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Just been announced by the Captain due to number of COVID cases onboard in guests and staff masks will be worn at all times except when eating and drinking. Not surprised lifts say recommend max of 6 in lifts and to wear masks and to wear masks in theatre and nobody has adhered to it with sometimes 10 in lifts. The biggest risk though is tenders Princess recommend wearing masks and people are ignoring it and Princess have been cramming people on tenders like sardines.

But if you are on Princess Plus just order. 2 glasses really don't see the problem. It would be a great struggle for the majority to drink 15 drinks in 24hrs so it's just moaning for moaning sake. Currently on Emerald. And yes there are issues with availability but as far as sizes of measures there is no problem.

Not my experience on Emerald at the moment there are not many cocktails above 12dollars. My only complaint is been no British bitter onboard Bass Pale Ale on menu but out of stock only option is lager or Guinness. Also no brandy available for after dinner drinks or in bars but available in cocktails up until last night and no availability in cocktails now.Also on day we embarked asked for a coffee menu in International Cafe as wife likes speciality iced coffees but half were not available.

No there is no shuttle from Greenock into Glasgow you either book an excursion through Princess or go on the train

We had an aft suite on QE on deck 5 Q6 on November 2019 and we noticed the vibration but the only time it affected us was on the last day when packing suitcases.It was that bad we had to leave the suite and came back later

We are currently on Emerald and bath robes were in our cabin when we embarked but the only Elite bathroom amenities was one tube of body lotion everything else is by request.

Then go for Princess Plus includes all drinks up to 12dollars, wi-fi and gratuities it is a bargain.

P&Os IT Dept have great difficulty in everything.

As long as you are outside the payment of final balance you can transfer your cruise to any other on sale free of charge

Sorry but it is happening a lot more than occasionally and there are many complaints of people having unknown charges added to their account either onboard or on credit card or after the cruise. Many are of some considerable amounts in my case over 80 dollars for a bottle of wine. Luckily we were onboard and I went straight to Queens Lounge where charge was made. It was 1030pm when I spoke to the manager and asked what the charge for wine was at 8pm. She waffled for a while and then she blamed one of her staff and said we realised it was a mistake straight away. So I asked why wasn't it removed straight away and she couldn't answer me and sorry to say due to her body language and face didn't believe a word. She then removed the amount there and then but I honestly believe they were hoping I wouldn't notice the charge for a bottle of wine during dinner.

Perhaps the prospect of waiting hours for Cunard to answer which seems to be the norm these days wherever you are in the World. Apparently its called White Star Service.

IMO one of the main benefits of P&O cancelling ports at the last minute and not replacing them with other ports of call is the profit being made on port fees and taxes which is paid for by every passenger in their cruise fare. This is automatically kept by P&O as pure profit as there are no costs to them. The P&Oers will stick up for P&O by saying they lose revenue from excursions not sold and the extra cost of food consumed onboard but think these are outweighed by the extra income from purchases onboard drinks etc that would have not been taken if majority of passengers are off the ship and in ports. All I know is that P&O either cancel ports of call during the cruise, possibly due to weather which can understand, but there seems to be many ports of call either cancelled or changed prior to cruise but surprisingly after final balance is paid. P&Os answer is always "operational reasons" which means nothing and think they should treat their customers with more respect and give a more definite reason as if they dont and keep on doing it people will have enough and start to look elsewhere for their cruises. The recent change to Iona cruises sold with Geiranger as a port of call is unforgiveable and P&O should come clean and tell the real reason why they have ben cancelled and at the very least a free shuttle boat should be given so that people can visit Geiranger as advertised as many book Norway with this port as one of the main reasons for booking it.

She is due in Southampton on 1st June.

I can only assume you have never been on a Princess cruise they charge at least $16pp return for a shuttle bus and everyone has to pay it there is no free for Select and others pay everyone has to pay.

So where are all the options for flexible eating times for those in Britannia MDR unless like I said they pay extra every night or consigned to buffet, Golden Lion or room service.

IMO Sindhu went seriously downhill after Atul Kochhar left and we stopped going for that very reason.

But not everyone can afford to book Club and enjoy eating in MDR so why should they have to pay extra to eat in Verandah, Kings/Lido alternative or spend the whole cruise eating in Golden Lion or having room service.

Happening all too frequently with no explanation from Cunard why these erroneous charges are being charged to credit cards after disembarkation. Very worrying.

Yes that does ring a bell now you mention it. Thanks.

We were told by a local guide on our last visit to Geiranger that all locals on fjord were building or had built houses higher up because they were all expecting due to global warming one day to be flooded due to higher sea levels. Don't know how true that is but seemed very genuine.

These things do happen due to bad weather unfortunately and even though very disappointing the Captain has the responsibility of the ship, passengers and all the crew and I am sure doesn't take these decisions lightly.

It is one of the silly anomalies when you arrive in New York on roundtrip TA if you do not intend to get off the ship that they force you to get off go through security and customs and then you have to wait to get back onboard. A rule I have never had to do anywhere else and do not understand why it is done. There have been cases where recently people onboard QM2 who are in isolation due to covid they still send security onboard to check details. Total stupidity.

I am referring to Health Questionnaire that you have to fill in within 24 hrs of your embarkation.

We have just transferred our current account to Nationwide Flexplus Account to take advantage of worldwide travel insurance which does cover for cruises and for an extra supplement of £40 covers for cabin confinement, missed ports and insurance covers all members of family. As previously said you can print off insurance details on the website as stated.

It certainly isnt a lengthy walk from short stay car parkand I know that and generally because not so many use P4C than CPS because most have free car parking option you dont have to wait to be seen too.