It’s the final day of this cruise; we are scheduled to arrive in Southampton, our home port, first thing tomorrow morning. The passengers who have sailed with us in the Caribbean will disembark during the morning, Oriana will embark her passengers for the next cruise during the afternoon and we will then set sail on a 25 night cruise to the Mediterranean. The last day of a cruise is very important to the entire ship's company; we really want to send our passengers home with happy memories of their cruise holiday and strive to ensure their enjoyment right up to the time they disembark. I have very deliberately held back our biggest and best ‘Headliners Theatre Company’ production show for this evening and do hope our passengers will all still be praising its merits as they make their way home tomorrow! We have another packed day of entertainment - with movies being screened, guest speakers in action, craft, art and bridge classes happening, deck sports taking place, an ‘Encore’ performance from the ‘Music Festival at Sea’ team, a Hoedown and there is even an opportunity this evening for the passengers to shine in their very own show!
‘There’s a World out There’ that P&O Cruises really does explore. This year we will have visited 235 destinations in 82 countries on our six ships! This great company came into being in 1837 so we should know what we are doing by now!
Oriana alone this year will have completed 23 cruises in all; its longest at 84 days from January to April being the Round the World Cruise and the shortest a 3 night cruise to Zeebrugge for Bruges in Belgium and Le Havre for tours to Paris in France, all our cruises on Oriana this year will have sailed Southampton to Southampton. Oriana in 2009 will have sailed as far south as Auckland in New Zealand and as far north as Godthab in Greenland!!
Three images from the Passenger/Music Festival at Sea production of ‘The Mikado’ on 18th October.
The Mikado!
John Brunning (from Classic FM) and I backstage in the Theatre Royal workshop prior to ‘Curtains Up’! John played Ko Ko, the Lord High Executioner of Titipu in the production.
Robert Dean from ‘Music Festival at Sea’ and Choral Director of ‘The Mikado’ and I backstage, Theatre Royal.
I am looking forward to speaking to you tomorrow from Southampton, a great city and the home port of P&O Cruises.
Cheerio for now.
Nigel
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