*Solo* 7 Night Cruise - 1 Adult Full Board - P&O Iona North Europe 11th Feb 2023 (From Southampton) = £380 @ SeaScanner

if that picture doesnt put you off cruising nothing will.. looks like a (sunny) hospital waiting room

Drinks packages here:

pocruises.com/onb…age

From what others have said on previous P&O deals on here, it may be worth just paying as you go depending on how much you drink. Previous comments indicate the normal prices aren't too steep at all (a fiver approximately for a pint of Peroni - not Wetherspoon prices but definitely not extortionate). I love Peroni so that'll be my daily tipple.

Remember tea, coffee, dispensed (not bottled) water and fruit juices (juices only served at breakfast) are included in the Full Board price without having to get a drinks package. This excludes Costa Coffee.

It may be worth doing the maths and reading the terms on their website via the link above to see if a drinks package will really be worth it.

Pay As You Go drinks prices below:

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I am fairly sure you will get a cabin for the price and won’t be expected to sleep out on deck.

Share a bed? There are a number of posters who regularly buy lingerie for their MIL, based on the comments i've read (edited)

what's the chances of that

Normal prices nothing overpriced

I'm on it too....hope it's good

I imagine so. You would probably only need one visa though mind as all these countries are part of the Schengen area. You still have plenty of time to get one.

This link may be helpful.


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No you can still book, £380

On the Northern Europe cruise in February I imagine the chances of an empty pool will be pretty good. That pool area won't be heated to summer holiday temperature, and if the sea is a bit rocky they'll half drain the pool anyway.

Bah. Dealbreaker right there. I'll stay at home! (edited)

Surely the maiden voyage was Belfast to Southampton

Huh?

That was a different company, but P&O Cruises are very little better in their own practices - though they like to pretend they are.

It's cheap, very cheap, but a cruise in N Europe in the middle of winter kind of defeats the purpose. Will probably put you off cruising.

We went in October, it is not the best ship and the skydome, although it looks good it is acoustically dead for shows and singers.
We wanted to try out a different cruise line hence the booking as it was half the price of DCL who we normally go with.
The itinerary is OK, there is a free bus into Hamburg, Rotterdam is OK, the cube houses are worth seeing as is Blankenburg, again a free transfer unless you are on a saver fare, then they charge you.
The dining rooms are an absolute nightmare, understaffed and half empty even though you can't get a seat! the ones you pay extra for are all OK, my advice is if you want to avoid those buffets then ensure you book a slot at all the restaurants as soon as you board, the buffets are best avoided, overcrowded with kids running around in between the long queues picking things up with fingers.
You can do this if one of you has something like medication to take a certain times of the day, we just told them that, whatever you do, do not miss your slot, you have a 15 minute window, after which your booking drops off the app so if someone is talking to the receptionist and you are close to your window expiry, be pushy, tell them and and just go in.
It sounds rude, it is rude but it is the only way to get your booked table.
The drinks packages are poor value and service is slow too, the other thing to bear in mind is that everyone in the same cabin needs to be on one, we had a child and couldn't get just a soft drinks package as we all needed to get them and we don't drink pop and certainly don't drink £80 worth of alcohol a day.
You can take your own onboard and I suppose drink it out of a coffee travel cup or something.
The cinemas are tiny, circa 40 seats so get in early.
If you want to use the adults only area, that is another £40 per day pp and if you use the spa, they charge for the body scrubs etc you get free elsewhere, the spa was £130 per person for the week, it all tots up quite quickly.
As for the 710 club, book as soon as you can if you intend going in.

If you choose the select fare (about £125 more) - you get free parking plus £30 onboard spend and you can choose your cabin location and number. More details are on the P&O site pocruises.com/fin…bin

There are also coaches that link in with the cruises eg Eavesway and Intercruise coaches. (edited)

Arrives in port early morning - departs evening, except for Zeebrugge when it leavea in the afternoon pocruises.com/fin…304

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There is a discussion group here, as I realised a lot of people from here have booked

I know that on a ship the way to counter sea sickness is to look at the horizon, but clearly that is difficult in a windowless broom cupboard - I was wondering if a glass of water would work - set it down & look at it?

Me too, long overdue

Amazing video that was. enjoy his content

Me too.

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There is a discussion group here, as I realised a lot of people from here have booked

Me too.

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There is a discussion group here, as I realised a lot of people from here have booked (edited)

You’re a romantic 

defintely

Strange, I just tried now and it is showing £380 for me

only copied above pic from another poster here. made me LOL

Many peeps now googling

A truly ridiculous statement !!

Why does it give you that impression?