jaydee6969

Have a smashing time and enjoy. We are also on board in 5 weeks, same as SarahHben. I am sure my brother has delivered enough booze this morning, ready for your party to board!

We had an enhanced muster on Iona a few weeks ago. All to attend designated station, but did not need to take lifejackets along.

We will be visiting this summer and plan on using the Cinque Terre travel card. Have a look at this older thread for a few more comments.

Cheers Andy. We always do on Iona. We just had an enhanced muster drill. Everyone to attend muster station and scan cruise cards at 4.45. No life jackets required. Bedlam after with pax trying to get lifts back up. No problem for us, down to Anderson’s to have my sail away champagne and the better half the lavender bramble.

On Iona now. Just requested and received body lotion, face cloths and conditioner. No problems here.

We had body lotion on Arcadia in October 2023, plus facecloths.

I will report back next week, boarding Iona tomorrow.

That will be interesting, we are booked onto the first cruise after the new refit date.

Enjoying your postings, sounds like the same itinerary I would like to do, just need to convince the wife to fly that far! Maho beach would be a must for me, and I am liking your indy tours and keeping the names for reference if I ever get there.

I see you have posted that they have increased the OBC again. But just for information, I checked the OBC levels shortly after you posted for my 4 booked cruises, and the OBC had reduced back down to the same level as when we booked the cruises at launch.

We didn't tell anyone, this was all down to the cabin stewards. It was only the anniversary cards visible in the cabin that would have let the stewards know on the morning. It appeared whilst we were ashore in Monte Carlo.

It was our wedding anniversary whilst onboard Azura in July last year, and we had a few cards out in the cabin and when we came back we found a towel cake waiting.

After sailing on Arcadia for the first time this year, not a ship for us and has put us off booking a world cruise on her or Aurora. But on Azura/Ventura would be a different prospect.

Regardless of all the opinions, you personally (and others) felt misled. At the end of the day, it is up to you if you wish to put pen to paper. Perhaps at least they will take note and an outside chance they may change their descriptions for future cruisers.

We were lucky on the ship. We had just turned around the Lofoten Islands from Tromso to Narvik. The officer of the watch made the usual announcement through the TV etc that the lights were visible, so we wrapped up and headed up to the deck are in front of the gym. It was heaving with pax, but was a good show. This subsided and most went back inside somewhere, but a handful of us stayed out to see if it returned. Right place at the right time, it just erupted overhead of the ship followed by a hasty rushed announcement basically saying get outside quick, you do not want to miss this. As you say, magical. Bucket list item ticked off, and never to be forgotten.