Cruises and cruising
Posted in 2018 Cruises, Oceana, Oceana 2018, P&O on Jul 12th, 2018
I did a post over a year ago about the issues that arose when we tried to book our next cruise (that’s this year’s). Eventually everything came together, and all seemed OK. But today I’ve received a bit of blow. About a month ago we went through the excursions and booked three – one each […]
Posted in Fly Cruises, Oceana, P&O on Apr 9th, 2018
I’ve been exploring options for cruises in the Arabian Gulf on Oceana, principally for February/March next year. One thing I was tempted by was the thought of mixing the cruise (10 nights) with another holiday destination – perhaps in south-east Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore) or southern Asia (India, Sri Lanka). Doing this would require making […]
Posted in Oceana on Dec 1st, 2017
Above is grab from a webcam shot of Oceana, safely tucked-up at the B+V ship repair dry dock in Hamburg. I believe she arrived some time yesterday evening. Still no real information from P&O about any major work, so it does appear that the aspects of this refit that passengers will see will simple be […]
Posted in Oceana on Nov 27th, 2017
Specifically, will Oceana’s Cafe Jardin be converted to the next Glass House? Oceana is going in for a refit in a few days’ time – as far as I can see she’ll return from her current cruise (E722) on 29 November and her next cruise is E725 starting on 17 December. Allowing for transit times […]
Posted in 2018 Cruises, Fly Cruises, Oceana, Oceana 2018 on Nov 2nd, 2017
Once again it has been so long since I last posted that I ought to apologise. For whatever reason, nothing has caught my eye, or my interest in the last couple of months. But I have finally managed to crank the old brain into gear, and produced this pearl. I posted some while ago that […]
Posted in 2019 Schedules, Dubai, Oceana on Mar 22nd, 2017
As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been away on holiday recently, and therefore missed the announcement of the winter 2018/2019 cruises. I’ve been catching up since I returned. The obvious eye-catchers are Oceana’s Arabian Gulf cruises. Leaving aside the voyages out and back, the cruises all seem to be for 10 nights, start and finish in […]
Posted in 2014 Schedules, Oceana on Apr 1st, 2014
I’m hearing stories that Oceana requires repairs (I know not what for), and that these will be done during s three-day stop in Barcelona during her next cruise. That’sE406, starting on Saturday, and due to call at La Coruna, Gibraltar, Alghero, Livorno, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, and Cartagena. Some of the ports are going to be […]
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 Marco Polo, Oceana, Oriana on Feb 14th, 2014
It’s a terrible night in the English Channel. It’s reported that Marco Polo was hit by a very large wave while passing up the channel on her way back to Harwich (update: Tilbury, not Harwich). A window was broken and passengers were injured, and two needed to be airlifted off. One of them, an 85-year old […]
Posted in 2015 Cruises, Oceana on Feb 9th, 2014
I’ve read a couple of suggestions that Oceana might be doing P&O’s Mediterranean fly-cruises in 2015. P&O (and other lines) have a problem from November this year – their biggest ships won’t be allowed to call at Venice. P&O’s Ventura, which is doing the fly-cruise programme this year, comfortably exceeds the 96,000 ton limit that […]