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mps69_1999

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    RCI
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Trans-Atlantic

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  1. Having done several TA, for myself and wife, it's the perfect cruise. We've done cruises with multiple port days and we find them exhausting, up and off the ship, sight seeing, back, change for dinner.... wash, rinse and repeat, feel like you're always on the go. Yes you don't have to get off the ship, but if you've made the effort to go, why not see the sights of the port. The long sea days give you the opportunity to enjoy the ship, catch all the things going on board and do all the activities, oh and of course eat and drink until you burst. Going for Europe to either the Caribbean or the US in the autumn months usually means the weather get warm if you're taking the southern route, and the seas can be a bit calmer. We've done the northern route once, and it was bit more lumpy, but still enjoyable. One thing that you will notice, as you cross the Atlantic the clocks go back, therefore you get multiple 25 hour days, good excuse to have an extra hour in your bed or visit the buffet/restaurant twice for breakfast.
  2. New TA released this morning sailing on the 27th of Oct, itinerary changed slightly. Managed to rebook, getting a better deal than we previously had. Took the Select Price which turned out to be the same price as the previous saver fare, all in secured a balcony room on deck 15, and £700 OBC for the same price as my previous fare.
  3. Doesn't say, paperwork states we'll get more information as soon as it becomes available... usual hurry up and wait 🙄 Taking LHR out of the equation, narrows things down to Gatwick or Stanstead.
  4. Thanks to the information, it's all very useful. After a little bit of investigation, and checking paperwork, we are flying back into London. I checked to find out if we could have flown back to a Scottish airport, but that option wasn't available, only London, Birmingham and Manchester. No great hardship at the end of the day.
  5. Sounds like I'll need to go double check with the TA who we booked with if we nominated a return airport, as I honestly can't remember at this moment. Normally I'm all over these things. Better checking before I really start looking at flights.
  6. At this point I don't have any idea where we'll be flying back into, just know we're flying back from Bridgetown. Don't even know if it will be a direct flight or we'll be bouncing out of the US, fingers crossed I hope not. Making a massive assumption it's going to be a London airport. I'm not really bother which one, most will service flights to central Scotland, either Edinburgh or Glasgow
  7. The cruise we're on is October '23, just less than a year away, so wasn't expecting P&O to have the flight details up until about 2 months before the cruise. I was hoping we'd be flying with BA, and I'd get BA flights from London back to Scotland, therefore I could get my luggage checked in all the way through, but from what I'm reading that might not be the case.... not real hardship. I'll definitely making sure I'm leaving enough flight transfer time... long gone are the days where I'm running between terminals 😁.
  8. Looking for some advice and reassurance Sailing on the Arvia next year, Southampton to Barbados, and we’ve selected the extra night after we arrive at in Bridgetown. How does this work, ship arrives, we don’t get off that day, assuming there isn’t another sailing until the following day? As for flights, when are we likely to know the flight times…. I’ve tried looking for flights from Barbados back to the UK (London), but can’t see anything. I’m hoping to organise back home to Scotland from a London airport sooner rather than later. What’s been other people experiences?
  9. I've done a few TA trip, Europe to the US usually Oct/Nov, sea days are the best. Plenty of time to explore ship, kick back relax. The closer you get to the Caribbean the weather gets warmer. Generally the seas can be a bit calmer as you're on the southern route. Massive plus side is the 25 hour days, as the clocks go back one hours a few times, so a great excuse to have an extra lie in bed, or two breakfasts 😉
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