BouncingWheel

If the details provided are correct then I am sure that the transfer will be cancelled and the OP will need to get a refund for the park tickets if poss. The call centre probably provided a standard response. Not great comms at all but if the transfer is for a place that is usually open but on this day not until 4pm then as the OP says Maths dictates that it won’t work. As I said, not the first time.

I have seen P&O sell excursions to sites that are closed for renovations. They just cancel and give refunds before arriving in port. I think there is a set list for ports and they just repeat without full checks on the finer details such as if it is actually open or it’s current hours.

I had the Aviva cruise cover with my bank (not nationwide) and they never covered missed ports not even as an extra add on. They covered missed port departure (e.g you missed getting on the ship) so it is nice they are adding it again now though my bank is ending its association soon with Aviva so will still miss out.

Just call it TARDIS as it will need to be bigger inside than out to get all that in there for a small ship.

I’m on this cruise too and I have had this situation a couple of times before and both times the formal night was moved so am expecting it to happen again. If not, que sera sera.

I hear the casino is not ready following the refit of Britannia. Therefore, someone could make a fortune running a cabin betting den on sliding jackets on hooks races🤣

You can walk 200metres to the metro and that goes all the way to The Hague central station. So quick and easy we did that at Christmas.

6 minutes ago, AndyMichelle said:

That's a surprise as they had started work on it before the last cruise ended... 

Must be quite a transformation to take that long, or someone forgot to order the carpet😂

Andy 

Maybe they wasted too much time deciding on whether to choose red or black for the casino carpet colour.

2 hours ago, kalos said:

Andy got me thinking , can prisoners in the nick have freedom dining ? 🤔

Certainly not but they can try all the bars

58 minutes ago, molecrochip said:

Captain has tried very hard to restrict the travel of the virus but some passengers have been very abusive to crew when asked to maintain standards. I believe a couple of people may have also been disembarked because of it.

Who was the Captain?

It must be the way the photos have been taken as all indoor rooms look like they have low ceilings which cannot be the case as the ship hasn’t been built for the Borrowers.

What does the 20% discount apply to? Some restaurants but not others? Some spa treatments/ areas but not others?

1 minute ago, GSPG said:

We have an excursion booked to Tivoli world in Copenhagen for 4.15pm arriving back at 8.15pm.
With the ship now due to leave at 6pm, that trip looks scuppered!

Was that a private excursion or ship tour? Many cancelled ship tours are in the process of being refunded.

I’m on this cruise too. Received email today and cruise personalizer updated. I am happy with the change but some will not be as the later evening departure from Copenhagen is no more (now a standard day) and Skagen has gone so those that have booked independent stuff need to hopefully rearrange or cancel but I feel Visby for Skagen is a good swap. La Voix, Lee Mead in Limelight plus Marco Pierre White onboard is also a plus.

Here’s hoping to a good cruise. May endeavour a live blog!

25 minutes ago, david63 said:

Marco is onboard the classes will book up very quickly, as will his meal - it was fully booked by around 14:00 on embarkation day and certainly at that time you could not book in advance.

What was his meal? Where was it held and how many spaces? I know he has menu options for the MDR on regular cruises and will do the odd cookery class onboard Britannia but have not heard of the meal before so please tell me more.

There is enough debate on comparing price, service, value, offering etc… between P&O and …. P&O (e.g Arcadia vs Iona) let alone P&O and another brand. 
 

Do your research on the ship, line and itinerary and pay only what you feel you would be happy with for the cabin. Only you will know that.

I believe you have Chesney Hawkes the 3rd May week.

I saw Mary Mac. Hilarious and didn’t single out audience members - a point she/he made at the start that they weren’t that type of act. However, if anyone heckles or engages in banter then they were fair game.

8 hours ago, Selbourne said:

The 10pm show was the well known entertainer Tucker - so well known that neither of us have heard of him

He is well known…. on Iona. He seems to be always on there. To be fair they didn’t say where he was well known.

Manuel Martinez is even funnier outside the theatre. The amount of passengers that I met that said they chatted with him and found out that he was really from ‘X’  only to find out he told each one a different place! 🤣

4 minutes ago, LadyL1 said:

No, registration opened early in the morning each day!

Sorry, what does that answer mean? Registration was first come first served like 710 club?

28 minutes ago, LadyL1 said:

On Iona, Feb half term this year, there were over 1500 under 18’s!

Yikes. Surely not enough room in the kids club for all those.

I love CPS for the convenience. When not available I have dropped my companion and luggage off at the terminal and parked at the cheap West Quay car park that others on here highlighted to me. Always worked well. From there it is either a short walk or taxi back. Non CPS seems to involve faff so I prefer my own faff🤣

I too would vouch for a Ventura type itinerary over an Iona one simply because Iona starts off with less port days and these longer cruises tend to miss ports so less becomes even less.

My wife and I did 51 days to Oz and 31 back last year so a lot of sea days. We made a lot of friends and found lots to do onboard to keep us busy - you get into a routine and it feels like a 2nd home though the first week with rough seas across the Atlantic were a challenge!

You can buy either. I have the US ones via Revolut as it did currency too. Had the OBC applied numerous times.