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Was down at the port tonight and they have turned her around and moved her further up E berth to make room for Explorer of the Seas going into F Berth at 5.00am Friday morning.

 

 

 

Interesting that the port schedule has the Pacific Eden departing Sat 14th Nov 17.00 and arriving back Sun 15 Nov 6.15am then departing for your cruise at 16.00.

 

Must be going out for a little sea trial Saturday night around Rottnest Island and back.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Johhno

She's taking a group of agents out for a shakedown. I can't wait! [emoji16]

It's still on Youtube :) - https://youtu.be/gstBVinuI_o

I've got the "good camera" with me and will be taking a stack of pics. I have a friend who has already been on for a tour and she says Eden (and presumably Aria, considering they're identical) blows the other ships in the fleet out of the water. There is no comparison (and she LOVES the other ships, so it was strange to hear her say this). I am actually really excited to see what they've done.

Not strange...Carnival obviously want cruisers to have input.

Strange as in "are we getting a new ship"?

Is there anything to this?

Oooooh yay! I'm on her on Saturday! :)

Spirit definitely does so I don't think Legend would be different. I don't even think I turned the TV on during my Legend cruise.

They're the same style for all cruise lines. They make nice little momentos. Did you notice any "poorly painted" logos on the funnels? Lol! [emoji39]

This is a bit of a weird question, but I'm just wondering if anyone has been on one of the three P&O ships since they've had their refurbs? Have they updated the ship models in the gift shop so they have the P&O logo on the model's funnels?

It's likely they will be staying. They released details of their 2017/2018 program yesterday and the drinks package is mentioned as still being on trial. Soft drink package is $7 a day and the alcohol package is $79 a day. A visit from the P&O rep last week and they mentioned that the feedback has been very good, the packages have been well received and they'll more than likely being staying.

There isn't any difference in capacity.

 

HAL just reports on a twin share capacity (maybe because it doesn't get many families!), whereas P&O gives a maximum capacity.

 

The actual cabin count and total capacity is the same.

The Big M is correct...

Statendam cruise ship deck plan has a total of 630 staterooms for 1260 passengers (max capacity is 1512 guests), served by 560 crew/staff.

The Jewel itinerary is particularly good - beautiful destinations. Closely followed by the Aria. I lean more towards the Jewel because of Champagne Bay, but I've also done all of the ports on the Aria itinerary and enjoyed those too.

Yes, I'm very aware of that. :)

Once she gets to Freo, she'll be taking a ship load of travel agents out for a night. Woohoo! :)

They've put the first few up on their Facebook page. When they converted OV2 to the Jewel and OV to the Pearl, there was a series of videos on YouTube that followed the process. I hope they do the same this time around.

Thanks MicCanberra. Thankfully my iPad was still on the page, even after they'd taken it down, which allowed me to get the screen caps. [emoji16]

I've just been informed that P&O mistakenly put the webpage live before they should've. It's been taken down, although there is still a mention of Pacific Explorer under "Meet the Fleet". Looks like we got the scoop.

She'd still get mistaken for a Princess ship.

P&O Australia's next ship will be called Pacific Explorer! https://www.pocruises.com.au/ships/pacific-explorer

P&O Australia's next ship will be Pacific Explorer! https://www.pocruises.com.au/ships/pacific-explorer

I double checked this, and unfortunately you won't be able to purchase any drinks about $12 and just pay the difference. Drinks above $12 are excluded from the package and must be paid for separately, and in full.

I believe it's just the difference.

Oceana was originally ordered by P&O to serve in the Princess Cruises fleet. She was named by Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal and entered service as Ocean Princess on 16 February 2000. During the winter season, Ocean Princess was positioned in the southern Caribbean, while in summer she operated in Alaskan waters. Shortly after her launch, P&O demerged its cruise ship operations and Ocean Princess came under the ownership of P&O Princess Cruises, whilst continuing to serve in the Princess Cruises fleet.

In November 2002, Ocean Princess entered service with P&O Cruises, operating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her official naming ceremony took place in Southampton, England on 21 May 2003. The naming ceremony was the first double ship naming in history and saw Ocean Princess renamed Oceana, with sister ship Sea Princess becoming Adonia. The naming was performed by HRH the Princess Royal and her daughter Zara Philips.

In 2003, P&O Princess Cruises merged with Carnival Corporation. As a result, Oceana came under the ownership of Carnival UK, but continued to operate with the P&O Cruises fleet. Sister ship Adonia later returned to the Princess Cruises fleet and reacquired her original name, Sea Princess.