, and it will likely be quite a bit more expensive for Carnival.
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Self disembarking is done before normal disembarkation to enable those passengers wanting an early departure and willing to handle their own luggage to achieve it. If you dont need an early departure, but still prefer to carry your own luggage, then I am sure P&O will be happy for you to do just that. But dont expect them to provide a queue free line for you, you would have to patiently wait in the queues, which can slow you down, quite significantly.
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P&O Cruisers - What are things like where YOU are?
terrierjohn replied to Host Sharon's topic in P&O Cruises ( UK )
Probably the quickest way to get an ECG is to ring 999 and say you think you're having a heart attack.😯 -
But you have to pay for these!!!! And you would need to treble your statin pills to counter the high cholesterol content of the cakes.