P&O Cruises Announces New Guest Experience Programme As Oriana Leaves The Fleet

P&O Cruises will expand and introduce new additions to its ship and shore guest experience across the fleet from summer 2019. The programme will cover three key areas of investment in shore excursions, dining and entertainment across mid-sized ships Arcadia and Aurora and Oceana, as well as the larger ships Britannia, Azura and Ventura. Aurora…

P&O Cruises Oriana To Retain her “Classical Elegance” During Refurbishment

P&O Cruises has unveiled details of the new-look Oriana, due for an extensive refit later this year. Oriana will undergo a three-week refurbishment in Hamburg at the end of November. The adult-only mid-sized ship will receive a complete makeover of its cabins, restaurants, bars, entertainment areas and public spaces to provide a whole new elegant…

I Just Want A CRUISE Ship!

I just want a CRUISE ship. That’s it. Nothing more and nothing less, and I know thousands of people who want the exact same thing! I have blogged about this before, but it’s time to rant again….sorry! Modern times bring modern things and although these state-of-the-art (in every single sense of the very word) vessels…

Fun All The Way In Norway With P&O Cruises

On Saturday morning I shall make my way to Southampton to Join P&O Cruises, Oriana, for a 12-night Northern Lights itinerary and having just finalised the details, I am excited to give you a pre-cruise blog on what we are hoping to do ashore during the trip. First of all we have Stavanger and to…

Counting Down To Oriana

There are less than 4 weeks left to go before I join P&O Cruises, Oriana for a 12-night Northern Lights voyage and it’s fair to say that one is pretty excited, although I don’t think I quite anticipated at first just how cold this cruise was actually going to be. The more my friend sends…

Back To The Beginning

Next year I shall be boarding the ship that started it all, Oriana! The plan is to embark on a 12-night Northern Lights cruise in March and I am already counting down the days – 80 left to go! I boarded Oriana back in 2007 for my very FIRST CRUISE and I have never looked…

Which P&O Cruises Ship Is The Best In The Fleet

A few days ago I started a general chat with friends on Facebook about P&O Cruises ships, this then led into a debate on which ship was the best in fleet. I asked people on twitter and then I put the question to the CruiseMiss Facebook audience and the response was fantastic! I could barely…

Where Have All The Small Ships Gone?

Cruise lines keep building bigger and more innovative ships which is great, the demand for cruising is there and more people are getting involved. Just like many of you I enjoy having the extra facilities onboard the larger vessels, but I can’t help thinking about our small ships. Because everything is increasing in size where…

Cruise Ship Fun Facts

We all enjoy learning something new about cruise ships so I thought I would use today’s blog to share with you a selection of fun cruise ship facts. I am sure many of you will already be familiar with these pieces of information, but I like to include everyone so this is for you that…

Sick Of Norovirus

Today’s blog is more a rant than anything else, some will agree others will strongly disagree but this is just my opinion…………….. It seems that Norovirus is doing the rounds again, this time the Queen Mary 2 has taken the spotlight and just a few weeks back it was P&O Cruises, Oriana, being slaughtered by…