Thank you for your truthful and unbiased blogs! We have done legs of world cruise pre covid and now booked on whole cruise next year .I have enjoyed your series of advising trips and now next year they are following the South Africa like this year l am looking forwards to the new itineraries. Good luck in all you do now and enjoy it all! 7:04
Hi just got a question for you did you have any problems with the date of expire or amount of pages blank on your passports when you were travelling especially South Africa ? We got advice from the accrediting visa company P&O use to say you must have at least 12 blank pages for the World Cruise! Nothing mentioned any where else about it. What trips are you planning for next year? Really enjoy all your videos 😊
Hi Beverley, we had no issues with our passport pages, I’m sure some just make it up 😀. The only problem I had was putting the wrong passport number on my online visa for New Zealand. P&O obviously check everyone has one whilst travelling and I got summonsed to get a new one just before we reached Hawaii. There were lots of people who had got theirs via P&O’s provider and had the wrong one, so had to get a replacement before we got to Hawaii else face having to disembark in Hawaii
@ Many thanks for your swift reply we are applying for our own visas independently .I heard of some running into problems with the visa company before on one of the legs from US to Australia-they seem to be only interested in making money and no advise is given. Safe journeys in the future
Hi, just found you and subscribed. Very helpful tips and brilliantly presented thanks. We are planning Southampton to Sydney on Arcadia in 2027. Can you advise of where to find cheaper port trips than the ships own? Also, we use P&O cruise specialists Bolsover Cruise Club and for our cruise their experts advised us the best side of the ship for our cruise was starboard, i wonder if that was better for the Panama Canal, and do you think as opposed to having the sun on your balcony in the afternoon, being warm but in the shade on the starboard side is equally advantageous? Appreciate your thoughts as we are happy to change to the port side on your experience, Peter.
Hi Peter we were port side so that we had more sun as we’re doing a westerly circumnavigation. For the Panama Canal they open a couple of viewing areas on the front of the ship that are usually closed. Equally, for a close up view of how tight it is between the ship and the walls of the canal, take a trip around the promenade deck.
Hi hope you don’t mind me asking a few questions regarding the cabins on D deck on Arcadia, I noticed you was on D deck, we are in D122 for the 2026 world cruise, do the lifeboats impede the view from the balcony, did you find the balcony big enough, also we are not keen on drinking the water from the bathroom for teas we normally buy bottled water but would work out fairly expensive for 100 nights, are there any places we can fill a bottle with water 😊
H Julie, in answer to your questions: no, the lifeboats didn’t hinder our viewing time on the balcony. Because they are at foot level you don’t really notice them. Bear in my that the arm which lifts them out can be seen and it all depends which cabin number you have. The balcony was plenty big enough for the time we spent in it (mainly just before going to dinner). Drinking water, we did use the tap for the kettle but there are water stations in the buffet. You cannot fill it directly (new rules) but they provide a jug to use then that to fill your water bottle. Hope these help, feel free to email us if you have any other questions. Hello@theoversareout.com
Really informative! Have been following brogan tates part world cruise on arcadia so will go watch more of your videos. We're hoping to do NZ,Oz and Singapore (possibly dubai) section in the future so loving seeing what different experiences people had on arcadia
Hey, On the non formal nights, were people still dressed up in smart dresses/trousers or more casual in jeans/legging please, also we’re there any theme nights? Thanks
Regarding your world cruise haven’t found any comments on San Francisco or have I missed them? We are in the middle of deciding which trips to order on Arcadia for 2025 some days we will do our own thing but find a lot are already sold out! Was it the same with you? Have loved all your vlogs❤
Hi Beverley, San Francisco wasn’t on our itinerary but we have visited there before. We have a stop there in 2025 before we fly to Hawaii to pick up a cruise. There has been a lot of press in recent months about the high numbers of homeless people there and making tourists feel unsafe walking about. When I asked my nephew who lives and works there, he said it’s not as bad as they make out. You can book your own trips to places like Alcatraz and would definitely recommend going there.
@@TheOversAreOut Thanks for the tips we are going to book Alcatraz independently anyway…. enjoy your trip to Hawaii presume it’s early in the year? Anyway safe journey!
Thanks for all your fabulous answers and all the tips 👍 I am booked on the full cruise in 2026 and glad to hear you think Deck 6 is a good one 🥰 My question is, there was mention of some people getting sick, either with flu like symptoms and a nasty cough or norovirus, did you guys have any sick days at all and would you say there was a lot of it onboard? Thanks again
Hi Claire, it wasn’t actually a norovirus but ecoli bug one of the nurses told Helen, picked up from contaminated food taken onboard in Cape Town (hence the volume of people that did gel ill). Helen was unfortunate enough to catch it and it lasted 3 days (there was no sickness). There was a cough onboard from day 1! People referred to it as cabin cough, Helen said that this likely continued as we had new people coming onboard in the different segments and they brought a new one onboard. I hope this answers your questions. If you have any more please ask, and thank k you for your continued support.
Great info. We are from Aus and considering doing to 2nd half of the 2026 world cruise. We did the 2nd half back in 2014 but tis time it is going the opposite direction. With regard to traditional dining what do you consider the be the advantage/disadvantage between the early and late sittings?
We preferred the early sitting so we could watch the 8.30 pm show and sometimes do a quiz after. We prefer to early so it has plenty of time to digest before we head to bed. We started in flexible dining but found we were often sat at the aft range of tables and the engine noise could make it difficult to have a conversation. We were happy to share a table, but some people got there 45 minutes early so they could get a table for 2 and avoid having to wait with a buzzer. Fixed allowed us to be guaranteed eating when we preferred, with the same dining room team who then knew what we liked to drink etc. After the meal. Hope this helps
Hi John and Helen thank you for another great vlog, we have followed you from the fireworks on departure day to today. Our plan hopefully is to do a world cruise and this Q and A has answered many questions. Looking forward to more vlogs of your travels 😁😁
Really nice video of your experiences thanks. But surprised how many people are using phones to record theatre shows. It so offputting for others in the audience and don’t they usually announce not to do that? Hope that isn’t the latest thing to do in terms of norms. Did most people follow the dress code?
Hi and thanks for your questions. The only shows where they said you couldn’t film were the P&O own performers shows and didn’t say that for guest artists. It was annoying when some people sat there recording the whole show. Re the dress code, many did for the formal evening ms, those who didn’t want to dress up, ate in the buffet.
Hi, there were just over 14, roughly 1 per week sometimes 2. Black tie wasn’t essential and I didn’t on some of the nights to be honest. The thing to be aware of is that you have to have smart casual (no shorts or collarless tops for men) to go in most venues on those nights.
I have enjoyed your world cruise vlogs, it looks like you had a great adventure and time😊. I also see you had a guest appearance on another vloggers videos. I believe it was you walking behind Brogan Tate and her husband when you had to got off the ship to go through immigration at Durban ? Do you have any other cruises booked for 2025? Carry on cruising cheers Neil 😁
Hi Neil, thanks so much for you comments, they mean a lot. We are trying a Cunard cruise later this year and already have Hawaii to Vancouver booked for 2025 then a P&O repositioning cruise from Barbados to Southampton in 2026. In the next few weeks we’ll be looking back at past cruises and making some suggestions
Hi you two. I was on this cruise too as a solo traveller 😊 I agree that it was a fantastic cruise and I feel very privileged to have experienced it. P&O tenders do leave a lot to be desired… My favourite place was New Zealand. Most memorable was Bitung. Cape Town was the surprising gem in the new itinerary! Stunning place. No need to be bored. Loads to do on board. I’m now booked on the Grand Tour 2026 😊
Thank you for your truthful and unbiased blogs! We have done legs of world cruise pre covid and now booked on whole cruise next year .I have enjoyed your series of advising trips and now next year they are following the South Africa like this year l am looking forwards to the new itineraries. Good luck in all you do now and enjoy it all! 7:04
Hi just got a question for you did you have any problems with the date of expire or amount of pages blank on your passports when you were travelling especially South Africa ? We got advice from the accrediting visa company P&O use to say you must have at least 12 blank pages for the World Cruise! Nothing mentioned any where else about it. What trips are you planning for next year? Really enjoy all your videos 😊
Hi Beverley, we had no issues with our passport pages, I’m sure some just make it up 😀. The only problem I had was putting the wrong passport number on my online visa for New Zealand. P&O obviously check everyone has one whilst travelling and I got summonsed to get a new one just before we reached Hawaii. There were lots of people who had got theirs via P&O’s provider and had the wrong one, so had to get a replacement before we got to Hawaii else face having to disembark in Hawaii
@ Many thanks for your swift reply we are applying for our own visas independently .I heard of some running into problems with the visa company before on one of the legs from US to Australia-they seem to be only interested in making money and no advise is given. Safe journeys in the future
Hi, just found you and subscribed. Very helpful tips and brilliantly presented thanks. We are planning Southampton to Sydney on Arcadia in 2027. Can you advise of where to find cheaper port trips than the ships own? Also, we use P&O cruise specialists Bolsover Cruise Club and for our cruise their experts advised us the best side of the ship for our cruise was starboard, i wonder if that was better for the Panama Canal, and do you think as opposed to having the sun on your balcony in the afternoon, being warm but in the shade on the starboard side is equally advantageous? Appreciate your thoughts as we are happy to change to the port side on your experience, Peter.
Hi Peter we were port side so that we had more sun as we’re doing a westerly circumnavigation. For the Panama Canal they open a couple of viewing areas on the front of the ship that are usually closed. Equally, for a close up view of how tight it is between the ship and the walls of the canal, take a trip around the promenade deck.
Thanks helen& John very informative also nice meeting you two
Hi hope you don’t mind me asking a few questions regarding the cabins on D deck on Arcadia, I noticed you was on D deck, we are in D122 for the 2026 world cruise, do the lifeboats impede the view from the balcony, did you find the balcony big enough, also we are not keen on drinking the water from the bathroom for teas we normally buy bottled water but would work out fairly expensive for 100 nights, are there any places we can fill a bottle with water 😊
H Julie, in answer to your questions: no, the lifeboats didn’t hinder our viewing time on the balcony. Because they are at foot level you don’t really notice them. Bear in my that the arm which lifts them out can be seen and it all depends which cabin number you have. The balcony was plenty big enough for the time we spent in it (mainly just before going to dinner). Drinking water, we did use the tap for the kettle but there are water stations in the buffet. You cannot fill it directly (new rules) but they provide a jug to use then that to fill your water bottle. Hope these help, feel free to email us if you have any other questions. Hello@theoversareout.com
Thank you for your reply x
Really informative! Have been following brogan tates part world cruise on arcadia so will go watch more of your videos. We're hoping to do NZ,Oz and Singapore (possibly dubai) section in the future so loving seeing what different experiences people had on arcadia
Hey, On the non formal nights, were people still dressed up in smart dresses/trousers or more casual in jeans/legging please, also we’re there any theme nights? Thanks
Hi, a lot of people still dressed smart casual on the non formal nights. Those who wanted jeans/ trouser shorts ( as it’s hot) went to the buffet.
Regarding your world cruise haven’t found any comments on San Francisco or have I missed them? We are in the middle of deciding which trips to order on Arcadia for 2025 some days we will do our own thing but find a lot are already sold out! Was it the same with you? Have loved all your vlogs❤
Hi Beverley, San Francisco wasn’t on our itinerary but we have visited there before. We have a stop there in 2025 before we fly to Hawaii to pick up a cruise. There has been a lot of press in recent months about the high numbers of homeless people there and making tourists feel unsafe walking about. When I asked my nephew who lives and works there, he said it’s not as bad as they make out. You can book your own trips to places like Alcatraz and would definitely recommend going there.
@@TheOversAreOut Thanks for the tips we are going to book Alcatraz independently anyway…. enjoy your trip to Hawaii presume it’s early in the year? Anyway safe journey!
Thanks for all your fabulous answers and all the tips 👍 I am booked on the full cruise in 2026 and glad to hear you think Deck 6 is a good one 🥰 My question is, there was mention of some people getting sick, either with flu like symptoms and a nasty cough or norovirus, did you guys have any sick days at all and would you say there was a lot of it onboard? Thanks again
Hi Claire, it wasn’t actually a norovirus but ecoli bug one of the nurses told Helen, picked up from contaminated food taken onboard in Cape Town (hence the volume of people that did gel ill). Helen was unfortunate enough to catch it and it lasted 3 days (there was no sickness). There was a cough onboard from day 1! People referred to it as cabin cough, Helen said that this likely continued as we had new people coming onboard in the different segments and they brought a new one onboard. I hope this answers your questions. If you have any more please ask, and thank k you for your continued support.
@@TheOversAreOut many thanks for clarifying x So glad it didn’t affect your trip and I’m very excited about mine 😀 Thanks again
Great info. We are from Aus and considering doing to 2nd half of the 2026 world cruise. We did the 2nd half back in 2014 but tis time it is going the opposite direction. With regard to traditional dining what do you consider the be the advantage/disadvantage between the early and late sittings?
We preferred the early sitting so we could watch the 8.30 pm show and sometimes do a quiz after. We prefer to early so it has plenty of time to digest before we head to bed. We started in flexible dining but found we were often sat at the aft range of tables and the engine noise could make it difficult to have a conversation. We were happy to share a table, but some people got there 45 minutes early so they could get a table for 2 and avoid having to wait with a buzzer. Fixed allowed us to be guaranteed eating when we preferred, with the same dining room team who then knew what we liked to drink etc. After the meal. Hope this helps
Hi John and Helen thank you for another great vlog, we have followed you from the fireworks on departure day to today. Our plan hopefully is to do a world cruise and this Q and A has answered many questions. Looking forward to more vlogs of your travels 😁😁
Thanks for sharing lots of great information
Really nice video of your experiences thanks. But surprised how many people are using phones to record theatre shows. It so offputting for others in the audience and don’t they usually announce not to do that? Hope that isn’t the latest thing to do in terms of norms. Did most people follow the dress code?
Hi and thanks for your questions. The only shows where they said you couldn’t film were the P&O own performers shows and didn’t say that for guest artists. It was annoying when some people sat there recording the whole show. Re the dress code, many did for the formal evening ms, those who didn’t want to dress up, ate in the buffet.
Have a great time you will love Cunard, which ship are you going on ? Carry on cruising
We are going on Queen Victoria, keen to try them and see what we think.
Myself and my partner are doing this cruise in January 2025. Roughly how many celebration nights are there that you have to wear black tie for?
Hi, there were just over 14, roughly 1 per week sometimes 2. Black tie wasn’t essential and I didn’t on some of the nights to be honest. The thing to be aware of is that you have to have smart casual (no shorts or collarless tops for men) to go in most venues on those nights.
@@TheOversAreOut thank you so much! Looked like you both had a great time 😊
What a trip!! One day we'll do his !!!🤣
We took 3.5 months off work, going back was a killer 🤪
I have enjoyed your world cruise vlogs, it looks like you had a great adventure and time😊. I also see you had a guest appearance on another vloggers videos. I believe it was you walking behind Brogan Tate and her husband when you had to got off the ship to go through immigration at Durban ?
Do you have any other cruises booked for 2025? Carry on cruising cheers Neil 😁
Hi Neil, thanks so much for you comments, they mean a lot. We are trying a Cunard cruise later this year and already have Hawaii to Vancouver booked for 2025 then a P&O repositioning cruise from Barbados to Southampton in 2026. In the next few weeks we’ll be looking back at past cruises and making some suggestions
Hi you two. I was on this cruise too as a solo traveller 😊
I agree that it was a fantastic cruise and I feel very privileged to have experienced it.
P&O tenders do leave a lot to be desired…
My favourite place was New Zealand.
Most memorable was Bitung.
Cape Town was the surprising gem in the new itinerary! Stunning place.
No need to be bored. Loads to do on board.
I’m now booked on the Grand Tour 2026 😊
Thank you so much for your kind comments