Wednesday 15th November 2017
Today we are off on a very short cruise to Zeebrugge and back with just one day at sea. This will be on the P&O Arcadia, a new ship for us, though we are familiar with the class of ship.
Arrived at Mayflower Cruise Terminal and went through the usual hell of joining our ship. P&O seem to delight in making up procedures to drive the passengers mad! Still, eventually got on board and went for walkabout to find the layout of the ship, discover the venues we are likely to need and to get a spot of lunch.
Managed to unpack and then off to attend emergency drill. Already getting dark, next it was sailaway. While we were having our dinner in the Belvedere Buffet we were confused by the Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, going past the windows on the wrong side going the wrong way, not sure why, but eventually we managed to get going and the Isle of Wight appeared again where it should be.
Dinner tonight in the buffet, couldn’t be bothered with the main dining room, as expected the the was Best of British!, but food was fine anyway.
Tonight’s entertainment in the theatre, the Palladium, was a very good foursome giving us a tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, “Walk like a Man”.
Time to retire, as usual the first day at sea just wears us out, can’t decide if it’s the stress or just the sea air?
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