One year ago today I was lucky enough to be present at the Naming of Canards Queen Elizabeth by Her Majesty the Queen, at Ocean Terminal in Southampton. It was the perfect day, and I did indeed feel proud to be British. The bottle broke and the sun shone as Queen Elizabeth’s bow was showered [...]

From ships officer to Barbados rugby star As England’s rugby team competes in the World Cup in New Zealand, P&O Cruises own rugby team, the Ventura Vikings, is getting set for its fourth season playing in the Caribbean. The Vikings rugby team was established in 2008 by Ventura’s youth director, Mark Price (33), after he [...]

The house wines blended exclusively for P&O Cruises by Olly Smith have been highly commended in the 2011 International Wine and Spirits Competition. The Porta Palo Red 2010 vintage won Silver (Best in Class) and Porta Palo Rose 2010 vintage won Bronze in the same competition. The wines were blended specially for P&O Cruises by [...]

P&O Cruises has confirmed several special guest entertainers for three highlight cruises this winter. Legendary pop group, The Searchers; Drifters lead singer, Ray Lewis, with his act Still Drifting, and the ultimate Abba tribute band, Voulez Vous, will entertain passengers on board P&O Oceana in November and December. Family friendly ship Oceana will cruise year round [...]

P&O Cruises is offering free return travel from home to ship and discounts of up to 20% on 2012 and 2013 bookings made between September 1 and November 30, 2011. This ‘Early Booking Spectacular’ offers passengers a more inclusive holiday option with no additional travel costs, as domestic flights, coach travel or valet parking (Cruise [...]

Friday 22nd July 2011 The sun is blasting through the bedroom window and today is cruise day! Its still early at 5.30 am but things to do, last minute checks to make, and before I knew it we were in the car and heading for Southampton. Arrived at Ocean Terminal at 11.20am which wasn’t bad [...]

Pop Idol star and number one artist, Gareth Gates, will perform on a two night cruise on board P&O Cruises Oceana departing September 3, 2011. Gareth will perform three shows in the 500-seat Footlights theatre on board. His performances will include his hit singles such as Spirit in the Sky, Anyone of Us, and his [...]

Saturday, 16th July 2011 will be an exceptionally busy day for Southampton, when six cruise ships will be berthed at various locations in ABP Southampton’s docks, accommodating over 65,000 crew and passengers getting off and onboard the cruise ships. CruiseSouthampton.com, the authoritative information website for cruise passengers and crew travelling from Southampton, will be handing [...]

When it comes to Southampton hotels there is a new one on the block, and I recently had the pleasure of staying there, and it really was a pleasure! Being a frequent visitor to Southampton I have stayed at most of the hotels that Southampton has to offer. They range from the very basic budget [...]

I recently had the opportunity to go onboard Grand Princess in Southampton and take a look at all the changes that had taken place during the recent refit. If like me, you had been fascinated by the daily video blog updates of how the ship was progressing during her refit you will understand why I [...]