lildan

As I was travelling with Bristol Golfer (hubby) I also experienced the second hand smoke from our neighbour upwind...I wanted to be pro-active and throw a bucket of water over the veranda side panel, if I had to endure her smoke she could endure my water but hubby prevailed so no water.

One evening we had been lucky enough to be out on our balcony for about 15 mins for sail away, relaxing with drinks and chat, when the lady next door came out and immediately lit up...we were still recovering from the flu bug that affected about the first 15 days of our cruise (caught onboard I might add...as with about half the ship) so I started coughing from the smoke and got up to go inside...hubby said no, stay where you are, and leaned around the veranda side panel and asked our neighbour to stop smoking as we wished to enjoy our veranda.

He said we would like to sit out for about 30 mins and finish our drinks without smoke...to be fair she immediately stubbed out her cigarette and went back inside slamming her door as she did so. Not a happy bunny but we at least got 45 mins on our now very expensive balcony.

This only worked if we were first outside...needless to say she managed to beat us to it every morning and evening from then on.

Reading all the comments so far on this thread it appears we have not been the only ones affected by smoking on verandas and I do agree that a designated smoking room, up on say deck eleven, with nice seating and glass windows to enjoy the view would be my preferred solution...let the smokers enjoy their own smoke and not inflict it on others.

To end this rant I would like to say that I am going to write to John Delaney, and anyone else in management if I can get their emails, to request a refund of the difference of my useless V2 veranda suite and an A2 suite. I would prefer cash but if it has to be an on board credit so be it.

Perhaps others of you will follow my lead.

xxlildan (otherwise known as blondeonaboat.com)

We are now just a few sailing days away from being able to claim our complimentary 2 week cruise. We know that you get the similar grade suite to those that you have sailed in before (which we are quite happy with as we always try to get the same suite number/grade every cruise)but does anyone know if there are restrictions on which 2 week cruise you can choose?

The reason I ask is that we are already booked on the Jan 2015 Cape Town to Singapore Extended Exploration and were thinking that we would like to add on the Christmas/New Year Cape Town to Cape Town 14 day cruise as our complimentary cruise.

This would be perfect as we will already be flying out to South Africa so there would be no additional flight costs.

Thanks

xxH

...Oh and I meant to add...Good luck John in your new career...we will miss you

xxH

Although I'm gutted that John has moved on to pastures new, Jan will be a fabulous replacement...I first met her on the Sojourn World Cruise in 2011, we were lucky enough to be on her table at the Gala Dinner in LA and that started a friendship that lasted the 111 days of the cruise.