This Christmas on board Arcadia is going to be a delightful Cruise around some of our favourite Mediterranean cruise ports.
We will have the pleasure of seeing a crisp and bright Lisbon followed by quick half day call to Gibraltar where I’m sure the legendary Rock will make for a stunning backdrop amid the clear blue winter skies.
Christmas Day is at sea which is a personal and memorable experience for everyone, passengers and Ship's Company alike. I take great pleasure in joining the Carol singers in the Restaurant for a few verses of Once in Royal David’s City, Deck the Halls among many more much loved carols and enjoy a truly traditional and festive evening. On Christmas Day it is a long standing P&O Cruises tradition that the Officers service the Christmas Day lunch in the Crew Mess! Captain Walters will be in the Galley carving the turkey!!
It is amazing what our Chefs can do with food!
We will have Santa Claus appearing out of the funnel to an excited crowd singing carols on the aft deck, crackers, party hats and all the trimmings. We even put on a special Christmas Show. We don't over do the piped music but we have something for everyone - you can do as much as you want or as little! We have a Company who specialise in Christmas Decorations and it takes around 35 dedicated people who work to a plan to decorate the ship. P&O Cruises give everyone a special Christmas Gift. We thing of everything - after all we have been doing it since 1837!
We also carry Chaplains on board the Christmas Cruise and there will be an Interdenominational Carol service with the seven lessons on Christmas Day. Special Choirs (made up of passenger and crew) and music galore!
So if you ever get tired of the Supermarket rush, who to invite to dinner and who not to invite to dinner, all those decorations to sort and spring clean the house then I suggest you just pack you cases and come on board with us. Don't forget to pack bags of style as on our ships you can dress to the nines. We have Formal Dress Codes which our passengers love and the British are adamant that we must maintain our standards of dress. There are not many places ashore now where people can look like Hollywood Stars for the evening!
One of the oldest professions in the Bible is the Innkeeper who was overbooked at the very first Christmas and had to use the Stable - this is how I like my Hotel to be - fully booked to over flowing! What a life being an 'Inn keeper' at sea!
Bye for now,
James.
May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white - on a P&O CRUISES Ship that's WHITE!!
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