MattyBarlow Posted June 4, 2015 #1 Share Posted June 4, 2015 So Adonia will leave P&O to start Carnivals new fathom brand in April 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee-ess Posted June 4, 2015 #2 Share Posted June 4, 2015 So Adonia will leave P&O to start Carnivals new fathom brand in April 2016. Details here http://www.fathom.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpio41 Posted June 4, 2015 #3 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I liked the Adonia. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleMoonlight Posted June 4, 2015 #4 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Details herehttp://www.fathom.org/ What the bejesus is that all about. :confused: Do the Americans really fall for all that marketing rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philsuarez Posted June 4, 2015 #5 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Interesting debate on the Carnival thread. What a load of new age tosh. Young Eco warriors sailing to save the third world on a luxury cruise ship. Will P & O bother to fill the gap in their market for a small ship? Edited June 4, 2015 by philsuarez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted June 4, 2015 #6 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I can't fathom it myself :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted June 4, 2015 #7 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I can't fathom it myself :rolleyes: I was about to say that. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffin108 Posted June 4, 2015 #8 Share Posted June 4, 2015 It looks bizarre, like a very posh floating gap year!:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted June 4, 2015 #9 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I just can't see where the demand would come from? Maybe one offs but not weekly? Would be better if they just offered once a month cruises for the orphans and under-privileged on the island with volunteers to help facilitate onboard events, teaching for adults etc before returning to the DR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted June 4, 2015 #10 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Who is going to want to fly to Miami for a week, at least from the UK! Will only suit fit and healthy pax and they don't like Adonia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCFC Posted June 4, 2015 #11 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Have you seen the price of the cruises, from $230 a day :eek: "Pricing, which includes all volunteer excursions, training, related supplies, taxes, fees and port expenses, begins at $230 per person per night for a cabin with a window, so a weeklong cruise for two will cost $3,220. Passengers who wish to have upgraded cabins (balcony cabins or suites) will pay more, while those who want inside cabins will pay less. To book, passengers will have to pay a $300 deposit. Cruise itineraries go on sale this month. Gratuities and alcohol will not be included. " Edited June 4, 2015 by CCFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysticalmother Posted June 4, 2015 #12 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Que? (manuel ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted June 4, 2015 #13 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Who is going to want to fly to Miami for a week, at least from the UK! Will only suit fit and healthy pax and they don't like Adonia! Clearly this has little to do with P&O and all to do with Carnival. Clearly will be marketed as a separate entity and nothing to do with P&O Or cruisers from the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.M.T. Posted June 4, 2015 #14 Share Posted June 4, 2015 P&O should convert all of it's ships to such a ventures. The British government could then close down it's Department for International Development (Dfid) and save about £11 billion. Are there so many nutty Americans to fill the Adonia (sorry MS Fathom)? The nuts will be working at Amber Cove Domrep, Carnivals new private port. Why not Haiti (same island) where help is really needed. I'll give it a year then it will be buried one fathom down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted June 4, 2015 #15 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) I read on one of the many posts about this, that she will still be called Adonia, and be part of the P&O fleet. Isn't this for just a few weeks in summer? Has Adonia been repainted with the Union Jack yet? Will she return to normal cruising for the rest of the year? Is this a response to RCI's interest in Haiti, through Labadee, and the continued help they give, such as the orphanage, etc? Edited June 4, 2015 by jocap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted June 4, 2015 #16 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Onboard currency in US$ and no peninsular points awarded - not still part of P&O fleet then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBarlow Posted June 4, 2015 Author #17 Share Posted June 4, 2015 It's morally bankrupt, that's what it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annieuk Posted June 4, 2015 #18 Share Posted June 4, 2015 In addition to all this, cruise next March, D606 is being cancelled! Apparently a letter is in the post. We were really looking forward to this. It was a cruise in the Caribbean calling at places like Bequia, then on to several stops in the Southern states of the USA, then back across the Atlantic to Southampton. Our cruise and D606A is being cancelled, according to the P&O website. Not happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted June 4, 2015 #19 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Que? (manuel ...) Bizarre :confused::eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted June 4, 2015 #20 Share Posted June 4, 2015 It says dry dock March 2016 to be converted but will still be called Adonia. So Fathom Adonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCFC Posted June 4, 2015 #21 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Think I might need to keep an eye on the Carnival shares after this decision. Sounds like a waste of time to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Presto2 Posted June 4, 2015 #22 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Have just posted on the Carnival forum that this just seems like a money making affair to ease someone's conscience. If they are that bothered about the charities they want to support just give them to money that this make over will cost. The comments in the P&O brochure re Adonia going to the Caribbean for 2016 have been misleading. Am glad we didn't wait and booked our Oceana holiday now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted June 4, 2015 #23 Share Posted June 4, 2015 One of the bits I read said that Adonia will be staying with the P&O fleet but will be "assigned" to Fathom. To me that sounds like they are hedging their bets that the project may not be that long-lived and so the ship can then go back to its parent fleet. I do agree that it seems an utterly bizarre concept to send people off to 'poor' countries on a rather luxurious cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted June 4, 2015 #24 Share Posted June 4, 2015 It says dry dock March 2016 to be converted but will still be called Adonia. So Fathom Adonia Converted to what??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Single Cruiser Posted June 4, 2015 #25 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) Converted to what??? Well it says no structural changes, but then also says they'll be no theatre style ents so guessing training / conference type rooms. Maybe a workshop to teach these clay building systems.. I would imagine they'd "tone down" any lavish opulence onboard. https://www.goccl.com/~/media/GOCCL/Files/News%20and%20%20Updates/fathomTravel_PR.ashx Edited June 4, 2015 by Single Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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