Wednesday 18th to Thursday 26th March 2020
On our way home, taking the great circle route form Florida to Southampton, no stops, arriving a couple of days early. Cunard keeping the ship operating until the scheduled end of the cruise, apparently to make it easy for onward travel plans, though the passengers who should have been continuing to Hamburg will also be leaving the ship in Southampton.
This still seems to be the luckiest ship on the oceans, having kept just in front of the ever expanding pandemic. Sadly other cruise ships still seem to have maintained the reputation for cruise ships as petrie dishes of the seas.
The entertainment staff have kept us (all) amused with a continuation of trivia, and music quizzes. Even the evening shows in the theatre seem to have improved now the feature artist shows have gone, no new entertainers being allowed on board. Notably the Royal Court Theatre Company devising their own show of singing and dancing, obviously using their own preferences makes for an even more enthusiastic show. The pinnacle however being the “9 months to go to Christmas Pantomime”, Cinderella staring all the entertainment staff, viewed in a very different light to their usual roles asking us tricky questions and leading the chairobics. Very suitably shambolic with plenty of comedy and audience participation as well as muffed lines and well sung songs.
Even the dolphins played ball and showed up in fair numbers as we crossed the edge of the continental shelf on approach to the English Channel, and the sun came out for the last couple of days.
Berthed in Southampton early Thursday afternoon. Immigration officers came on board to clear all the formalities and a few passengers left on their way home.
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