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17 hours ago, EDVM96 said:

Interesting. Because the same thing happened to us on the Sky Princess just one year ago on the 14 day Norway North Cape sailing on June 11th. What a coincidence...
 

The captain (also Marco Fortezze) had made reference to a generator problem which was impacting on the vessel’s speed. On the first leg from Southampton we arrived in Haugesund at 12:30PM instead of 8:00AM. 

Shore Excursions (independend and from Princess) had to be cancelled.
So no Akrafjord and no Langfoss waterfall for us.

 

Jinxed

Thank you.

Hello,

We are due to sail Virtuosa next week and the embarkation form states that the time of embarkation is 10.00am and that check-in closes within 1 hour from 10am ie 11am - is this correct.

Thanks

2 hours ago, Harry Peterson said:

 

1  It's cheap

You must be joking.

2 hours ago, Harry Peterson said:

 

 

Didn't work for me but wait until others comment

Thanks for trying.

14 hours ago, Norwich Cruiser said:

How great a fantastic review I’m sure we have coming up that isn’t yacht club and butler related.

Smashin'.

Cruise Line: MSC Crociere
Built: 2006
Capacity: 2,550 Passengers
Estimated Drydock Spend: $40 Million
Drydock Facility: Chantier Naval de Marseille (Marseille)
Period: Oct. 19 to Nov. 12

The MSC Musica is currently in one of the drydocks of the Chantier Naval de Marseille in France.

The first Musica-class vessel was built in 2006 and is undergoing scheduled maintenance and getting an exhaust gas cleaning system as well.

The 90,000-ton vessel is also being prepared to cross the Atlantic and operate another season in South America. Previously, it had last been drydocked in Nov. 2016.

6 hours ago, antsp said:

Enjoy your cruise Keith, love your ' live froms'. Enjoy the next 10days.

I second that.

12 hours ago, Cruiserjules said:

 

 

Thank you for that helpful comment, yes we were fully aware when we booked, but our TA (not Thomas Cook) assured us a replacement flight would be found, which is exactly what has happened.

My post was not complaining about the situation, just informing others of what had happened.

 

Alternative.

12 hours ago, Cruiserjules said:

We are on the re-positioning cruise on 17th October, only booked about 4 days before Thomas Cook's sad demise.  We were due to fly from Birmingham at 06.00, arriving at 10.15.  Had a call today from P&O telling us that its now impossible for us to fly from Birmingham, and that our flight will now be at 14.40 from Manchester with Jet2, arriving in Valetta at 19.10.   We've been given extra on board credit and we're now trying to sort getting there,  as no-one from our family/friends is available to take us to the airport without losing a days work.

The writing was on the wall.

2 hours ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

 

Not even September comes that fast.  'Sept' means seven in Latin, but September doesn't come until the 9th month!  

"Aren't we the intelligent one" - ALF.

1 hour ago, jeanlyon said:

If you don't go through the Gulf, it's difficult to see where you would go.  Flaming long way round Africa!!

The Suez Canal does not exit into the Persian Gulf.

10 hours ago, twangster said:

I've always imagined that Royal already bumps fares up in the UK knowing a consistent percentage of cruisers have them removed once on board.  

Totally agree and I believe Princess does the same.

4 minutes ago, Harry Peterson said:

 

"London-listed shares in Carnival Cruises sunk 12 per cent yesterday after the travel company cut its profit forecast due to the Trump administration’s sudden ban on cruises to Cuba.

 

The cruise giant also blamed higher expenses and an expectation of lower ticket prices in the coming months for the downgrade."

 

The bad publicity and heavy fines Carnival's been picking up lately won't have helped either - particularly as there are now clear indications that if it doesn't mend its ways the fines are going to get even bigger and it may find its ships banned from various parts of the world.

 

Get real.

6 minutes ago, CCFC said:

Does anyone know why Carnival shares dropped 12% today, over £500 in a day for 100 shares is a lot.

Don't know but really preferred when P&O Princess was a wholly owned and operated a British Company.

2 hours ago, terrierjohn said:

I imagine that what it shows is that P&O's computer system has a one track mind.

I tink that is true.

I hope you can dock in Kirkwall and the ship has both engines in working order and doesn't have a 'magic pipe'.

Despite the price drops they(P&O) are still overpriced and overrated.

C'mon Jean no need to know what you paid for your cruise and what the price is now.

21 hours ago, Rupert2251 said:

Yes agree it's getting very boring!!

Stop reading the posts.

moderate - modest - booze hag

26 minutes ago, lucy1969 said:

 They must have some seats other than economy available within their block booking.  

If the aircraft is chartered there is no block booking.

1 hour ago, Beamafar said:

 

I'd say they're trying to sell the airline seats they've block booked which is why they're only offering fly/cruise at the moment.

On a recent Barbados - UK flight MSC chartered the aircraft from Virgin.

To get air from outside you need the balcony door open and the cabin door ajar. This creates a negative pressure in the room.

8 hours ago, Eglesbrech said:

 

Florry, lovely to see your cheery icon on here again.

 

We also let as much fresh air as possible in to get rid of the air conditioned stuff.

 

 

When the balcony door is open, it doesn't let in fresh air, it just increases the flow of the air condtioning.

12 hours ago, electro said:

Thanks for posting this.

There is no mention here of scotch or cognac, do you know what is included in the all in deluxe as compared to the premium plus?

Thanks

Lois

Have you already bought the 'all in deluxe package'?