Cruises and cruising
Posted in Holland America, Oriana, Oriana leaving P&O, P&O, Phoenix Reisen, Prinsendam on Jul 4th, 2018
Today has brought an interesting coda to the “Departure of Oriana” saga. Holland America Line (HAL), another Carnival Corp cruise line, has announced the sale of the Prinsendam, one of their ships. Indeed, they’ve already sold her, to Phoenix Reisen, a German deluxe cruise operator, but are chartering her back until July 2019. Prinsendam has […]
Posted in Oriana, Oriana leaving P&O, P&O on Jul 3rd, 2018
Oriana off Cowes, September 2012 Now that Oriana is leaving the fleet, it’s time for me to give my thoughts both on the ship herself, and on her departure. We did two cruises on Oriana, in 2008 and 2012. Both were just short affairs – just four nights each, I believe. The second was also […]
Posted in Oriana, Oriana leaving P&O, P&O on Jul 2nd, 2018
I mentioned in an earlier post that I had stumbled across an internal P&O Question and Answer document, presumably to help their customer-facing staff in conversations with customers about Oriana’s departure. Here’s a copy of that document. I’ve retitled it so that it’s WordPress-compliant, but I haven’t edited any of the content. It’s four pages […]
Posted in Oriana, Oriana leaving P&O, P&O on Jun 30th, 2018
I’ve learned that Oriana is definitely going to China – specifically, “a company operating in the domestic Chinese market”, which sounds like a Casino ship operator. I learned this from an interesting P&O Q&A document I stumbled across. It’s 4 pages long. The first page is headed “Agent Version only” and has a section headed […]
Posted in Oriana, Oriana leaving P&O, P&O on Jun 29th, 2018
Here’s a follow-up post to the earlier one about P&O’s Oriana leaving that company’s fleet in August 2019. There’s still no hard information as to where she is going, although there are some rumours that it might be to Hong Kong – or elsewhere in China – for use as a casino ship. It’s suggested […]
Posted in Oriana, Oriana leaving P&O, P&O on Jun 29th, 2018
Well, after years of rumours, P&O have announced this morning that Oriana will be leaving the fleet in August 2019. I don’t yet know where she’ll be going, but I shall try to find out more.
Posted in Oriana on Dec 16th, 2017
I’m late with this story, but I’ve only just learned that Oriana’s planned 50 night cruise from 6 January to 25 February has been cancelled. P&O have instead arranged for Oriana to have some ‘essential maintenance’. I can’t find any real information as to what that maintenance will consist of, but there are suggestions on […]
Posted in Oriana, Oriana 2016 refit on Jan 15th, 2017
This may well be old news, but here’s a link to a page on the P&O website showing some results of Oriana’s recent refit. I must say, the results do look attractive. I could feel tempted… Of course, she’s been back in service for about month now, and has completed a couple of cruises in […]
Posted in Black Watch, Fred Olsen, Oriana 2016 refit on Dec 13th, 2016
Well, I was a few minutes too late to grab good webcam shots of Oriana leaving Hamburg – the one above is the best I could manage. But the important thing is that she is on her way back to Southampton where she’s expected just after midnight on the 15th so her two-night cruise starting […]
Posted in Black Watch, Fred Olsen, Oriana, Oriana 2016 refit on Nov 28th, 2016
Here’s a webcam image taken just now (nearly 10am, 28 November) of Oriana and Black Watch in dock in Hamburg – Oriana on the left and Black Watch on the right. Here are a couple of links to other posts I’ve done about the refits to these ships – Oriana’s here, and Black Watch’s here. […]