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Thank you everyone. This is so helpful and makes me feel better x

It already feels like it's flying by. Obviously goes without saying that I love my kids more than a cruise. I just want to take them with me, but maybe not 65 nights. 14 is challenging enough 🤣. I'll have to have a little read though to see how you're getting on

@tring how did this play out in the end? We are going to Stockholm in May and it was through trying to research the ports that I found this thread. How did you find where you were docking? I've tried but can't see. Ours is also showing the OYO experience so starting to worry we might be nowhere near the centre

I hope you are enjoying your cruise. I haven't read your live as I'll just get jealous at the itinary and it not being an option with my kids 🙃

Saver fares just came back and I managed to book. It seems, like the thread in 2018, that P&O like to see if anyone will pay more over the weekend 😉.

Thank you. There are cabins as the select fare is still there. It's just the saver that has gone but it was a lot cheaper. Its past balance due date too

Hi all. If a saver fare has sold out, is that it gone for good? I found a thread from 2018 whereby it turned out to be a technical glitch and the saver fares came back. I watched this one sell out for inside cabins and now has gone for balcony so doesn't seem to be an error. I should have booked. Just wondering if they ever come back or if that is it now. TIA.

Can you book this cruise too please then we might get your luck ☺️

Thank you. You've got me wondering what we did now with my son on Ventura to entertain him. He used the kids club a lot there but there were still covid restrictions so we had to stay with him. We actually spent a lot of time in the baby room on Arvia and he came in with us so that could be an option on Britannia. I do remember we drank a lot of tea in the buffet and he was happy lining his cars up on the ledge of the windows. Yes i was thinking of the inside pool but i suppose my daughter wouldn't be allowed to use it anyway as she is in nappies. We didn't really use the indoor one on Arvia anyway. My son went in once then cried as a film came on that scared him. I also don't really feel comfortable in my swim stuff whilst loads of people sit around me watching a movie 🙄 It really does look a great cruise and 2 weeks on what is essentially one large city break with everything included is amazing. I'm sure we would enjoy it. I've even applied @Selbourne logic and its only £63pp per night not including the kids. That is an inside but I'm still terrified of the balconies with the kids! It was £81 for 2 adults in a balcony albeit the chealest grade. Although we can travel whenever, my son's nursey is attached to a school so he does still have the holidays off. I priced up some summer holiday cruises, including Britannia but it's truly eye watering. Britannia's itineraries seem far superior though. Is that just due to the size of Arvia and the ports it can get to? I hope you get your answers and thank you again x

Happy Saturday everyone. Is anyone able to tell me their experiences of Northern Europe and Scandinavia/the Baltic sea in May? I've seen a very affordable 2 week Britannia cruise (B411). We've done Ventura and Arvia (also Virtuosa) and I'm viewing Britannia as somewhere inbetween. I actually liked Ventura but it was my first cruise and I do prefer the facilities of the larger ships but I did like the size of Ventura. I actually really like the look of Britannia but I think the things which would make it enjoyable for my children (will be 4 and 1) are the outside pools/splash zone which I doubt will be a possibility for that time of year. I rarely get the elder one to the kids club so I'm not sure there is enough to keep them, and us, entertained inside for 2 weeks. It's our last year of not being bound by the Summer holidays. I have looked at Arvia and all child places have gone, although i could check at balance due time, but the itineraries don't interest me as we've been to those places already. I dont want to pay money just for the sake of having a cruise when it doesn't actually appeal to me. I love the itinerary of this Britannia cruise. Please feel free to enlighten me of freak heat waves and joyous times at sea 😀 Thank you in advance

We go for an outside cabin, i won't risk a balcony with my children. I can't go for inside as the small square size with pullman beds doesn't work for us. The children are too young to use them so we need the sofa bed and space for a cot. I do like having the window though.

@Selbourne i know your wife is put off the big ships but I really do think you would be fine out of the holidays. We have a double pram and up until today we have always got in the second lift if the first is full. There are still people who barge ahead though, it amazes me, what do they think everyone is waiting for!? Also, it says in Horizon to give priority to wheelchair etc users

On Arvia now, 126 kids on board, 6 months to 18 years. That's about a 10th of what they have been having. The only pool which allows swim nappies was packed yesterday so i can imagine how busy it was in the holidays. My son is the same, won't go in the kids club. He tried it but isn't interested. To be fair it's not that exciting in there. They just seem to put films on.

We're going on Sunday. I am a bit worried about my 3 year old. We went on Ventura last year and he did like the kids club but it was still operating under covid restrictions so one parent had to stay. Made no sense seeing as the rest of the ship had people rubbing up against each other everywhere. I guess it was due to staff shortages. We did Virtuosa in June and he didn't want to go at all. Not sure how we will entertain him if he doesn't go or like it and its hard to swim

Toulon would have been nice as the whole cruise is Spain now, which is fine, but nice to go to more than one country.