Keith 'The Cruise' Taylor

A great product we love so many uses and very cheap mega-pegs.co.uk

also take with you some coat hangars - always useful!!

So just a simple must bring list of items, products, books and clothes...

Ill start the ball rolling - my fav item has to be a kindle!

We love taking our straw hats but left them behind, really was sad how much we missed them! Another top item to bring is mega-pegs.co.uk great products sooo many uses and great quality we still use ours at home and on holiday!

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In answer to your question the best beach towel pegs we get are from mega-pegs.co.uk the website charges 3.75 for 4 but have lasted us over a year and we still use them for everything at home! Love em!

So these are the 'highlights' of the new ship Britannia...

Purpose-built single cabins with balconies - very nice but again only for a minority

A forward-facing Crow's Nest Bar - hardly ground breaking

An 'enhanced' Glasshouse Bar -- which has proven very popular on other ships in the P&O fleet - so the largest ship gets the largest Glasshouse hmmm

The largest spa on the fleet - Of course it would its the largest ship

OK so I'm not anti P&O far from it..but where are they heading and what is their identity these days? They are releasing their new ship which is basically the Azura but extended in length.. I know for a fact they are currently struggling to fill both their largest ships in fact they have been sailing with sometimes 1000 plus short on both Ventura and Azura! So what's their answer to release the 'largest UK Vessel'. which brings me back to the fundamental question how are they going to fill it? So what great new attractions have been built on board... as like them or loathe them Royal Caribbean have their new ship coming out one month after Britannia. They have some phenomenal new facilities that are first ever for cruise ships. This ship along with at least three others by RC will now be based in Southampton for good - of course these are aimed at the family market. P&O already have three adult only ships and lets face it Aurora and Azura aren't really aimed at the younger passengers - which leaves me wondering how they can compete in the modern market and what their business strategy is? They are a business after all. Is there plan to hand all family business over to RC? Its a shame to see this happen to them but they have been cutting back for years and its starting to look very ominous for them. I understand a lot of people like a quintessentially British Cruise Ship as I do, but they have to offer options for all. Even more so as the fleet gets bigger. Just food for thought..