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Sure they will get all problems sorted, sounds fabulous.
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If I may interrupt here chaps..... News just in......
A friend has just returned from a 19 night cruise into the Med, Sicily, Venice, Split and Dubrovnik etc aboard the P&O ship Arcadia.......After a bout of Noravirus broke out on the ship just two days out from Southampton , food had to be served by the waiters only, and the top deck cafeteria was closed. Most people ate in their cabins.

Due to engine trouble, Sicily was missed out altogether and the ship spent two nights in Malaga waiting for engineers to fly out and make repairs.
The engineers failed to repair the ship and as a consequence had to stay berthed in Malaga for yet another day.
It would appear P&O have 'Gone to the Dogs' and unfortunately Mrs Fox and myself are due to sail on the Arcadia over the New Year period.....Eeeeeeeek..!
Arcadia is a decent ship OGF. Another of the more trafitional ones with wide prom deck etc though her lounges and bars are open not enclosed. I have always found the air con system to be a problem as have many others. It is too powerful un the cabins and leaves people with the well known "cabin cough". I believe that air con spreads germs around more than other ships and as a rrsult I think it's more of a "sick" ship than others. Possibly it's just an older audience that tends to bring illnesses on board. The oldies will all have been frightened into having their flu jabs each year and end up bringing thes ebugs on board with them. Norovirus is no different. Crew and passengers alike bring it on board with them.

We never use the buffet areas on any ship in order to minimise exposure to Norovirus. Closing the buffet is appropriate when Noro is onboard.

Also I would have loved the 3 night unscheduled overnight stay in Malaga. It's a lovely place. Far better than Sicily.

Arcadia may be the next ship to leave the fleet imho.

P&O are favouring the bigger ships. More bums in cabins = more on board revenue for them.
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04-08-2019, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
If I may interrupt here chaps..... News just in......
A friend has just returned from a 19 night cruise into the Med, Sicily, Venice, Split and Dubrovnik etc aboard the P&O ship Arcadia.......After a bout of Noravirus broke out on the ship just two days out from Southampton , food had to be served by the waiters only, and the top deck cafeteria was closed. Most people ate in their cabins.

Due to engine trouble, Sicily was missed out altogether and the ship spent two nights in Malaga waiting for engineers to fly out and make repairs.
The engineers failed to repair the ship and as a consequence had to stay berthed in Malaga for yet another day.
It would appear P&O have 'Gone to the Dogs' and unfortunately Mrs Fox and myself are due to sail on the Arcadia over the New Year period.....Eeeeeeeek..!
Tell them to look on the bright side - they could have been on the Costa Concordia.
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Tell them to look on the bright side - they could have been on the Costa Concordia.
Booking on the right side of the Costa Concordia was not a good idea - that was the side that sank .....
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Do they accept anyone else?

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Convinced now that cruising is not for us.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...nspection.html
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Convinced now that cruising is not for us.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...nspection.html
Bit of a knee jerk reaction TBH

Your average mainland restaurant would have far worse issues. Flies are everywhere, in supermarkets on the produce, in restaurants, in take away shops and so on.

Hygiene standards are pretty stringent on cruise ships.

An example.

During evening dining in the restaurants, waiters run off to the kitchen to collect your starters, mains and desserts.
When they do they join the end of a long line of waiters all doing the same. They must wash their hands at the outset.

If at any point they touch their mouth, nose or face whilst standing in line, they are pulled out of the line, go wash their hands again, and then join the back of the queue.

Of course, just as there's a difference between what you might expect at a Michelin star restaurant and say Nando's there's a difference between each cruise line.

Pick a decent one and you'll have few problems.
 
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