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We were also on this cruise and we thought it was fantastic, the food was great, we ate mainly in the windjammer only due to the very short tempered waiter we were assigned .

We ate lobster at least six times which was a surprise !

Perry Grant made it for us, we had never seen him before and thoroughly enjoyed his show he was hilarious .

I agree the promenade shows were rather like Butlins and not a patch on the similar ones on the Independence last year .

Hi, we are sailing on The Navigator and having an elopement in Funchal Madeira next October.

Just us two..... nobody knows ..............just all of you !:D

Congratulations to all of you brides

I got a fantastic deal for a balcony and being solo ,I am so happy :D but no OBC.

Still you cant have everything .

Roll everything rather than fold when packing, and take your hair straighteners , simple .

On returning home from cruises I have suffered !

Once with swine flu which meant nearly three months, feeling dreadful, and the next time swollen ankles which Gp said was due to over salted food and the water onboard .

I think the restrooms are the main source of infection , whilst I stand at the basin washing thoroughly , it never fails to amaze me how may women just walk out the door bypassing the basins .

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE I WOUKD PUT THE INITIALS DH AFTER

I only packed short cocktail dresses on my last cruise and I was glad as very few people wore long dresses .

I agree , I think you will be fine as long as the M25 is clear ! This motorway is a nightmare, one accident causes mayhem , I take the A roads every time.

I stayed here in 2010, lovely place , close to everything ,and they are great helping you in organizing trips during your stay , huge rooms lovely soft beds , could not fault them :) and they held luggage in store room .

You can get the National express straight down to Brighton which stops at POOL VALLEY and spend a night in a premier Inn or even a hotel on the seafront perhaps The Albion , all walking distance with a case ! which is so central and reasonably priced its about 90 miles south of London ,and Southampton is about another 90 miles west straight along the coast , you could take the train to the port . And Southampton has got some greats shops at West Quay, but forgive me for saying its a bit of a run down place best to sail away asap !!! lol

Premier inn waterloo is a great choice , there is a fantastic restaurant directly opposite, and you are central to walk to all the sights , National express is the cheapest and most reliable you can get, maybe get that from LHR too:).Stonehenge is a long drive to see a heap of stones stuck in the middle of the country that you cant even touch! , stay in London or come to Brighton that's far more fun !!:D

II like your sense of humour I saw that thread and thought the same lol :)

I think that you need to take more than two a day really , I was taking 2 tds it really helps with the pain too which I had.:)

Just an update,.........Iits been over five weeks now since the cruise and finally this week my ankles are back to normal .

I just wanted to say thanks for reccomending the black cherry capsules as I am sure they were my Saviour !

I returned from The Independence transatlantic on Saturday the 20th April,two days prior to this I noticed my feet were swollen ,by Sunday I was in agony with what felt to me like cellulitis ,I ended up in hospital had all the tests for dvt etc, all ok .

I do have high blood pressure so they have presumed that this is what has caused it and promptly put me on water pills ......that has not worked ,the pain, shininess and heat are unbearable ,I found this thread and went and bought compression socks which helped for as long as I could keep them on !!which was not long .

I was nearly immobile ,so went back to the gp he has doubled my heart pills and also the water pills ,still no different :(,however in desperation I got the cherry capsules advised on here and I must say the pain has gone and I can at least walk around ,its been 3 weeks now and I still have fat feet !!

Whilst on the cruise I too drank water, not much alcohol, and always limited the ice in drinks ,I hope it goes soon ??

I used it in the 80s!! and also became a rep for Herbalife but only sold it to my nursing colleagues .

For me it worked fantastically well, although looking back I was not fat !!

I only had the shake once a day and the supplements three times daily and that worked for me , everyone is different .

One of my friends who unfortunately was fat ! also swore by it she became very slim too .

Try it .........you only have weight to lose !!:)