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Just back from 14 day in the Baltic…
Just back from 14 day in the Baltic sea. Excellent destinations apart from Kiel - don't know why this port town is included as there is very little to see and do, whereas Tallin, Helsinki, Visby, Stockholm and Copenhagen were just awesome and inspiring. Can't fault the staff, nor the food. Was annoyed that as Britannia has the best ballroom venue is the Crystal room, they were limited to 45 mins each session, even when the venue was not being used after. The entertainment team very clearly did not rate this activity as high as they valued such base activities as Karaoke and game shows, alienating a large portion of the passengers. Speakers and guest acts were amazing, Mr Tickerton's Clockwork Circus, Vocal Extreme and Rachel Haunt as Cher and Divination were absolutely brilliant. There was very little sunbed hogging, or reserving seats and chairs which was refreshing. Smoking was limited to deck 7 mid starboard and aft, but when these were both shut was relocated to port side deck 16 sunset bar. This was a far better place for smokers who would have to use the lifts to go down from 16 to 7 every time. Why cant deck 16 port side sunset bar be kept as a smoking area as it once was? Departure day was manic but that was down to people wishing to disembark by them selves but then waiting till peak time to carry 3 or 4 cases down in the lifts blocking others at 8am onwards. Those with mobility issues were also subject to other rude passengers jumping in the lifts ahead of them. Why can't one of these lifts fore, mid and aft be staffed by P&O to ensure they were given priority? A final point was that there was a continuous high pitched sound from the ships engine on both sides which meant any one on decks G-E were subject to this noise when trying to enjoy the balcony,