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Thanks for the replies guys,pretty much as expected. Our last time on Britannia we had an aft corner suite,wonderful balcony but a waste as we hardly used the living area(never mind the butler!),we did consider going for a suite again but there is a big price difference,more thinking required methinks!😁😁

Looking at a cruise on Britannia,not our first time on her,well remember how tiny our balcony was first time,just curious to know if any of her balcony cabins are any larger please guys?

Sadly I don't think that will surprise anyone😖😖

My Wife did have the cocktail of the day a few times otherwise we stick to beer!

Because we are all different there is no real answer to this. We have just returned from Anthem's 12 night TA,the quoted price for the drink package was something like $1200+,not sure if that included the 18%,in the end we had drinks whenever we felt like it & ended up with a bill for $316,a fraction of the cost. Mind you we don't drink soft drinks or specialty coffees & are quite happy with Water out of the tap!

I used to have fixed Summer Holiday dates,we had a cruise on P&O's Britannia one year which at sailaway was announced as the kids school holiday cruise,horrendous,forget trying another cruise line they will likely be the same unless you can get on an adults only ship!😎

I have read on these forums of some who claim to go down the specialty dining route every night,may be alright on a short cruise but on a long cruise that adds one heck of a lot to your cruise price. On our recent Anthem TA there was a big sell on speciality dining,even the MDR manager one evening trying hard to convince us that we could go to Chops for a bargain $54pp + 18%,why on earth would we spend an extra $120+ when we were thoroughly enjoying what we were having? Last year we were on P&O's Arcadia & enjoyed the best meals we have ever had at sea in their speciality restaurants all for £15pp,surprisingly the prices charged on RCI are not attractive!

Just back from Anthems Transatlantic,our previous RCI MDR experience on Quantum in 2019 to be kind was not good,abysmal food & service which saw us in the Windjammer for most of the cruise,we were not optimistic! Having a decent table may have helped,I had followed a link supplied on these forums to request a window table & on our first night Sat down to dinner at window table 503 in American Icon just as we sailed out past Lady Liberty! Our servers,Cherdan & his assistant Nivesh were amazing,the choice & quality of food was superb,we thoroughly enjoyed everything that was delivered to our table. We had breakfast & lunch mainly from the Windjammer,no complaints there either,except maybe that something other than plain bread pudding would have been nice as a hot desert,it was the same every time I looked,we had breakfast & lunch one day in the Solarium Bistro,very nice but not the variety of WJ,we also had Hot Dogs from the Doghouse a couple of times which we thoroughly enjoyed. So for us a very pleasing experience dining on our latest Royal adventure!

Brilliant,thanks for that,looking again I see the gap in her schedule

Last time we were on Arcadia there was talk of a Refurb sometime this year,anybody know if that is in the pipeline at all please guys?

We travelled down from Cheshire last May,arriving just before 1300hrs,our check in time was supposed to be 1330hrs,we were led off the coach & pretty much through check in with the briefest of stops,through security & on board in no time...brilliant!

I don't for one minute think they would be daft enough to use their own card,likewise with ships now capable of holding 7000+ people that there isn't likely to be at least one dodgy person among them,hopefully it is a holiday from their 'day'job!😆😆

Not sure I would be that certain that absolutely nobody on board has the ability to open cabin doors!

We cruised on Quantum in 2019,we had a JS on 'the hump' on deck 13,beautiful ship,so much quirky artwork,the ship seems light & airy & never seemed too big or too crowded,we loved it but we are all different!

Personally speaking I would head for the Windjammer & save $100!😁

Sure you will love it,China is an amazing place,our visit was spoiled to some degree by problems at Immigration on the day we arrived,never did find out what that was all about or if it was a one off,certainly made us think twice about going back...shame.

We have a check in time of 1100hrs,normally we have a 4-5 hour journey to the ship on embarkation day so don't get to check in before 1400hrs.

Brilliant,thanks Mike!👍👍

Who do you send the request to?

Brilliant guys,thanks for your help!👍👍

Soon to embark on a cruise on Anthem,it will be the first time we have boarded early. Just wondering do groups of cabins get released or is there usually an announcement when all cabins are ready please guys?

Just hate that sort of thing,not experienced it on a cruise yet but I have in restaurants,I never know if giving them money means they go away or stay for another song!😵😵

Quantum had here casino extended for her time in China so obviously the Chinese like their gambling!😎😎

The Intercruises coach we got back from Southampton on our last cruise had space for wheelchairs. if I remember correctly after booking the cruise there was a message to ring Intercruises as ap to confirm the booking so any message about wheelchair requirements can be passed on then,I was daft enough to request the front seats,never again,there really is a shortage of legroom..not comfy!😮😮

I know Quantum was based out there in 2019 for 6 months or so doing mainly short cruises aimed at the Chinese to convince them how wonderful cruising was,if I remember correctly many Chinese used the short trips to Japan as shopping trips. There were some negative reviews from 'Westerners' on these forums about the cruises as they were too Chinese,including,shockingly & surprise,surprise....Chinese food!