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…As you will have seen from the original posting, I went on a 14 day cruise which started in Barbados and ends in Southampton in the UK. I wrote a journal that I will be posting with pictures and videos. But meantime, here is the cabin on the ship (P&O Arcadia) that we were in. It is a really amazing cabin which was B58 on the port side of the ship called the “Florence Suite”. More of the trip to come soon!…
…rways charter flight from London Gatwick to Barbados to join the P&O ship “Arcadia” which is sitting in the harbor of that glorious island waiting for us. I adore Barbados, and to hear just how much listen to my podcast about the island and read my blog and see my photos. I will tell you more about Monarch Airlines in a short while, but first an update on the journey so far. We all stayed at the Gatwick Hilton last night as check in for the flight…
…nd so was a nice 26 degrees Celsius. It started to rain and so we did eventually return to the ship for lunch and lying around generally. Video of Antigua from the front of P&O Arcadia See my photos from Antigua on FLickr: click here CLICK HERE TO READ NEXT INSTALMENT (Crossing the Atlantic): click here…
…able. The bed was disappointing, especially after the bed in the newer P&O Arcadia which are large, soft and very comfortable. The beds had been put in the twin format and were pretty narrow, low and feel a bit like they are close to their sell by date. That is probably an exaggeration, but that was the only thing in what was a really great cabin. This was the 3rd time I have been on the Aurora. I was on it in back in about 2000 on one of these Fo…
…(as mentioned earlier) these are well done and large. Having been on PandO Arcadia (which is also a Vista style and was originally started to be built as the QV but was allocated to them instead earlier on), I was amazed at how much more public space there seemed to be. There is the huge, several deck and impressive Grand Lobby. The large Queens Room where there is a band and dancing, the large Royal Arcade shopping area and then the impressive Ro…
…Cruise was part of what is called a “repositioning cruise” on the P&O ship Arcadia. There is a redeployment of ships, especially to and from Europe, before and after the main September to March Caribbean season. Most cruise lines doing this offer 2-week trips, which consist of a week cruising round the Caribbean and a week crossing the Atlantic. These cruises tend to be very good value as less people enjoy the long periods at sea and prefer schedu…
P&O Arcadia in Saint John Antigua, originally uploaded by garybembridge. I have previously written about “what you should expect when cruising the Caribbean” where I explored why you should be cruising the Caribbean, the main features of the Caribbean Cruise industry and the history of Caribbean and cruising. Also I looked at the impact of cruise industry on the Caribbean. In this article, I give 5 key tips about cruising the Caribbean. If you ha…
