Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread

hornetgirl

Morning all

MKS

davemorton wrote: »

More duty. I see it as my duty to ensure all those lucky people on holiday have a great time :beer:

A friend has just come back from a cruise to the Caribbean with Thomsons. The ship was relatively new so cabins were better than others that she'd been on but the food and entertainment were not up to scratch. Captain said it was 'teething' problems.

bubbs

pacifica9 wrote: »

Good spot newbie. :T I have been checking periodically but they were still full price. Now showing back in the 3 for £3 but oos.

Just seen it on hot deals so will be harder now when in stock

Enterprise_1701C

Oh and, DM, Fred Olsen do have balconies. We chose to have an inside cabin last time because we did not wish to be woken by the sun.

mhoc

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

Oh and, DM, Fred Olsen do have balconies. We chose to have an inside cabin last time because we did not wish to be woken by the sun.

balconies are very much mixed blessings I think - people above and below scrapping chairs back and too, sliding doors slamming open and shut.

One occasion we were sat outside in port, enjoying a bit of sunshine and the Spanish couple next door were holding a very vigorous conversation with their loved ones back home at full volume :rotfl:

And the first time we ever had a balcony we looked out and the couple a few floors down were enjoying a sunbath in their underwear ...

and then there are the rule floating smokers ...

Enterprise_1701C

MKS wrote: »

A friend has just come back from a cruise to the Caribbean with Thomsons. The ship was relatively new so cabins were better than others that she'd been on but the food and entertainment were not up to scratch. Captain said it was 'teething' problems.

When we were cruising the Canaries (only cruise we have been on so far, did it to shut up our travel agent and as we could not decide where to go lol) we had someone join us at a strange place because they could not stand their Thomsons one anymore, they had apparently had turkey for about 5 nights in a row, they said the food was not a patch on ours. Have to say the food was very good on ours. We were on a Fred Olsen ship and enjoyed the fact we were on a smaller ship.

mhoc wrote: »

balconies are very much mixed blessings I think - people above and below scrapping chairs back and too, sliding doors slamming open and shut.

One occasion we were sat outside in port, enjoying a bit of sunshine and the Spanish couple next door were holding a very vigorous conversation with their loved ones back home at full volume :rotfl:

And the first time we ever had a balcony we looked out and the couple a few floors down were enjoying a sunbath in their underwear ...

and then there are the rule floating smokers ...

We heard a lot of stories like that, think if we go again we will stick to an inside cabin, liked the fact it was truly dark (apart from the door) and if we want to go outside we can go outside!

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Busylizzie

Morning All

Got my train points today :j:j

mhoc

Enterprise_1701C wrote: »

When we were cruising the Canaries (only cruise we have been on so far, did it to shut up our travel agent and as we could not decide where to go lol) we had someone join us at a strange place because they could not stand their Thomsons one anymore, they had apparently had turkey for about 5 nights in a row, they said the food was not a patch on ours. Have to say the food was very good on ours. We were on a Fred Olsen ship and enjoyed the fact we were on a smaller ship.



We heard a lot of stories like that, think if we go again we will stick to an inside cabin, liked the fact it was truly dark (apart from the door) and if we want to go outside we can go outside!

Neither of us sleep very well at sea so having a properly dark cabin would help greatly - I've not persuaded OH yet.

But we actually spend so little time actually in the cabins now its very hard to justify the cost difference between an inside and an outside.

But if you are doing a scenic cruise eg Norway when you start sailing up fjords very early in the morning then you really do need an outside

Sunflower1227

Good morning everyone :wave:

Well I have took the plunge, and have done my first c&c for DD to pick up, for sharpies, hope it works, if it does I will use the APG to get cleaning and washing products for her new house

Just want to say a BIG THANKS to the OP who found this glitch