FredaFlinstone

28 minutes ago, jeanlyon said:

Well, I am amazed by the luggage that people take.  We had 4 formal nights, so that's easy.  The rest is just shorts and t shirts, 5 pairs of shoes, etc etc.  All go in my case.  My husband packs his own and takes his DJ in a separate carry on.

No shorts for me. Heading to Norway and the Arctic Circle to Tromso hoping to see the Lights. More winter woolies for me!

42 minutes ago, david63 said:

It will depend on what time the ship arrives back in port and is cleared for passengers to disembark.

 

Currently, on a good day, it is between 07:00 and 07:30 (ish)

 

Have to hope that there is no train strike!!!!!

Yes I know. Luckily I have  friends going back into London so worst case I will stay overnight with them!  Fingers crossed trains are ok though! 

Hi, i know, not even got on the cruise yet!! 

But wondering what time we would normally be allowed to disembark Arcadia if we take our own bags off.

Just trying to work out times for trains back up to Liverpool.

Thanks all

I read some reports that its quite cool on the ships, especially in some of the restaurants. I'm heading to Norway & Arctic Circle late November on Arcadia.  Are long sleeves recommended for ladies - or just carry a wrap or cardigan in the evenings?

3 minutes ago, snaefell said:

Seems ages ago now but £30 for the two of us sticks in my mind,the quality was superb,the portions generous & on two occasions the service was amazing,on our second visit our main course seemed to get lost somehow,the waiting on crew seemed more upset than us that things had gone wrong!

 

Thats great thanks for all your help. 

1 hour ago, snaefell said:

In our 19 nights we had one celebration night & 2 formal nights,should have been 3 but the itinerary changed as we went along,on 'posh' nights MPW's name did appear on the menu but I wouldn't say the menu was that special.We

We ate in the Ocean Grill 3 times & Sindhu twice,the worst thing I can say about Sindhu is that we didn't consider it to be as good as the Ocean Grill which was outstanding,especially for the price being asked,to put things in perspective we are booked with Royal Caribbean in April & have booked Jamie's Italian for the second night,that is over £90,I know some people seem happy to pay whatever the cruise lines ask,I'm not one of those people,having tried RCI's steak house Chops in the past,OG was far better at a fraction of the price,dining(& drinking) on P&O is a bargain!(no I don't work for them!)

How much was OG when you were on Arcadia in May?  I have done cruises from Miami and New York and all the speciality restaurants were around the £50 mark .

On 9/23/2023 at 7:55 PM, snaefell said:

It seems to vary across the fleet but we were on Arcadia back in May & even though the cruise planner origionally said that restaurants would be bookable 2 weeks before departure that never happened,2 weeks from departure that changed to book on board.

When they have the Celebration night do they have a special menu in Meridian or do you think I would be better trying to book Ocean Grill maybe?  

I'm on Arcadia 23rd November with friends. 2 in each cabin. If I am able to book restaurants can I do it for all 4 of us or do I need to do 2 bookings like I did with the excursions?

Sorry if it seems daft question

Thanks