Bon voyage

[Whynd1]

To all those cruisers who are sailing on Britannia's maiden voyage - hope you all have a lovely time and I look forward to hearing the reports on the ship on your return.

Bon voyage

Lindsey

[GillD46]

And from me - have a fab time.

[oldbluefox]

Me too. Hope you all have a memorable cruise.

[Jan Rosser]

Hope you lucky people have a fab time - look forward to hearing all about it when you return

[Manoverboard]

Indeedee, " Bon Voyage " ...

Have a great cruise and enjoy, in particular, the ' newness ' of the ship but also do try to take into account the fact that many of the crew will also be new ... please be gentle with them.

[Dancing Queen]

Me too .. Bon Voyage and have a wonderful time

[barney]

Yep, me too.

Have a wonderful holiday.

I very much look forward to the cruise reviews on return.

The good and the not so good issues

[Dark Knight]

Hope you all have a lovely cruise

[qbman1]

Yes, it's a lovely cruise from him ....and a Bob Voyage from me

[Gill W]

Thanks everyone!

I'm currently at that stage of the packing where I've got everything out that we intend to take and I'm wondering whether it'll fit into the cases!

also do try to take into account the fact that many of the crew will also be new ... please be gentle with them.

I'm surprised that felt you had to say that. As far as I'm aware, the forum members that are going on this cruise are pretty reasonable sorts who wouldn't be hard on the crew in any circumstances

Personally, I know there are likely to be a few teething troubles - there always are when something new starts. I'm not the type of person to throw a tantrum if everything's not perfect!

[Mervyn and Trish]

You may not be Gill, nor are we. But sadly I'm sure we've all witnessed examples of passengers being less than pleasant to members of the crew, even sometimes when things are going well. Not acceptable but sadly it happens.

[Manoverboard]

....

also do try to take into account the fact that many of the crew will also be new ... please be gentle with them.

I'm surprised that felt you had to say that. As far as I'm aware, the forum members that are going on this cruise are pretty reasonable sorts who wouldn't be hard on the crew in any circumstances.

My thoughts were ...

On a new ship there will be a lot of new crew members and as you will doubtless appreciate many of them can be a bit ' at sea ' during their first few weeks. I would very much like to believe that every single one of our readers, regular posting Members or otherwise, plus their other half etc are easy going folk who will accept spills, errors and a shortfall in the service level provided without saying a word other than perhaps a few kind words of encouragement but sadly my cruising experience tells me otherwise. Such people may or may not be Members of Cruise Forums.

[gfwgfw]

Lucky Lucky Lucky maiden gentlefolk

Maybe a few teething problems

Enjoy

[Patchworker]

Had a wonderful time, look forward to hearing reviews as we are off on her 13 June

[Delboy]

The Bands of HM Royal Marines (Official Photo)

Portsmouth Band performing as Britannia departs on her maiden voyage.

[oldbluefox]

What a fabulous sight especially if you have a balcony on the port side.

[Dancing Queen]

Love it .. thanks for posting Derek

[GillD46]

Fabulous picture, brings back memories of the streamers that I still miss.