RCI - Baltic

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towny44 wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 08:53
Stephen wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 07:18
I'll stick to good old Pee & Oh.
That'll be P&O Vanilla cruising as opposed to Rum 'n Raisin, Tutti Fruiti and chocolate chip cookie dough with RCI. :sarcasm: :lol:

Not bothered one bit about ice cream or any other sweets.

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towny44 wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 08:53
Stephen wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 07:18
I'll stick to good old Pee & Oh.
That'll be P&O Vanilla cruising as opposed to Rum 'n Raisin, Tutti Fruiti and chocolate chip cookie dough with RCI. :sarcasm: :lol:
I’d have to eat my weight and more to offset the price of the tickets etc.
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Jan Rosser wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 06:55
towny44 wrote: 12 Aug 2019, 19:27
Mervyn and Trish wrote: 12 Aug 2019, 17:32


Yes I remember we got one of those too. But I was irritated that it came with throwaway paper cups not proper crockery.
We got proper mugs, but maybe that's because we are Diamond.😉
No paper cups for us either 😉 Stockholm today - off on shuttle bus to explore. The tickets for the bus are ridiculously expensive - we can’t believe how much we’ve spent so far - a definite negative for RCI.
Maybe they've changed. It was IOTS first season when we went so a few years back

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towny44 wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 08:53
Stephen wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 07:18
I'll stick to good old Pee & Oh.
That'll be P&O Vanilla cruising as opposed to Rum 'n Raisin, Tutti Fruiti and chocolate chip cookie dough with RCI. :sarcasm: :lol:
We like a nice vanilla. You must too the amount of time you spend on P&O 😀😀

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Stephen wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 07:18
I'll stick to good old Pee & Oh.
Not having prostate problems I hope 😂😂😂

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:D Not this week.

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Mervyn and Trish wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 13:47
towny44 wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 08:53
Stephen wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 07:18
I'll stick to good old Pee & Oh.
That'll be P&O Vanilla cruising as opposed to Rum 'n Raisin, Tutti Fruiti and chocolate chip cookie dough with RCI. :sarcasm: :lol:
We like a nice vanilla. You must too the amount of time you spend on P&O 😀😀
Correct Merv, but its the pricing that keeps us faithful, certainly not the service standards, the amenities on board, the overall cleanliness or the stylish design of the ships.
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Totally agree John,especially with the single supplement. A lot of cruise lines add on 100% as standard.
Just had a leaflet for Princess 2021 an 8 night cruise approx £1800 you then add the single supplement on and it's not value for money,which I actually think P and O are.

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towny44 wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 15:15
Mervyn and Trish wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 13:47
towny44 wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 08:53

That'll be P&O Vanilla cruising as opposed to Rum 'n Raisin, Tutti Fruiti and chocolate chip cookie dough with RCI. :sarcasm: :lol:
We like a nice vanilla. You must too the amount of time you spend on P&O 😀😀
Correct Merv, but its the pricing that keeps us faithful, certainly not the service standards, the amenities on board, the overall cleanliness or the stylish design of the ships.
If I didn't like it I wouldn't book John. If you spend say £2,000 and don't like it that's £2,000 wasted in my book. I'd rather spend £2,500 and have a good time.

That's why I wouldn't book Calamity again, even when they had a spate of cheap deals.

And it's why if P&O's good prices continue to attract loud mouthed we'll look elsewhere.

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Above post should say "loud mouthed yobs" For some reason it gives me an error message when I try to submit the edit!


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Interesting that today we should receive an e mail pushing the Britannia, do you think they have had a spate of cancellations ?

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Mervyn and Trish wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 18:36
towny44 wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 15:15
Mervyn and Trish wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 13:47


We like a nice vanilla. You must too the amount of time you spend on P&O 😀😀
Correct Merv, but its the pricing that keeps us faithful, certainly not the service standards, the amenities on board, the overall cleanliness or the stylish design of the ships.
If I didn't like it I wouldn't book John. If you spend say £2,000 and don't like it that's £2,000 wasted in my book. I'd rather spend £2,500 and have a good time.

That's why I wouldn't book Calamity again, even when they had a spate of cheap deals.

And it's why if P&O's good prices continue to attract loud mouthed we'll look elsewhere.
It doesn't need to be perfect for a holiday to be fully enjoyable Merv, and I live in hope that P&O will improve if I keep prompting them.
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Mervyn and Trish wrote: 13 Aug 2019, 18:39
Above post should say "loud mouthed yobs" For some reason it gives me an error message when I try to submit the edit!


I've noticed that also on several occasions.

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Stavanger today just got off ship to sunshine :thumbup:
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Don't go letting the side down Jan, we'll be there on Sunday :wave:

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I didn't know Stavanger was in the Baltic!!!!
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They moved it over night

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Stephen wrote: 16 Aug 2019, 10:02
Don't go letting the side down Jan, we'll be there on Sunday :wave:
It’s lovely here today Stephen - sun is shining and we are the only ship in so not crowded. Sea day tomorrow then home on Sunday.
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I dont think its going to be like that when we arrive Jan. Winter come early for us going by the forecasts for the fjords.

Perhaps the beeb will get it wrong.....for a change :sarcasm:
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We always look at three forecasts and choose the best one......

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Back in Southampton - bit dull and damp. Disembarkation so quick and easy - off ship by 7.45 - cases easy to find - now on coach waiting for the stragglers although there are only 10 passengers on bus :lol:
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For once i dont mind the weather bods getting it wrong. Cracking sea day weather yesterday and nice today at Stavanger although might get a shower around mid day.


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Stephen, hope you have an enjoyable cruise.


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If RCI can you get you off at that time, why do P and O make such a meal out of it ?

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Whynd1 wrote: 18 Aug 2019, 10:32
If RCI can you get you off at that time, why do P and O make such a meal out of it ?
We had exactly the same experience disembarking Independence OTS, it was less than 10 minutes from joining the small queue at the gangway to exiting from the terminal building. The cases were all together which meant we saved many minutes trooping up and down the rows of luggage, and I was pushing both the trolley and my wife's wheelchair, but that's easy at City Terminal because the exit is adjacent to where you enter the luggage hall, and that whole area is luggage free making it easy to transit, and long wait getting past all the rows of luggage.
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