Ventura N327/N328 Nov 2013 Caribbean

[Scott1]

Update so far Spreadsheet Names:

BARBADOS 9th November
Paynes Beach at Blue Monkey Hotel.
Minibus /Taxi to Blue Monkey Hotel Beautiful beach and you can either swim out to snorkel with the turtles or hire glass bottom boat from beach.
Confirmed: Pat,Scott Janet & Tony, Cliff and Noreen Alan& Janice.

St Vincent, we are planning to visit Bequia that day by catamaran ,P&O tour.
It is about £75 each, however, although expensive we feel that it is worth it because we don’t really fancy doing anything else in St Vincent.

St Lucia, Minibus to St Lucian by Rex Halcyon
Beds /Shades & Refreshments available as well as washing / changing facilities
Confirmed Pat, Scott, Janet ,Tony, Sue, Tony, Alan & Janice
David& Sheila

To confirm Jasper, Sue, Jaspers two friends and hopefully Sue & Phil

Antigua, Minibus to Redruit or Rodney Beach Beds Shades Refreshments available
Confirmed, Pat, Scott, Janet ,Tony, Sue, Tony, Alan & Janice,

David & Sheila
To confirm Jasper, Sue, Jaspers two friends and hopefully Sue & Phil

St Kitts, Minibus to Cockleshell Bay Beds Shades, Refreshments available
Confirmed Pat, Scott, Janet ,Tony, Sue, Tony, Alan& Janice, Hazel, Helen, Joan, Andrew ,David & Sheila

To confirm Jasper, Sue, Jaspers 4 friends and hopefully Sue & Phil

(Scott will be meeting up with a friend of his in St Kitts,

Charlie Thomas owner of St Charlie's Enterprise earlier, the week before we are due to arrive on the 15th. If you wish he can reserve this 20+ seater air conditioned bus to transport us to and from Cockelshell Beach. I will confirm cost of travel to and from beach, I will e-mail Charlie this afternoon.) Or If you rather we can just all try to get on a bus/taxi from the port.)

Grand Turk, just all meet on beach as you stroll off the ship, however we will be sitting along at the far end of the beach just to your right as you approach the end of the free sunbed area.
Necessary to bring along your Chocolates and Drinks because we ain’t sharing ours with you.
(FREE) Beds/shades available Refreshments, food etc available. to purchase, however
you can walk down gangway to beach and go on and off ship as often as you like. Even return for lunch.

Tortola. Open deck bus to Cane Garden Bay
Confirmed Pat, Scott, Janet ,Tony, Sue, Tony, David, Sheila, Janice and Alan
To confirm Jasper, Sue, Jaspers two friends and hopefully Sue & Phil

St.Maarten, Water taxi over to town and beach Just make your own way over. This beach is lovely and you have all the facilities of bars, shops etc available.
BARBADOS 22nd November
As Scott,Pat,Janet & Tony set off for home that day we will not be visiting the beaches.
However, I would recommend
Paynes Beach at Blue Monkey Hotel.
Minibus /Taxi to Blue Monkey Hotel Beautiful beach and you can either swim out to snorkel with the turtles or hire glass bottom boat from beach.

Anyone else wishing to tag along with us, please just let me know and your name will be added to appropriate spread sheet.

Your name can be withdrawn at any time if you wish to do so.

Pat

[Scott1]

Hi Granville and friends,
As we are on the ship from 25th we can arrange for anyone who wishes to join us on our ventures about the Caribbean at the meet& greet.
Yes I know we still require to set a date/time for this event. Any suggestions welcome just please submit.

So far :
Barbara/Granville
Greig/Rosie Mother
Pat/Scott
John/ Wife
Dave/Wife
Janice/Allan
Les/Anne

Thanks Pat

[Scott1]

Additional New Update Spreadsheet Names:

BARBADOS 9th November
Paynes Beach at Blue Monkey Hotel.
Minibus /Taxi to Blue Monkey Hotel Beautiful beach and you can either swim out to snorkel with the turtles or hire glass bottom boat from beach.
Confirmed: Pat,Scott Janet & Tony, Cliff and Noreen Alan& Janice.

St Vincent, we are planning to visit Bequia that day by catamaran ,P&O tour.
It is about £75 each, however, although expensive we feel that it is worth it because we don’t really fancy doing anything else in St Vincent.

St Lucia, Minibus to St Lucian by Rex Halcyon
Beds /Shades & Refreshments available as well as washing / changing facilities
Confirmed Pat, Scott, Janet ,Tony, Sue, Tony, Alan & Janice
David& Sheila
To confirm Jasper, Sue, Jaspers four friends and hopefully Sue & Phil

Antigua, Minibus to Redruit or Rodney Beach Beds Shades Refreshments available
Confirmed, Pat, Scott, Janet ,Tony, Sue, Tony, Alan & Janice,
David & Sheila
To confirm Jasper, Sue, Jaspers two friends and hopefully Sue & Phil

St Kitts, Minibus to Cockleshell Bay Beds Shades, Refreshments available
Confirmed Pat, Scott, Janet ,Tony, Sue, Tony, Alan& Janice, Hazel, Chris, Joan, Andrew ,David & Sheila
To confirm Jasper, Sue, Jaspers 4 friends and hopefully Sue & Phil

Grand Turk, just all meet on beach as you stroll off the ship, however we will be sitting along at the far end of the beach just to your right as you approach the end of the free sunbed area.
Necessary to bring along your Chocolates and Drinks because we ain’t sharing ours with you.
(FREE) Beds/shades available Refreshments, food etc available. to purchase, however
you can walk down gangway to beach and go on and off ship as often as you like. Even return for lunch.

Tortola. Open deck bus to Cane Garden Bay
Confirmed Pat, Scott, Janet ,Tony, Sue, Tony, David, Sheila,
Janice , Alan, Cliff and Noreen
To confirm Jasper, Sue, Jaspers two friends and hopefully Sue & Phil

St.Maarten, Water taxi over to town and beach Just make your own way over. This beach is lovely and you have all the facilities of bars, shops etc available.
BARBADOS 22nd November
As Scott,Pat,Janet & Tony set off for home that day we will not be visiting the beaches.
However, I would recommend
Paynes Beach at Blue Monkey Hotel.
Minibus /Taxi to Blue Monkey Hotel Beautiful beach and you can either swim out to snorkel with the turtles or hire glass bottom boat from beach.

Anyone else wishing to tag along with us, please just let me know and your name will be added to appropriate spread sheet.
Your name can be withdrawn at any time if you wish to do so.
Pat

[Quizzical Bob]

We've stayed on St Lucia and Antigua. The Rex St Lucian is in a lovely location and the restaurant is right in the beach. If you want an umbrella on the beach then just ask one if the young assistants and slip him a dollar or two. On Antigua we like the Rex Halcyon Cove. You can buy a day pass which gives you access to all the facilities, breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea and also all-inclusive drinks. We were there on Boxing Day and had the beach to ourselves but next door were all the sunbeds for the cruise ships and they got very busy and crowded and had little shade. I have photos.

http://www.rexresorts.com/halcyon-cove- ... ation.html

[SueandPhil]

Pat,
I think the poor Monkey at Cockleshell bay suffered enough with you subjecting him to another meeting with Scott

[Scott1]

Pat,
I think the poor Monkey at Cockleshell bay suffered enough with you subjecting him to another meeting with Scott

Phil, did you know that the Big Pig died last year, you will see his grave this year on the beach.
By the way we still have not ever seen any monkeys on Cockleshell yet.

Pat

[Scott1]

We've stayed on St Lucia and Antigua. The Rex St Lucian is in a lovely location and the restaurant is right in the beach. If you want an umbrella on the beach then just ask one if the young assistants and slip him a dollar or two. On Antigua we like the Rex Halcyon Cove. You can buy a day pass which gives you access to all the facilities, breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea and also all-inclusive drinks. We were there on Boxing Day and had the beach to ourselves but next door were all the sunbeds for the cruise ships and they got very busy and crowded and had little shade. I have photos.

http://www.rexresorts.com/halcyon-cove- ... ation.html

Thanks Quizzical Bob, we have visited both St Lucia and Antigua and both resorts you named are lovely.
The photos are lovely thank you.
Pat

[Scott1]

Well that's Eavesway booked today for 25th Oct . and I received an e-mail from P&O informing me that I can book my return seats on flight back to UK
on Monday 2nd September . So it's getting nearer by the day .
Pat

[Jasper]

Flight booking becomes available from the 2nd Sept has Pat indicates. However it's the highest tiers first the rest of us mere mortals get our chance 4th Sept

Jasper

[Scott1]

Flight booking becomes available from the 2nd Sept has Pat indicates. However it's the highest tiers first the rest of us mere mortals get our chance 4th Sept

Jasper

Jasper you make me feel so guilty However, Jasper you will be please to know that having been on the Baltic Tier for the last 5 cruises with P&O, which accumulated to 77 nights overall (3 nights less than the 80 nights required) P&O have downgraded us from Baltic to Caribbean Tier for the N327 and then guess what yes we have been bumped up again to Baltic Tier for the N328. I just don't know how we will manage on the N327 now we have forfeited the 50% discount on the laundry and missing out on the Baltic Tier exclusive Senior Officer's hosted event. Poor Scott's hands will be red raw with all the washing he will require to do on the N327. I wonder if we will receive a Caribbean Pin on N327? and another pair of blue slippers. If so, we will be going home with four pair of blue slippers this time.
We will then have 12 pair of blue slippers and a selection of Pins, might be able to make a necklace. OR set up yet another stall in The Atrium.

It looks as though the way we are bouncing up and down the tiers we will have no chance of ever getting the Complimentary formal attire pressing service for the first formal night (Ligurian Tier). Oh well, we will just have to continue taking the steam iron along

[Jasper]

It's a tough life Pat...does P&O really know what they are doing!!!

It would be cheaper to pay and take on board our own personal butler soon I wonder how much the seats are this year? or even premier class.

Jasper

[Scott1]

It's a tough life Pat...does P&O really know what they are doing!!!

It would be cheaper to pay and take on board our own personal butler soon I wonder how much the seats are this year? or even premier class.

Jasper

As far as I am aware it cost
£12.50pp each way = £25 x 2 = £50 to reserve economy seats and
£200pp to upgrade plus £12.50 pp each to reserve premier class, we have also been informed that because we are only flying one way we are still required to pay
£200pp for the flight that we will not be flying on . Needless to say, we are travelling economy home. £25 is enough to pay. However, we are still in debate about having to pay another further £25 for the flight that we are not on flying out to Barbados. I cannot remember if we only paid to reserve seats one way last November.
Perhaps anyone else who is on N327/N328A sailing from Southampton and flying home can tell me if they also have been requested to pay for reserving seats both ways or just on return flight home. Thanks Pat

[Alan Janice White]

Pat,

We, like you, are doing N327A / N328A, back-to-back and will only be flying one way, - Barbados to Birmingham, so I am curious to know what P&O. / Thomsons are going to ask to reserve two seats for the journey home. However, most of the people returning to the UK. from N327 & N327A will only be flying one way, so it will be interesting to see what will those wishing to pre-book seats for the homeward journey will be charged ?.
If they try to charge me for both ways, I will ON PRINCIPLE refuse, and even though it will be a case of "cutting off my nose to spite my face" I will take my chance with seating but will probably not do any more flights to and/or from the Caribbean.

Alan.

[SueandPhil]

If they follow the practice of previous years they will only charge you one way, but there may be some delay on boarding your plane as they will be rolling out the red carpet for Pat and her entourage

[Alan Janice White]

Phil,
Thanks for the info. re- the seating reservation charge.
We shouldn't be delayed because we are on the Birmingham flight, which is the day after Pat's flight to Glasgow. It should be interesting watching Pat's Police escort leave the ship to go to the airport though.
Alan

[Alan Janice White]

I think I should have been more precise in my previous posting: "It should be interesting watching Pat's VIP. Police escort leave the ship to take her and Scott safely to the airport."
Alan

[Scott1]

If they follow the practice of previous years they will only charge you one way, but there may be some delay on boarding your plane as they will be rolling out the red carpet for Pat and her entourage

So I guess Phil that we only paid for reserving seats one way only last year .

Alan, just look out for the car coloured yellow that has only three wheels that will be the only escort to the airport that we will be getting,
unfortunately it is only Dell Boy and Rodney that is travelling back to Glasgow.

[Alan Janice White]

Sometime, somewhere in the past I have read about a restaurant / eating house in Barbados, but, unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the establishment, nor locate the article. I gained the impression that it served local, good quality food, that it was very popular but that it served "fun" food rather than being "fine dining". We are on N327A / N328A, back to back, so have two overnighters in Barbados. We may like to give it a try, if we can locate it, and / or there are any reasons why we shouldn't.
Kindest regards,

Alan.

[Scott1]

Sometime, somewhere in the past I have read about a restaurant / eating house in Barbados, but, unfortunately, I cannot remember the name of the establishment, nor locate the article. I gained the impression that it served local, good quality food, that it was very popular but that it served "fun" food rather than being "fine dining". We are on N327A / N328A, back to back, so have two overnighters in Barbados. We may like to give it a try, if we can locate it, and / or there are any reasons why we shouldn't.
Kindest regards,

Alan.

Phil and Sue have visited a restaurant in Barbados but I don't know if it only serves fish and chips . No I am not kidding, Phil mentioned this restaurant to me once but I don't remember the name of it. Remember Alan, we only have one overnight stay in Barbados and that is on Friday 8th,although you will still have all of the Saturday 9th in Barbados. Oh sorry Alan of course you will still have Friday 22nd evening in Barbados also.
Check with Phil about this restaurant Alan because he might just be kidding me on

[SueandPhil]

I think that restaurant was Tides Pat but we didn't go there but some others on the cruise did. Very nice, very expensive. We only went to Oistins for fish Friday which is perhaps what you are thinking of.It is a village where everyone gets together (on a Friday would you believe) for a fish stew,
drink and dancing. Gets very busy but worth a look if you are in port on a Friday which of course the 22nd Nov is

[Alan Janice White]

Phil,

Thank you very much for the info. The restaurant named in the article was Oistins and although I don't recall it being a fish (stew) restaurant all the rest ties up and I now clearly remember the name. We are in Barbados on the Friday, so will make a note of the details.

Kindest regards,

Alan.

[shpirie10]

Hello everyone,

Was having a problem for a while getting on due to the password no longer being accepted. Glad to be back on and be able to join in. Cruise getting very close for us. 10 weeks on Friday for us but I know it will all start earlier for those on the back to back cruise (very jealous). Really looking forward to getting away but will need to start sorting out what we will be taking. Seems to be autumn/winter clothes coming in to the shops now!!

Shona

[Scott1]

Hello everyone,

Was having a problem for a while getting on due to the password no longer being accepted. Glad to be back on and be able to join in. Cruise getting very close for us. 10 weeks on Friday for us but I know it will all start earlier for those on the back to back cruise (very jealous). Really looking forward to getting away but will need to start sorting out what we will be taking. Seems to be autumn/winter clothes coming in to the shops now!!

Shona

Hello Shona , wondered where you had gone. I thought I had got locked out again this morning. Passwords
Give our regards to Jim and looking forward to seeing you both again.
Pat Aka Patricia 1,Scott1, HelenHenry, etc etc. You know who I am

[Scott1]

Suggestions for N327 Meet & Greet as follows :

Exchange F Deck 6 behind Reception Desk
Red Bar Prom Deck 7 beside Atrium

Does the exchange serve tea/coffee refreshments ?
Refreshments can still be served in Red Bar even though Red Bar is closed during the day.

All suggestions welcome .

[Susan Watt]

If you contact ship they can arrange venue with teas and coffees for your meet.