Arvia's arrival

[Angel57]

Dreadful weather for her arrival.

She looks HUGE…….

[devonuk]

I watched her travel up the Solent and into her berth, so now I just need to board on the 6/1/23 on a TA to the Caribbean 🙏

[TigerB]

You don't really get a sense of her scale until you see her next to the terminal building 

[tring]

6 minutes ago, TigerB said:

You don't really get a sense of her scale until you see her next to the terminal building 

 

Your comment has just made me realise that little shack seen in front of her is the terminal through which we disembarked Aurora nine days ago.........

 

[TigerB]

7 minutes ago, tring said:

 

Your comment has just made me realise that little shack seen in front of her is the terminal through which we disembarked Aurora nine days ago.........

 

 

[tring]

6 minutes ago, TigerB said:

 

 

Maybe not for us, but I wish those planning to travel on her a bon voyage.

 

Edited December 18, 2022 by tring

[bobstheboy]

Lovely to see her arrive. We have to wait until September 23 to experience her first hand, will have to make do with her elder sister next month !

[zap99]

16 minutes ago, bobstheboy said:

Lovely to see her arrive. We have to wait until September 23 to experience her first hand, will have to make do with her elder sister next month !

We haven't got anything booked on her yet. Much tooo big for us, no interest at all. We will stick to the little old ships . Like Iona and Britannia .🤣

[purplesea]

We were supposed to sail on her on the 6th January but unfortunately had to cancel, but we are sailing on her in May instead - looking forwards to it.

[TigerB]

That's a shame about your Caribbean trip, sorry to read that.

[P&O SUE]

1 hour ago, TigerB said:

Casting it to the big telly, me sat on my recliner, under my heated throw, with a brew in hand, waiting for the action to start.😄

same here but I’m not watching live 😊

[bobstheboy]

33 minutes ago, zap99 said:

We haven't got anything booked on her yet. Much tooo big for us, no interest at all. We will stick to the little old ships . Like Iona and Britannia .🤣

I think I have got the hang of your humour. 😜

[Snow Hill]

It’s a big ship, not really something we would go for, I am sure some people will enjoy it, but it’s not for us. 

 

I suspect it will be one of a number of cruise ships of this size P&O will commission over the next few years and it will seek to move it smaller ships on. 
 

 

[Britboys]

2 hours ago, Angel57 said:

Dreadful weather for her arrival.

She looks HUGE…….

That's because she is huge...😁

[jeanlyon]

22 minutes ago, Britboys said:

That's because she is huge...😁

Huge and extremely ugly.  Isn't she called "our Vera".  I'll stick to the little ones 🙂

Edited December 18, 2022 by jeanlyon

[besberry]

I watched her sail in.  She dwarfed Spirit of Discovery (which I was on last July).  Can't wait for Friday, got some shows booked 😄

[bobstheboy]

20 minutes ago, jeanlyon said:

Huge and extremely ugly.  Isn't she called "our Vera".  I'll stick to the little ones 🙂

Good job we're all not the same. She's a beauty ! Most of the little ones are ugly 😛

[zap99]

56 minutes ago, jeanlyon said:

Huge and extremely ugly.  Isn't she called "our Vera".  I'll stick to the little ones 🙂

She is called Arvia and looks stunning. The little ones, as you call them, were mega monsters once.

[Presto2]

2 minutes ago, zap99 said:

She is called Arvia and looks stunning. The little ones, as you call them, were mega monsters once.

That's the worrying thing --- one day Our Vera (that made me smile) my be the 'little one' 

[jeanlyon]

Aurora actually looks like a ship!  These monsters don't.  But good thing we are all different.

Edited December 18, 2022 by jeanlyon

[terrierjohn]

1 minute ago, jeanlyon said:

Aurora actually looks like a ship!  These monsters don't

In your opinion Jean, others may have differing views.

[majortom10]

32 minutes ago, zap99 said:

She is called Arvia and looks stunning. The little ones, as you call them, were mega monsters once.

Very true many of the "old" P&Oers on Aurora and Arcadia maiden voyages moaned about the size of them and said they were "huge". They said they were horrible, big and ugly compared to Victoria and Canberra. How times change and people's moans.

[majortom10]

33 minutes ago, Presto2 said:

That's the worrying thing --- one day Our Vera (that made me smile) my be the 'little one' 

She already is compared to latest Royal Caribbean ships.

[Britboys]

As much as I don't like the bigger ships, I do think that the exterior lines of Iona & Arvia are an improvement on Azura & Ventura. Britannia seems to be the sleekest of the modern fleet but to my eye Aurora is far more elegant and streamlined to look at on the outside. I fully accept though that beauty is very definitely in the eye of the beholder.

[Windsurfboy]

It's  clear  new ships are diverging,  most getting bigger and bigger, except for  a small niche of smaller luxury ships.

 

However since the universal demand for balconies, non are sleek good looking ships of 40 years ago.