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  On the 12th August we set sail on P&O’s Iona, cruising to the Norwegian Fjords. If you read our previous blog post, you may remember this was our long awaited first cruise experience. Having first booked it back in the autumn of 2019 and many changes later due to Covid, surgeries and lack of availability, we finally made it on board! So here we share our experience. Warning! it's a biggie... Embarkation… Onboard and eating lunch within 45 mins! We were dropped off at the cruise terminal and it was nice and easy dropping our bags to the designated area for deck 10, where our cabin was located. Instead of following the masses, we were swiftly diverted to an accessible entrance and whisked off up in a lift to a dedicated accessible check in. We must’ve timed it right as after a quick check of our passports, we were directed through to security and we were quickly ascending the gangway up up enter the ship at deck 6. After a safety brief on deck 8, we grabbed our first bite to ea...

In two weeks time we will be heading off on our long awaited cruise! We originally booked this cruise back in 2019, but due to major surgery for Miss S and Covid thrown in the mix, it’s needed to be moved from one year to the next! This will be our first cruise and although we are trying to stay grounded and not get our hopes TOO high, we are all hoping we will love our first cruise experience and it will be an easier way for us to travel a bit further afield. Having both come from a travel background, Mr S and I, are always itching to get out and explore and the kids love to also…hopefully cruising will help satisfy this desire!  We have spoken to P&O Customer Services a fair amount over the last few years, with varying success! This is our experience... The good bits… P&O have been great moving our booking and spent a lot of time trying to find us an accessible cabin on the various cruises we have looked at over the last few years (but more on accessible cabins below!)...