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Today we had a late breakfast in our room while our butler Anis, ran the jacuzzi. The dining table made eating breakfast more comfortable as at just the right height. Unlike our previous balcony and inside cabins where we are balancing plates on laps! Everything arrived as ordered and was fresh and delicious.

A couple of pictures from yesterday. Menu for dinner and activities for first day onboard.

Following our muster drill we decided to stroll down the promenade and take some photos. We bumped into two good friends, the ones we stayed with, who totally dumbfounded us by being on the ship! For six months they had been keeping it a secret that they were joining us, and even dropped us off at the port and watched us go in before sneaking on the ship to check themselves in! It was the surprise of our lives when we couldn’t stop shaking our heads, laughing and then asking questions about how they got around various conversations about their plans for the weekend! How they kept quiet for so long still amazes me! This really is going to be a good week!

Thank you rkacruiset! So far the weather has been good but rain forecast so we will see! Let me know if you have anything in particular you would like to know about.

We decided to have just two courses tonight as we’re not used to so much food! Pacing ourselves! 😂

Good Morning! I’ve just woken up in our Premier Inn hotel in Ringwood which is a short 30 minute drive to Southampton port. We live in Bristol and travelled to Ringwood yesterday in preparation for the cruise. We have good friends who kindly offered to run us in and look after our little Smart car while we cruise. This saves us lots of cruise parking fees. We had a delicious Chinese meal together last night and will meet up with them for the drive to the port soon! Our boarding time is 10am! This cruise comes after three cancelled cruises this year! The first was when we had covid, the second cancelled by MSC and lastly I had a health scare that stopped our last planned cruise on this beautiful ship! Follow along and let me know if you have anything you’d like me to find out if you are due to cruise on Virtuosa soon! I’m excited!!! I’ve been on the ship twice before and I know it will be a treat!