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#16
Quote from: Trucker on June 04, 2021, 10:25:02 PM
From experience ,at the moment we truckers are still getting a cabin to ourselves ,rather than having to share with what is usually a stranger , unless we are lucky enough to meet a colleague or freind as we queue for boarding.
Id be out Friday night 23.15 Rosslare to Bilbao on Brittany, 2 nights marriving 8am Sunday morning , and back Cherbourg to Dublin Tuesday on Irish or Cherbourg to Rosslare Wednesday on Stena ,both 18 to 20 hours , all 1 driver to a cabin at the moment , which is very welcome .
But before Covid , even when the ferries were not busy ,there would be 2 to a cabin and during the busy tourist times ,4 to a cabin ,again sharing with possibly 1 ,2 or 3 strangers.

Thanks for posting, didn't realise you'd have to share with more than one person.
#17
Quote from: Chris2016 on June 02, 2021, 10:16:06 AM
I really want to go on a trip to France on the WB yeats with my Family by time July 19th comes i should be fully vacinated . But i was on the irish ferries website and prices are so expensive . Its as cheap to fly to france or spain for a week all inclusive  .

I thought they might do some offers to fill ships. I wonder what the commercial loads are like? Each trucker gets a 4 berth cabin I presume?
#18
The News Board / Re: Irish Ferries 2021 schedule delay?
November 14, 2020, 12:02:22 PM
I made a few bookings, all cabin options were there for me. Maybe website struggling with user numbers?
#19
The News Board / Re: Irish Ferries 2021 schedule delay?
November 05, 2020, 03:38:38 PM
Covid and Brexit huge, but the other companies all have timetables and bookings open.
#20
The News Board / Irish Ferries 2021 schedule delay?
November 05, 2020, 12:25:45 PM
Anyone any idea why the long delay with the 2021 timetable?
#21
I heard mid October at the latest.
#22
Discussion Board / Re: W B Yeats Disappointment
October 27, 2019, 09:51:59 AM
Has anyone noticed that the WB has more ptich and movement,even in in calm seas, than Ulysses or the departed OW?

Was on the WB last night,and she really copes well on the shorter Irish sea route, very quick unloading is great.
#23
Discussion Board / Re: W B Yeats Disappointment
July 17, 2019, 08:32:21 PM
Also the WiFi, I realise we are at sea, is just awful. And I am using the premium WiFi, and have used the free one too.
#24
Discussion Board / Re: W B Yeats Disappointment
July 17, 2019, 08:28:01 PM
Am aboard WBY at the minute.

They have now opened the freight lounge to public as a street food restaurant. Truckers complaining at reception about how they are been treated poorly, not happy at all.

The kids play area is mental, an accident waiting to happen.

Ways that improve ship??

Firstly it doesn't have the holiday feel, it is not like me the OW or Pont Aven.

The basic cabins are too small, can't change that now.

Kid's entertainment area is not fit for purpose, the main bar areas are too bitty. It lacks a theatre space with a stage..

The lounge is funny,some very disgruntled looking people seemingly surprised that it has loads of noisy kids in high season.

They seem to have presented staff with a poorly thought out vanity project that the onboard staff are trying to make work as they go along.
#25
Discussion Board / Re: W B Yeats Disappointment
June 22, 2019, 07:04:32 AM
Was on her again yesterday. Deluxe cabin this time. Much better experience than last week. Loading started much earlier at about an hour and a half before departure.
Cabin compares better to 5 star on the OW than I expected. I was very happy, minibar contains spirits as well as beer and wine. Decent coffee machine. Lounge for club class  has great views.

Wouldn't pay the extra myself for it but it is much superior way to travel.

On the bad side, the breakfast in the lady Gregory is as bad as the Oscar Wilde. Not cooked to order, tepid and poor quality. Feel sorry for staff as they are excellent. Premium price and low quality.
#26
Discussion Board / Re: W B Yeats Disappointment
June 17, 2019, 06:00:48 PM
No, not really. It is more modern, but the OW was more of a cruise ship. WB Yeats be great on a day sailing to Holyhead, not so suited to Dub/Cherbourg IMO. The smarter cabins on the OW were a better laid out, for example in the 5 star cabins you could divide the seating area off when you put kids to bed and relax in main part of cabin.

Having said all that WY Yeats is a fine ship, I will be interested to see how useful the club class lounge is?
#27
Discussion Board / Re: W B Yeats Disappointment
June 17, 2019, 11:33:57 AM
When I was on her the Lady Gregory had max 8 people, looked depressing for the staff. Boylans seemed to be constantly busy, but was coping easily. Food in there seemed fine, and pricing was fair. I found the ship decent, always be a few niggles, seat fabrics and carpets already quite stained and dirty looking.

Had an internal 4 berth cabin, was very nice if quite narrow compared to Stena on return. Sound-proofing in cabin was poor.

Will be in the Deluxe cabins and lounge and next trip this week, will be interesting to compare.

Overall nice new ship, quiet and fairly well laid out.
#28
The News Board / Re: WB Yeats Interior Pics
April 26, 2019, 08:49:40 AM
Most years we use PA for the return leg from France leaving at 8.30 and that means that we've usually eaten dinner before boarding. IIRC the last time i ate in the Pont Aven waiter service restaurant was about 8/9 years ago. As far as I remember it was very good but hard to do a fair comparison to the WBY after that amount of time.

Thanks, we usually did the opposite, out on PA and home on OW.
#29
The News Board / Re: WB Yeats Interior Pics
April 25, 2019, 10:30:54 AM
How would you compare the food quality in the  Lady Gregory restaurant on the WBY to the Pont Aven? For me always found the OW miles and miles behind the Pont Aven in terms of food quality in the fancier on board restaurants.
Thanks.
#30
The News Board / Re: WB Yeats Interior Pics
April 22, 2019, 11:07:45 PM


The 5 star cabins on OW are bigger than similar cabins on WBY. But the way the WBY cabins are laid out (and features like having tvs on either side of the divider at the end of the bed ) it doesn't make any difference in reality. We were happy with the size and quality of the cabin.
Here's a few more cabin pics from other angles

Cheers, thanks for pictures. Will miss curtain which divided sitting/sleeping area on OW, very handy when kids sleep time comes around.