I just dont believe it £399 for a cruise

Hi I am sorry I just couldnt believe the price of this cruise..so had to tell you about it


I was checking general availability for a gentleman this evening and out popped this deal.

P&O Oriana travelling on the 9th June for 7 nights.

Southampton, England

09JUN12

SAT

Embark

PIER: Queen Elizabeth II Terminal CHECK IN STARTS AT 1200P

At Sea

10JUN12

SUN

Bergen, Norway

11JUN12

MON

Full Day

Geiranger, Norway

12JUN12

TUE

Full Day

TENDER REQUIRED

Olden

13JUN12

WED

Full Day

Stavanger

14JUN12

THU

Full Day

At Sea

15JUN12

FRI

Southampton, England

16JUN12

SAT

Disembark

PIER: Queen Elizabeth II Terminal

 All of this for £399 per person for an inside cabin based on 2 sharing...

There have been so many deals around recently for anyone who didnt think they could afford

a cruise holiday this year then certainly this year has been the year for bargains.

Surfing on board at what cost !!!

With so many people relying on the internet nowadays, there are many customers/cruisers who want to check their emails and keep in touch with the family when they are away and of course send pictures to their loved ones and friends just to rub it in how wonderful their holiday is !!.

But with most hotels/shopping centres and restaurants offering free wifi connection it seems to me that the cruise lines are making the most out of their internet charges.

I was reading a newspaper article recently that was looking into the charges that each cruise line charged and to be honest it is quite a hefty sum.

It appears that it will cost you anything from 41p per minute when you are away depending of course
on who you are cruising with.

So you need to be very nimble fingered to get those emails typed and sent as quick as possible otherwise it may be cheaper just to use a phone and call your friends and family when you in port.

According to the survey I read here is an outline of who was charging what..

Celebrity 41p per minute
P&O 50p per minute plus £2.50 to send a single email.
Cunard 47p per minute
NCL 75p per minute

Of course the cruise lines packages of minutes but it still works out a fair sum.

Fred Olsen apparently are one of the cheapest on a pay as you go tarif of 20p per minute.

So cruisers beware check out the costs before you go on a surfing spree on your cruise holiday as we all know you can easily get hooked reading something on the internet and before you know it you have been on there 30mins or even longer.

Cruise Ship Entertainment re-cycled

I have been talking to a customer today who made some very interesting comments regarding cruise ship entertainment.

He had recently returned from a cruise and was disappointed not with the entertainment itself but with the fact that he had already seen the shows when he had cruised with the same company before.

Now what annoyed him was that if it had been during the same year and on the same ship then he could have understood that the entertainers are contracted for these perfomances all through the year and there may be no way of getting around this... BUT this was the same shows that he had seen a few years ago on the same ship.

Now with so many people who take a shine to a particular cruise ship who may want  to travel on her again the following year then I think that the cruise lines should ensure that they offer some variety to their passengers otherwise they start to feel a little hard done by or that standards are dropping and the cruise lines do not want to pay for new shows.

If part of your cruising experience is to enjoy the entertainment offered on board then you will of course
notice if the same old things are being re-cycled year after year. Personally I think that old customers should be considered as past guests do form a base for cruise lines business year on year and the more you look after them the more they will recommend you to others which is the same with most business;s.

So cruise lines please think of them otherwise they will move to pastures new.

If anyone has had a similar experience with their on board entertainment then I would love to hear from you.