Megabear2

There's nothing like seeing your home City as a tourist! Enjoying beautiful St James's Park and the surrounding area with my friends, not something I get to do often. Absolutely beautiful as always.

Are you PE? The seating arrangements there are the bug bear in a limited space of 2 - 3 - 2 so not many together seats.

Cunard were not do helpful as it's a mental health condition rather than physical. The form requested was not forthcoming at first so an email as suggested at this stage is a good idea. I hadn't been given that email address so can at least now deal with the correct department. As said at the top of the thread cruise lines and travel companies aren't too understanding on mental issues as you look quite normal as in my husband's case.

You may be right but Victoria2 is extremely knowledgeable and helpful on all matters Cunard so I particularly value her opinion. Nothing to be lost in doing as she suggests so I shall do as suggested by her and the other people who kindly replied. For us it would be a disaster.not an inconvenience as splashing out for something we would not normally consider is a big treat and a trip with no worries would be most welcome after my last two P&O cruises.

I wouldn't want the guards removing as someone who's a solo female and often catches the train from London that arrives at 1.30am. One and a half hours on a train that empties more or less at Basingstoke and leaves you with an hour with a handful of often inebriated people isn't exactly comforting if there's no guard. In fact the last but one train terminates at Yeovil and often the guard gathers lone passengers in one carriage near the rear so he's nearby. We can't go driver only anyway because of the stations and trains used, but I definitely prefer someone on the train not a help machine miles away as used on the C2C line where I used to live.

Judging by the picture being the advertising picture for Azura I don't have much hope,!

Thank you very much. I have our disability form so will send it all off to here with details. Re the two tops the count was exactly why I queried it as it was indicated to me by telephone after my booking confirmation was received that there may be as many as 28 sharing tables in QA's Club restaurant.

Yes you can, see above.

Yes that's what I do. I also try on three devices in case it doesn't like one, so laptop, tablet and phone. It's a crazy system for what they charge for PE, they could at least separate PE from economy on the system but we have what we have.

Try it now. Both log in and see if it goes to flights. No reason why if it works hubby can't be both of you - I do all ours as could not let my OH near anything he'd probably press cancel or something. As I say I put countless screens in the queue after I'd waited 40 minutes and got in the queue. Whichever gets into account first can as Zap says select seats for both of you. If the same seats are available on the return it will prompt you - mine weren't so I did two transactions to ensure outward was protected as paid for and then I chose return seats and paid for them separately too. The problem is 7 or 8 flights with 300 people on-board are released at the same time, PE is in with the economy so thousands swamp the system.

I wish I was, no it's all true. 7 October is 14 weeks so midnight they'll open. We need to log in about 10 minutes before on the night of the 13th. I assume if two log in with their individual log ins it should work. You go through to a separate section when you click on choose seats - a very old fashioned design with a picture of Azura. You'll be able to do a dummy run.now to see if that works. You'll just get a message saying seats aren't available yet and to try 14 weeks from sailing. I had several windows open last time used Chrome and Explorer, neither were preferential. You get messages saying system errors, that's just the overloading of the flight system and you persevere. It reminds me of booking a ticket for a top.pop act or a football match. Into a virtual waiting room and wait. Trouble is P&O don't appear to have a waiting room so you go.nowhere. It's REALLY frustrating! Better put your headphones on with a whole Bob Marley album never mind Three Little Birds ...

Ironically we had a quiet carriage "situation" yesterday when a woman started a two way conversation on loudspeaker about her client's existing medical conditions! 20 minutes in the guard came through and my husband and a lady asked if he could have s word with her if for no other reason than we didn't need to know about the customer's prostate. He then approached her, banged on the quiet zone sign and said loudly "Sorry but them up the back are having a go about it". Astonished at being singled out to the passenger the lady called him back and pointed out it could have caused friction between the passengers. The guard replied "I'm in a hurry" and shuttles off. We were astonished.

I'm so glad you said this. Until put in our positions others may not understand. Sadly if we can't be offered a suitable table we either don't go somewhere or in the case of a ship would resort to room service or taking buffet food to a suitable out of the way place. We have found certain places and hotels very helpful over the years so tend to revisit them as they are do accommodating, Italy and Greece being particularly stand out. After sailing with Cunard for so long I have convinced my husband they will be one of these welcoming places, everything I am reading here is convincing me the regulars on-board the ships feel the same. This is our lot in life but just for once for the first time in a very long time we want to holiday together and enjoy each other's company for our 45th wedding anniversary. I have faith Cunard will provide as they've never let me down yet.

You'll need nerves of steel. Everything opens for every flight at the same time - midnight. By one minute past you get the pretty spinning wheel, seat plan flashes up and disappears. You finally get in put your seats in the basket go to pay. It refuses your payment as someone else has beaten you to it. Start again!! Last year was my first time of doing it as we aren't fussed where we sit normally but OH had some leg problems so didn't want to climb over people. I finally got mybseats at 2.53am, it's indelibly printed in my brain. Can confirm that by 7.00am none left in pairs apparently as others on here weren't so lucky. Certain ... hmm not really. TUI changed the planes on a lot of the flights and there was no premium economy on them. Deep breath ... We're jammin', we're jammin'

Hate to tell you Presto2 but I believe it's £45 each way for the seats per person (plus the nervous breakdown trying to reserve them together!)

£72 each return last year so I guess £80 return may be right.

Thankfully they've made it back to London which was my worry. No luggage though. I believe they've got some with Cunard for the voyage home and they are going shopping once settled in their hotel. And finally I'm on a train..

Re La Romana there may be a shuttle to a resort, never travelled there with P&O but MSC offered one if I recall correctly. I'd suggest a tour here, even if it's the beach. Dominican Republic is somewhere to be careful of your safety.

They are all walk off, mostly into the centre. You will find tour taxis, ferries etc within the actual terminal buildings in lots of them.

Welcome back Sharon. Good to see you.

I think your original thread got moved to the Pub or General Cruisers section. How's the girls' swimming development going, I recall there was a worry about the water borne activities because you were concerned they might not be suitable? If you look at your cruise planner and the offered tours you'll be able to rule out quite a few straightaway as there are age limits and recommendations of swimming capabilities. In St Lucia the aerial tram is a nice family thing.

Probably enjoying a nice Mediterranean cruise.

It was an overnight stay. What is the exact time the storm hit, assumedly all those people ashore, not just the cruise passengers, were going about their normal business which seems to indicate to me it must have been pretty sudden. All those newspaper picture of wrecked hotels, roofs off and trees down don't tie in with people being warned of danger to life and ignoring it.

Excellent. Next time someone writes about an issue that's caused them a problem or worry, big or small, perhaps you might remind those that post sarcastic and nasty comments of the fact its helpful for prospective and current customers to know. A problem shared and all that. Certainly agree forums are for discussion, however when facts are available surely that would be the best time.

Every day there are serious incidents at sea. It's a very dangerous place to be. I totally agree that an investigation will find the reasons and where necessary apportion blame if it is necessary. Where you and I are in disagreement is that forums and social media should not be full of conjecture and opinions from people such as you and I. It is unhelpful to the people actually caught up in the event as well as scaremongering for any other potential cruiser looking for advice who may visit the forum in times to come. And no Cunard didn't unload their guests but they were fortunate in as much thankfully a collision was avoided. However it remains ties snapped and gangways were dropped so from that point of view something similar.