Check In

Have cruised several times with P & O and check in not normally a problem, this time two hour wait which was not a good start. There just did not seem any urgency and on several occasions the staff manning the check in had no passengers waiting despite the departure hall being overflowing. We joked that our cases would be on the ship before us and low and behold they were at our cabin before us, which was good. Having said that we subsequently learnt that many passengers did not have their cases until late into the evening.

Arrived at the stated time for the lifeboat drill only to told right at the last moment that it was not going to take place for another 45 minutes. They must have known this all along and so why assemble the passengers? The reason given for the delay was that not all of the passengers were on board, not surprising really given the fiasco at check in. Read more