FamilyCruiserUK

Its a difficult one. I was on a plane about 9 weeks ago and a couple days after my track and trace was going mad, saying id been in close contact with people. This was all from the flight as that was the only place where i was near people for any length of time. I never got covid but in the eyes of the health questionnaire i would be a close contact....... I hope they stay well and it all gets sorted for them.

We have one for our child. So i would get one as they are avilable for children.

Yes go for it..i wear my mess dress when i can, complete with miniature medals. Looks smart feels smart and its a pleasure to wear it.

The staff work extremely hard so i have no issues with them not turning down my bed in the evening. I have often seen them waiting around for people to leave their rooms and do feel for them. Far more other service items i want to enjoy on my cruise rather then worrying about haveing my bed turned down and a chocolate on my pillow.

Ive just been and visited my mother in plymouth. She has a smart meter and solar panels. On her smart meter is a little plug symbol (plug wirh a lead) that shows her solar panels. When a minus (-) in front of the symbol she is using her solar panels. It gives a small reading of GW eg 1.5gw. this drops as she puts electrical items on. When the (-) disapears she is using from the grid. I also live in lincolnshire, coningsby. However we have mains elec and gas. I would imagine for the OP the elec will stay at the level of the area. I wouldnt understand if it went to the highest rate tbh. However my friends who are on oil have seen those prices rise significantly ☹️

Fantastic review thanks for taking the time to write it. We have been on the sister ship Anthem and we also found it compact and everything squished in. Have to say though i loved the Ifly and dau loved the bumper cars. However the rest of the ship dosnt do anything for me. We so far prefer the oasis class and independence. Hope you are enjoying your trip around europe. All tourists get ripped off in Paris sadly.

Now cruising is heading back towards normality i dont think P&O will have stafing issues in the future.. currently yes due to build back up post lockdown etc, but i would imagine the there would be no shortage of potential staff from the countries they recruit from. Just got to add training which will slow down on board services.

We have BA booked Lon Heathrow to Miami in Feb direct, well if they are not on strike or cancelled lol.

Emmm cant you just put the price including the local sales tax on the product..........rather then getting to the tills and then paying the tax...

Hiya. We did it the other way round. Had a couple of cruises on Ventura before trying independence with RCL. Totaly agree with you. P&O need to provide more "fun" to capture more of the family market. By that i mean a lot of the more modern ships have slides, mini golf, climbing walls, better sports etc and RCL do this very well. The oasis class ships do this very very well. P&O i am not sure where they see themselves tbh, not too formal but not too slack like carnival. But they maybe seem to think that us Brits tend to stick to British ships and that. Think of spain and having british style resorts. Im not saying all ships should follow this but family friendly seems to be a afterthought. That said after our oasis of the seas trip in Feb next year we have booked Arvia for the Carnaries next Aug from Southampton. The two week pricing was cheaper then RCLs 1 week out of Barcelona. Looking forward to trying P&O again after a few years away.

Fantastic weekend of sport for me. Went and watched my home team Plymouth Argyle for the first time in two years as i was visiting family in plymouth (work away). LH and GR came 2nd and 3rd in F1. Eng womens team are European Champions. Fantastic result.

Wow, so you would rather not do a vital public service and donate much needed blood just to satisfy your selfishness of not wearing a mask for like 20 mins. Unbelievable but not surprising anymore. Thankfully not everyone thinks like you and there should be blood if you ever need it.

And thats the correct way to do it. Too many people moan and demand changes with the rules when at the end of the day its personal choice if people go on a cruise or not. Live how you want to live, go where you want to go.

The CDC has no jurisdiction anywhere outside of the US. If a country requires testing then tough luck for any cruise ships that sail there. Ships and people will still go and accept testing. Every country rightfully has their own rules. If people dont like them dont go on a cruise to that country.

Totally agree with most of the OP. Wifi: can never understand why people need to have streaming wifi on a holiday. Supposed to be family time and relaxing time, no work and just chill. Its expensive and i always see lots of people complaining about the coverage. Specialty resturants: Way too expensive i feel for the food. Granted i dont indulge in fine dining so the MDR or even Buffet is fine for me. The quality of food i feel could possibly be down to global supply issues,, so hopefully will get better but i doubt it with the current Costs of food globally. Venues closing for covid.......i wish they wouldnt but if most of the lifeguards are in quarantine then pools will close. Hand washing: is good system on anthem having the wash starions but i guess at peak times its a long queue. Although at the MDR was just hand sanitizer..........so why cant rhat be done at the buffets.

Standard royal tbh. I dont think there are any cruises less then 6 days outside of the US. Also it states cruises out of the US, what about Europe?

I would imagine the vast majority of people who cruise have been vaccinated. I think this is evident as cruises are selling out or near capacity. The testing before hand is costing RCL a bucket load of money with their CWC policy if you catch covid post testing whilst onboard. I think vaccine will stay. Testing for vac people will stop. Testing for unvac people will continue. But will be good for royal to hurry up and tell us all for the rest of the summer season.

We have one bid still sat at pending. We cannot modify it either. Sail in three weeks so i guess its a waiting game. Some have had theirs change to submitted. Ours still pending. Our other 3 bids have finished. So no idea whats going on tbh.

My biggest bug is information on room configuration ,ie beds. The little stars or squares donating a pullman or sofabed is often wrong. It should be easy for poeple to see the configuration of each room. So easy to make a quick video and put it on their website deck planner. Information is key.

Fosters.....a good training larger, like stablizers on a bicycle, but gets you ready for the unique tastes of real ale, such as Spitfire real ale.......their advertising slogan was " Downed all over kent just like the Luftwaffe"😂

Depending on size of your hand luggage just take your swim suits in it and change on board. Change back into boarding clothes for lunch.

It seems to be different for everyone. We got a royal email 30 days out. Put bids in and they went to pending. All have now finished but one is still sat at pending. Some peoples pending have changed to submitted. Its all magic how and why it works. Could be the same for emails.

Its up to the individual country to state what testing if any they want visiting people to take. I am sure lots of people will still test and go. I understand testing is a pain but if you want to go to place then abide by their rules. If they all agree to drop testing then fab if not then it is what it is.

Nope our free ones have finished and those in the pharmacy that you need to travel are not subsidized. Our govn told the pharmacy companies they are not to charge more then nessary and rip off the consumer. They would be removed from the government approved travel test provider list if they did.

Wow are tests that expensive in the US? Here in the UK for a in person antigen test, we are looking at £30 (36USD) per person. A PCR test is more expensive around £40+ (48USD) via DAM Health.