Cruises and cruising
Posted in Arcadia, Arcadia 2014 on Dec 19th, 2014
We’re off early tomorrow morning on long-awaited Christmas cruise on Arcadia. What could be nicer? – seven nights at sea, and Christmas dinner included. It’s a pity is the North Sea in December, but that latter bit goes pretty unavoidably with Christmas. I shall be blogging as usual, so please check back in for updates. […]
Posted in 2014 Cruises, Arcadia on Nov 15th, 2014
We’ve received our ‘Information’ booklet from P&O; the formal statement of the itinerary, the lists of excursions, the luggage labels. The main point about it is that it’s another step that tells us the time is approaching. As Val has just said when she looked through it, “We must be going…”. In this case there’s […]
Posted in 2014 Cruises, Arcadia, Arcadia 2014, Baggage Handling Company on Nov 6th, 2014
Since booking a bag with the Baggage Handling Company last weekend, we’ve received a letter from them. It contains a couple of luggage tags and some instructions. The instructions give some details about the operation. Among other things, it says: We will collect your luggage 3-4 working days prior to your departure for delivery to […]
Posted in 2014 Cruises, Arcadia on Nov 5th, 2014
We’ve been getting ready for the Christmas cruise on Arcadia. I think i mentioned a few weeks ago that I’d bought the train tickets to get us to Southampton and back – it being December, we don’t fancy driving. But this week we’ve taken another couple of steps. First, we’ve booked our luggage transfer with […]
Posted in 3 Queens, Arcadia, Cunard, Southampton on Apr 1st, 2014
Update: I’ve had an email this morning from Southampton City Council’s ‘Actionline’, as follows: I can confirm work will be ending in Platform Road on the 8th April. There may be a slight congestion but most road works around in Terminus Terrace, Queens Terrace,Town Quay will all be ending on the 8th April so this […]
Posted in 2015 Schedules, Adonia, Arcadia, Aurora, Azura, Oceana on Mar 23rd, 2014
I’ve had a bit more opportunity to look through P&O’s just-announced programme for summer 2015. What seems clear to me is that there’s a bit of a divide opening up – prices on Britannia, Ventura and Azura seem to be noticeably lower than prices on the rest of the fleet. Oriana and Aurora definitely seem […]
Posted in Arcadia, Arcadia Refit on Jan 3rd, 2014
I posted a number of articles about Arcadia’s refit both before and during the work. In the end a possible review of the work was hijacked by the news of the delay to the end of the refit and the consequent cancellation of a two-night cruise. P&O have now posted a number of images of […]
Posted in Arcadia, Arcadia Refit on Dec 15th, 2013
Arcadia has left Bremerhaven and is on her way back to Southampton. The Southampton VTS site is saying that her expected arrival time is shortly after midnight tonight (Sunday) – you’ll need to dig around in the site to find the expected time of arrival, but start by looking at ‘Live Information’ then go on […]
Posted in Arcadia, Arcadia Refit on Dec 12th, 2013
I’ve come across a possible reason for the delay in finishing Arcadia’s refit. Apparently the very strong winds that affected many parts of northern Europe last week made it too dangerous to use the high cranes that were necessary to lift and install the new cabin deckhouse which is being fitted on the Sun Deck. […]
Posted in Arcadia, Arcadia Refit on Dec 10th, 2013
Arcadia will be delayed getting back to Southampton, and as a result her next cruise, a two-night cross-channel cruise, will be cancelled. The stated reason for the delay is strong winds in Northern Europe. There’s a statement on the P&O Facebook page, but here’s what it says: “Unfortunately due to strong storms in Northern Europe […]