We awoke to find ourselves in a rather overcast Stavanger, with Fred Olsen’s Balmoral backing in opposite us. After breakfast it was time to brave the elements and take a wander around the town which is right by the terminal. Despite the weather, the town appeared quite pretty with many white wooden houses and other…
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Fjords Cruise Sea Day
We woke to a pleasant sunrise through partly broken clouds. Oriana had dropped back behind us but was still following our course. Having lost an hour due to the clocks going forward overnight, a relaxing lay in was called for, but as our neighbours were apparently a herd of raging wilder-beast, we didn’t get much…
Fjords Cruise Embarkation Day
CruiseMiss guest blogger, Scott, recently embarked on his first cruise to the Fjords and his first cruise with P&O Cruises. This is his cruise diary! Norwegian Fjords (N221) – Ventura 1-8 September 2012 – Southampton, Sea, Stavanger, Skjolden, Geirangerfjord, Bergen, Sea, Southampton We arrived at Ocean Terminal around 1130 and were happy to see that…
P&O Cruises Ship Refurbishments
Findings from customer research commissioned by P&O Cruises has led to a multi-million pound investment on Ventura, Oceana and Arcadia. The Glasshouse menu and concept that has proved so popular on board Azura, is being introduced on board Ventura in the area that was previously Las Ramblas. Olly Smith will travel regularly throughout the year…
Cruising, it never gets Tiresome
Each and every one of us has aspects of a cruise experience that we never get tired of. It could be the fact you wake up in an entirely new destination each morning or the fact you can eat around the clock and not have to cook any of it yourself. There are many reasons…
Grand Event Cruise – Last Day and Disembarkation
Well, today was it, our very last day onboard Ventura and boy was I feeling the cruise blues already. I have to say this had been probably the best cruise in many ways I have ever experienced. The weather had been perfect, the ports wonderful and even better where the friendships both old and new…
Grand Event Cruise – Vigo
Today we found ourselves in Vigo, Spain, and it was to be our last port of call. Vigo again was a place I had visited many times before however, this time, it seemed a little different. Our captain announced that a lot of money had been spent regenerating the port here and I could actually…
Grand Event Cruise – Lisbon
Today we awoke to find ourselves in Portugal, well, most passengers did, I awoke to find us still on our way. I couldn’t sleep; I kept tossing and turning all night. Eventually I put the TV on in my cabin and hit channel 9 so I could see the webcam. To my delight I was…
Grand Event Cruise – Dubrovnik, Croatia
Now this was one of the ports I was most looking forward to visiting. I had actually visited this region years ago as a child but then it was still known as Yugoslavia. The country I visited then is now known as Slovenia and is Croatia’s immediate neighbour. The sail into this port was fantastic….
Grand Event Cruise – Corfu, Greece
Today we arrived in the hot and sunny port of Corfu. I think come 9am it was already something ridiculous like 30 degrees and it was only going to get hotter! The port here was actually quite nice; it was not built up or covered in containers. It was not really a working dock at…
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