We didn’t ALL go totally overboard
WE MUST disagree with the view that the cruise to Norway on Britannia was like Benidorm-on-the-Sea (Mail). This was our first cruise and along with our friends we had a wonderful time. The staff and others passengers we came across were polite and friendly from embarkation to the end of the cruise. All the shore excursions were well organised and we didn’t see any pushing to get on the train at Flam, as has been reported. However, we ate in the ship’s restaurants and not in the Horizon buffet, so cannot comment on the brawl that was reported to have occurred in that area. There was obviously some trouble in the early hours of Friday, but we feel that most passengers were probably not aware of it until after disembarkation when it was reported in the media. Please don’t have the impression that everyone on board Britannia was there purely to drink to excess. We and many others went to enjoy a wonderful, scenic holiday on a lovely, well-run ship. JOHN & JACKIE BALCHIN,
Bognor Regis, W. Sussex. I’M NOT surprised by the ruckus on the P&O ship Britannia. There are so many people nowadays who have money, but no manners or class. A similar thing happened to me at a five-star hotel in Sorrento. Most of the guests were middle-aged and the first four days were lovely. But then a party of six adults and six children turned up. They monopolised the pool area where other guests were dozing, reading and relaxing. The noise was horrendous: the children argued, screeched and yelled and the youngest one cried non-stop. The adults were also loud, probably due to drinking every day from breakfast until 5pm. I would have expected it in Benidorm, not in an upmarket Italian hotel. They were English and it was so embarrassing as there were French and Italian children who were perfectly behaved. The Brits abroad are often horrendous and you find the same type in this country in pubs and restaurants. They have zero consideration for anyone else. As far as they are concerned, it’s their planet and they’ll do what they jolly well like. CAROL CARPENTER, Caddington, Beds.