P&O IONA Norwegian Fjords Cruise | Embarkation Day, 1st Day at Sea, Celebration Night & Chefs Table

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Romana and Ewan

Күн бұрын

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@maybethistimenow 9 ай бұрын

Great series of videos on the IONA. Thank you so much!

@romanaandewan 9 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you for watching. Really appreciate it.😊🙏

@michaelwalsh7846 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the hard work and great video, possibley saved our family a lot of time , one of the best Iona videos!

@romanaandewan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching. And for your lovely feedback.🙏😊 have a lovely time

@EvelineUK 10 ай бұрын

My husband has wanted to go on a cruise for ages, and me being emetophobic, I always said no because of the fear of being sick. Your experience with the patches throughout this vlog series has won me over, and we've now booked for June. Can't wait. Thank you so much!

@romanaandewan 10 ай бұрын

So glad we could help. The patches worked a treat. Have a wonderful time. You won’t regret it.😊🙏

@EvelineUK 10 ай бұрын

@@romanaandewan Thank you!

@vickymatthews1358 3 ай бұрын

How did you get on please? Interested to know about your experience as my husband and I have suffered from sea sickness, albeit, on small boats, not cruise ships. My kids both suffer with car sickness too. Thinking this patch could be a possibility for us all.

@EvelineUK 3 ай бұрын

@@vickymatthews1358 The patches were brilliant, would highly recommend. Started wearing them an hour before getting on board, and replaced them every few days. They stayed on in the shower no problem. We booked a mid-ship cabin which is always recommended to be least likely to have much trouble, but also never had any issues around the ship. As they are non-drowsy, and don't interact with medication, I had no issues with that either. We had gale force 8 one evening/night and never felt any motion sickness at all. On top of that, we enjoyed Iona and our Norwegian cruise so much, we're hoping to book again for next year. Hope this helps!

@mariaeccles5902 3 ай бұрын

Done this cruise twice, highly recommend

@david-wright Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series before we go on thos cruise in September.

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Hopefully you will love it as much as we did.😊🙏

@bambacloudsgaming5118 10 ай бұрын

We've just watched the first video. Great advice for our trip next year! Thanks😊

@romanaandewan 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Enjoy your cruise when it comes 😊

@gillyg8865 Жыл бұрын

Fab vlog. I, like you find as much information as I can about the ship prior to boarding. We always book an inside cabin, a balcony cabin is almost twice as much, the money saved allows us to take a cruise twice a year, the cruising bug got us too. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your vlogs.

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

I’m a big planner and it certainly came in handy for this trip! And I agree I’d much rather spend the money on another holiday 😂

@kellymorris1682 Жыл бұрын

I could listen to you all day! You speak so well and so naturally. Thank you so much for your videos. I'm elbow deep in research mode at the minute. Our honeymoon cruise (with our 9 year old) to Egypt and Jerusalem just got changed beyond recognition (for obvious reasons). We are not a fan of the new itinerary and have actually visited 3 of the 4 ports before. So we are looking to see which cruises from the UK sail in and around our original date and this is the frontrunner! I am worried about all the cancelled port days which seem to be a common occurrence with this ship. But so far I am very impressed with your videos and will watch the rest of them before deciding what to do :)

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and sorry to hear about your cancelled cruise. Hope you get something else organised soon 🤞🏻 and have a great honeymoon when it comes 😍

@derekwing4688 10 ай бұрын

We have booked to go on the Iona in June and it will be our first cruise and are looking forward to it , we are finding your information really useful and you have answered so many questions we had. thank you.

@romanaandewan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and we hope you have a brilliant cruise in June :)

@stephennewton2777 Жыл бұрын

I’m on a trip with P&O for the first time at the end of this month and found your observations and advice very helpful. Thanks.

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and hope you have a great time!

@daniellim9943 8 ай бұрын

V informative and clear. Like your easy relaxed style. Thank you for your help.

@romanaandewan 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

@cruisingwiththe4bs 11 ай бұрын

This popped up on my suggested and I really enjoyed it, natural presenting style capturing the excitement of embarkation perfectly. Thanks for sharing

@romanaandewan 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! We love making vlogs and especially enjoyed Iona!

@lyndavey9605 5 ай бұрын

We loved iona so much last year.. Were back on in September...Been on different cruise lines....Love getting on at Southampton.... Great vlog...xx

@romanaandewan 4 ай бұрын

We loved it. Thank you for watching.😊🙏

@Mrs.S-UK Жыл бұрын

Wonderful vlog. We have never cruised but considering it and doing lots of research. Really helpful, thanks x

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you for watching! We really enjoyed the cruise. It’s definitely worth trying at least once! x

@cjcrawford7443 Жыл бұрын

Hi we are on Iona September..Watch a lot of blogs..found your so helpful..you answered a lot of questions that I couldn't find answers for on other blogs.Thank you x

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you that’s really great to hear :) have a brilliant cruise x

@themagikmoonwanderers918 Жыл бұрын

Hey, New subscribers here. Romana you have such beautiful energy. This was a great vlog. We are hoping to go next year so im starting to take notes. super grateful to you, Thank you.

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching and subscribing 😊 hope you enjoy the cruise as much as we did and glad you found the vlog helpful!

@mancity179 Жыл бұрын

thank you fantastic blog i enjoyed your cruise

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it😊🙏

@johnblenkhorn9109 Жыл бұрын

Hi excellent vlog, me and my wife were on the same sailing as you guys, overall we decided whilst driving back home that cruising is not for us, we had a conservatory suite on deck 9 which was beautiful, however with all our excursions and events being cancelled due to landslides and wether conditions and missing out on Stravanger, just left us disappointed as it was our first cruise too. Like you said thiers lots to do on the ship and you feel very looked after. 👍

@Familytraveltalesuk Жыл бұрын

You should give it another try, it sounds like you was very unlucky but Iona has had lots of teething issues this year sailing up the the Fjords, she's probably to big to be honest, as of today she is the 8th largest ship in the world. I would imagine she will be moved to a new itinerary if this persists and they will put one of the smaller ships in the fleet on that route. If you have the budget fly to Miami and do a 7 day carib cruise, there is nothing like it! amazing! Make sure you get on the Oasis Class! Don't be put off by the size!

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Yes the weather was extremely disappointing and sorry to hear your excursions were cancelled. I bet your conservatory suite was lovely! We would definitely do another one but I can understand why you found this one disappointing at times. I’d like to try a slightly smaller ship next time however Iona was so magnificent I’m not sure how a smaller one would compare!

@maybethistimenow 9 ай бұрын

You must see being on the ship, with all that it offers (plus the views from aboard), is the holiday! If you embrace that and participate in as much as you can on ship, then you will have a totally different view, and maybe enjoy it.

@hughgavin3302 9 ай бұрын

Romana and euan fantastic videos best ever and I watch alot if vlogs Been on iona three times did the same cruise to Norway as you My daughter and son in law are going on iona to Norway in May I have downloaded all you vids and forwarded them on will be so helpful to them Evans dad might give them to take me with them 😂 A big huge thank you to you both I have subscribed x

@romanaandewan 9 ай бұрын

Aw thank you what a lovely comment 😊 makes all the editing worthwhile! Hope your daughter and son in law have a great time. Thanks for subscribing x

@sairsalou 9 ай бұрын

Love your videos! I’m also gluten free so the food tips are especially helpful. Feel so bad for you with the weather, though! What time of year did you travel? I’m going at the end of June.

@romanaandewan 9 ай бұрын

We travelled around mid July. Yeah weather was disappointing, however the ship is such a great place to cosy in to if it is horrible outside. Great gluten free options. I hope you get good weather. Thank you for your kind comments. Hugely appreciated.🙏

@ljlqh Жыл бұрын

im going on this cruise tomorrow!

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Happy Cruise Day!

@Onbehaard Жыл бұрын

We went on a similar cruise in July this year. The one thing which really irritated us was that we had to decide where to eat and when and booked everything (well) in advance. We didn't find that relaxing as we wanted to wait and see what we fancy nearer the time. As a result, we had to join the queue for dinner, be it in one of the 4 dining rooms or in a speciality restaurant, which took absolutely ages. The longest wait was 45 minutes. For some reason, Aqua was always full. It wasn't the best of experience and throughout the cruise, we wished it were the old fixed time dining. The 710 Club was fully booked for the whole week by 8 pm on embarkation day! Celebration Night at the Chef Table was very good though. I was glad we booked it in advance. But the queues, for the free drinks and getting to the table, were long. We love dressing up on cruises. We wore our kilts and coatees and got some very nice comments. We were by no means alone! I agree that the food in MDR and the Horizon Buffet, was rather hit and miss. Olive Grove and Cows & Keel were great, as was Epicurean. We liked the ship and loved the Norwegian fjords, but not so keen on how P&O orgnaised things. Perhaps now that we are back to sailing at capacity, which is wonderful, and in such an enormous ship, this is how things will pan out. Smaller ships may be a better option in future. 🤔 I look forward to finding out your thoughts of the rest of the cruise and the excursions.

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

That’s a shame that you didn’t have as great an experience as us. We didn’t have to wait long for any of the restaurants. Maybe we were lucky. 710 club we turned up 40 mins before it started and managed to get in despite not having a booking. Apparently they hold slots back so people can do this but we only knew by asking. As this was our first cruise experience we’d be interested to try a smaller one in future but we really loved Iona and all she had to offer. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊

@dereknash3638 4 ай бұрын

Now you can only take litre of Wine and Champagne and soft drinks and snacks, but no beer or spirits, but can order bottle of spirits for cabin from room service’ 10:26

@romanaandewan 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for adding this 👍🏻 We were aware that the rules had changed but not everyone will know this.

@daveb9032 Жыл бұрын

On iona this sat 2nd doing fjords be interesting !! We usually do the Caribbean . Something different

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Have a great time! We’d love to do the Caribbean one day!

@mcmurray007im 7 ай бұрын

Im.doing this in 62 day's, also heading down from Scotland, staying the night before in Southampton

@romanaandewan 7 ай бұрын

Have a great time. You will love it.😊

@mcmurray007im 7 ай бұрын

Will I need a dressing gown?

@romanaandewan 7 ай бұрын

@@mcmurray007im no dressing gowns in standard cabins…only suits. You can purchase them on the ship or take your own.

@BritsAbroadTravelCruise Жыл бұрын

Uh oh....the cruise bug captures another 2 people 😄 Glad to hear you're enjoying your first cruise. Hardly surprising given a ship as amazing as Iona Hi fellow Edinburgh folk 👋 Southampton offers so many great opportunities to set sail from, but tricky to get to from up here. We did a Logan Air flight last year from Edinburgh direct to Southampton Airport. Just over an hour flight time and a bit pricey, but travelled down on the day, so saved on hotel accommodation overnight. Anyway, may be worth looking into. How was your train journey can we ask? And would you recommend it?

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Yes we have the bug😂 fab. Just subscribed to you guys. Loads of cruise info. Excellent.👍 We did check flights out. But they were crazy expensive. My dad bought tickets in advance for the train. A bit cheaper but not by much. Change in London which is a pain. I think we would drive next time. Stay overnight few hours from Southampton. Then down the next morning. The Airbnb in Southampton was also expensive. So it’s figuring out the cheapest route and by which transport.😖

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Also the train was packed!!!

@BritsAbroadTravelCruise Жыл бұрын

@romanaandewan we like to raise the point on our social media how cruise lines call at a number of scottish ports but don't board passengers from them. However,, with the new Greenock terminal, that might offer some opportunities.....we can only hope.

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

@@BritsAbroadTravelCruise yes this is so true!! We didn’t know about the terminal at Greenock. We’ll keep an eye on it 👍🏻

@anjikanjielliott9601 Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@sabela1402 6 ай бұрын

Going on iona in august. Very nervous with the sea sickness issue. Can you please give some information on travelling on iona with kids what is allowed and not and how was the reaction of the staff towards kids We will be doing the iona cruise with a 16 month old

@romanaandewan 6 ай бұрын

We didn’t travel with kids but we saw plenty of families on Iona. I would recommend joining the Facebook group ‘P&O Cruises for Families’. You’ll get lots of tips there and can ask questions. Enjoy your cruise when it comes and thanks for watching.

@nadyaozdogan1780 11 ай бұрын

Do you have to book your time slot for free restaurants as well? Or only ones with extra charge?

@romanaandewan 11 ай бұрын

No need to book for the buffet. You can just turn up. Olive Grove is free (with supplements for some dishes) and this needs to be booked.

@ToySoldier-qg8yq Жыл бұрын

Are the movies free to watch in the room?

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Yes they are 👍🏻

@LucaPitt 4 ай бұрын

My mum is coming with us and is in a separate room. When we book tables for dinner can we book for all of us or does she have to book separately and request to sit with us?

@romanaandewan 4 ай бұрын

Yes you can book for all of you. Have fun!

@sharongalvin9433 Жыл бұрын

Loved your video but I don’t see any option to subscribe to your channel for some very strange reason.I am hoping to do the same cruise next year 🙏

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. 😊 You might need to sign in or sign up to KZbin in order to subscribe. It’s totally free.👍

@dalecousins7373 Жыл бұрын

You didn’t mention that when booking while you queue to get on the ship that you have to connect to the ship Wi-Fi first.

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

This is very true. Thanks for highlighting.

@dalecousins7373 Жыл бұрын

@@romanaandewan love your videos and can't wait for the next one.

@romanaandewan Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 🥰

@clairemanning8131 10 ай бұрын

So to book things you need to be connected to the ship WiFi but don't you need to pay for WiFi?

@dalecousins7373 10 ай бұрын

@@clairemanning8131 no you don't, the ship wifi is free to connect to for internal on ship activity but if you want to get off the ship like for internet like facebook or youtube then you have to pay and that is activated once you have connected to the free wifi.