W.B.Yeats

I'm on this ferry in the morning. Looks like a nice ship

Best of luck Steven, enjoy the trip where are you heading to, are you on a long or short sea journey? I think you may very well be the first Craicer to experience the new ship

You may be lucky the Sea area forecast for tomorrow is. decreasing to moderate on Saturday.
On a big ship that won't really affect it

It was a bit rough out side but to my surprise the sailing was fine and wife was ok.. on the way back it was calm but wife was a bit sea sick as it was an older side coming back . Now she is talking about a trip to England in the camper for the summer holidays. Will wait and see lol

A mate send me a photo of food menu.
€49.99 for 3 courses, nearly a tenner dearer than older boats .
I suppose, someone has to pay for a new boat.

Rumours around the port is that the accommodation is still not sorted.

Rumours around the port is that the accommodation is still not sorted.

Heard the same rumours.
Also issues with the amount of storage allocated to housekeeping and kitchen/ bar etc.
Seemingly there are suppose to carry enough of food, housekeeping supplies for extra days, if they are stuck at sea .
I believe that they have lashed down a few containers onto the deck as a short term solution.
Malcolm

i seem to be the only happy camper when it comes to leaving from Dublin.

Coming from the top part of the country I prefer Dublin, the Rosslare drive added an extra hundred miles each way on.

Don't mind travelling from Dublin as it's less mileage for me but I would also like to see rosslare sailings back on for those who don't find the Dublin route convenient.

There was a 40 min delay on the quays last week heading for the docks that would have taken me half way to Rosslare and I live 41 km from the port,even now at this time its a 50min drive to the port.
Rosslare is only 1.1/2 hours
( 90min )123km.

IMO most big city people don’t give a single thought... or maybe they just don’t give a shite, about anything or anybody but themselves



This is an IF decision nothing to do with people only profit

don't use the service and let them know why,

It takes twice the passengers and Six times as many car and has four times as many cabins. It must be larger or some kind of TARDIS.

On WB Yeats at moment for crossing from Dublin on Monday afternoon to Cherbourg.

Arrived at check in just after 3pm, short queue no more than 5 vehicles in queue at each booth.

Parking area after check in virtually full.

Boarding started around 3:40. deck 3 is double height for lorries, deck 5 is also double height for coaches, motorhomes etc. There is also a deck 7. Ramp from parking area had a couple of sharp inclines just prior to going onto boat with signs of people having bottomed out. Left about half an hour late and looks like an hour late into Cherbourg.

We booked late so could only get a 4 berth club class cabin for the two of us. It appears to be exactly the same as a standard cabin, the only difference being access to the club class lounge. The cabins are smaller than on the Oscar Wilde. When we entered the cabin all four bunks were down, the centre aisle is very narrow even approaching claustrophobic. One of the lower level bunks is at a higher level (about butt level) as it comes down on top of a settee. This means that the head room to the upper bunk at that side is low, not enough room to sit up in bed. It is possible to put the upper bunks right up to the ceiling so this gives a more open space. The beds are more Comfortable than the Oscar Wilde and the bedding is better quality (maybe just because it is newer)

The benefit of the club class cabin is that there is access to the club class lounge which is at the bow with panoramic views. There is also free tea/coffee/soft drinks and snacks for the duration of the voyage. There is also free WiFi available in the lounge ( which works reasonably well). There is no WiFi in the cabins and the WiFi (different log in) available in public areas is poor to unusable. The lounge was quiet and no more than about 20% occupied anytime we were in it.

The whole of deck 10 is made up of sitting and eating/drinking areas with very little segregation. There are transit areas through the cafe areas and also through the so called quiet lounge. The whole area was busy and relatively noisy.

All in all I would say more comfortable in club class, more crowded and noisy in cattle class compared to the Oscar Wilde.

Thats great information, thanks for that.

They must be under pressure to fill the extra capacity of WB Yeats.
https://www.irishferries.com/i…al-offers/
Another flash sale of 15% discount for sailings in the next few weeks.
A reasonably selection of cabins available as well.

I've been looking at changing our booking but the Mrs wants to bring the dog and there's no kennel spaces left and IF don't let pets travel in the van on Ireland France sailings.

I finally got an acknowledgement that from Irish Ferries today that I was entitled to compensation for them not being able to fulfil the booking as booked back in 2018. They've offered me 11c per km for the extra journey to Rosslare and want evidence of accommodation costs for the extra night, nearly 4 years later.

Trust me, I've made my point in reply. I had booked before the WB Yeats bookings had opened that year and changed the booking when it did open. What I really want is a refund of the extra I paid at that time and I don't think it's unreasonable. I also have a credit card record of the last night campsite, so I expect them to honour that too. It's a huge amount of progress after nearly 4 years that any delay in the delivery of the ship was between them and the shipyard and nothing to do with my booking which they happily took at the time.