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Richard attends the BAFTA Television Awards 2024 with P&O Cruises at The Royal Festival Hall in London, England. (May 12, 2024)

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Pacific Encounter Full Tour

A few weeks ago I was lucky to visit the Pacific Encounter in Brisbane as a guest of P&O Cruises.

I was aboard in my capacity as a historian, and had been working with P&O Cruises on the launch of their 90th anniversary of cruising in Australia celebrations. After all the effort that went into it, I’m pleased to say the event was a huge success, but once it was over, I had all day before my flight home was due to take off.

So I took the opportunity to grab my cameras and take a walk around the Pacific Encounter to photograph and film the entire ship!

I’m really happy to bring you this tour of the ship. There’s lots of interesting things to see on board, from the public spaces to the ship’s suites (as well as a few oddities - such as no deck 13).

Check it out and let me know what you think of the ship in the comments over at YouTube.

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They beached my damn ship

[ship in pic but not the beaching of it]

It's only a few months since the hand over, and they already crashed the damn thing.

Yes, I know they're already fixing the problem, but our guys never had any problems.

Shaking my head.

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P&O CRUISES GEMACO Playing Cards LARGE NUMBERS Plastic Coated

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when a break turns to hell

So we went to Amsterdam via Ferry… turned out the coach provider had been changed without anyone’s knowledge so the walk was looong… my back went into spasm cutting my break even shorter

Won’t be doing that again anytime soon

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Ventura Departs on a Spain and Portugal Cruise

P&O Cruises Ventura sets sail today from Southampton on a 10-night cruise to Spain and Portugal. A full list of Ventura Cruises can be found on Cruisez.

Itinerary: Southampton - Santander, Vigo, Lisbon (overnight onboard), Porto (Leixoes), St. Peter Port (Guernsey) - Southampton

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ghhhkkhhh i'm alive, nyeh!

my tmnt au (where everyone made it past their 20s, splinter’s alive just old, venus is here, and they deserve some goddamn respite and shenanigans)

tmnt au part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7

tmnt au omake 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

lny visit 1 | 2

Millicent is Sophie The GOAT Campbell's design, I am just very well and normal about her. Totally healthy and fine about Millicent the Goth Bat Mutant. Honest. UvU

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every time i see a cruise ship, i lose the will to live just the littlest bit more

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BAFTA Television Awards 2024.

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All about Carnival Adventure & Carnival Encounter

Carnival Cruise Line is welcoming two additional ships to the fleet in 2025, but unlike nearly every new Carnival ship of recent times, the next two additions are older ships, dating back to the turn of the 21st century!

Both these ships have been sailing for P&O Cruises, a role they’ve had since the end of the COVID pandemic shutdown in 2022.

With P&O Cruises in Australia shutting down in March 2025, these two 109,000 gross ton cruise ships will transfer across to the Carnival brand, where they will be among the oldest ships to wear the Carnival colours.

In fact, both ships were originally designed and built for Princess Cruises before Princess had even been absorbed into Carnival Corporation.

Above: Golden Princess cabin.

Princess Cruises Origins:

Both members of the Grand class and built at Fincantieri, Carnival Adventure was the first to enter service. She was ordered in 1998 and entered service for Princess in 2001 where she sailed under the name Golden Princess.

Her sistership, Carnival Encounter, entered service in 2002, and was named Star Princess. The two ships were some of the biggest ships in the world at the time, and feature many design traits that made Princess famous.

This includes the large and spacious atrium, with nearby dining, entertainment venues and lounges, as well as multiple swimming pools, ample top-deck space and an elevated nightclub at the stern that gives them a very unusual appearance.

Above: Golden Princess deck scene.

As Star Princess, Carnival Encounter was well known in the Californian market, as the ship pioneered big-ship cruising for Princess out of port of Los Angeles.

Too wide to fit through the original locks of the Panama Canal, the ship made the journey to America’s west coast by cruising east from Italy, taking in an Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean transit along the way.

As Golden Princess, Carnival Adventure undertook several long duration voyages, including a world cruise that included calls in Australia and throughout Asia.

P&O Australia:

Both ships were sailing with Princess in 2020, though by this stage had been flagged for transfer to P&O Cruises. Their large size meant they could replace the capacity of Pacific Dawn, Pacific Eden, Pacific Aria and Pacific Jewel.

The COVID pandemic interrupted these plans, with both Golden Princess and Star Princess laid up in 2020. During the global cruise shutdown, Golden Princess and Star Princess were removed from the Princess fleet and transferred to P&O Australia. They were Pacific Adventure and Pacific Encounter respectively.  

Both ships were given refits before returning to service, to Australianise the interior and align the ships with the updated P&O Australia style introduced aboard the retiring Pacific Dawn and Pacific Aria as well as her sister ship Pacific Eden.

This included the addition of specialty restaurants Angelos (Italian), Dragon Lady (Asian Cuisine) and the Waterfront (P&O’s main dining room).

The P&O Edge adventure experience was also added, while Pacific Adventure had her funnel cut down, to allow her to pass under the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge – this is actually a handy way to tell the difference between the two ships!

Pacific Encounter entered Australian service in August 2022 after a triumphant arrival in Sydney. She was only the 2nd cruise ship after the smaller Pacific Explorer to return to Australia. Pacific Encounter later repositioned to Brisbane where she has homeported since.

Pacific Adventure arrived in the Sydney market in October 2022.

Carnival Cruise Line:

In 2023, both ships hosted special celebrations, to commemorate P&O’s 90th anniversary of Australian cruising. Politicians, media and special guests were invited aboard Pacific Aventure in Brisbane and Pacific Encounter in Sydney.

Yet despite the celebratory year, things would change dramatically in 2024 when Carnival Corporation announced P&O Australia was closing in 2025.

Ultimately these two popular ships will remain in the Australian market, transferring ton Carnival Cruise Line in March 2025 as Carnival Adventure and Carnival Encounter.

This will make them among the oldest ships to cruise for Carnival, though they are still several years younger than Carnival’s Sunshine, Elation, Paradise and Sunrise.

They will be unique among the Carnival fleet, as the Grand class was designed by Princess Cruises well before Carnival merged with P&O-Princess, which owned Princess Cruises at the time of the merger in 2003.

As such, there is little similarity in the internal design, layout or décor of these ships when compared to the rest of the Carnival fleet.

But their Australianising for P&O Cruises was highly successful, and I’d argue that both ships present better in their current internal décor than they did as Princess ships.

P&O’s addition of vibrant carpeting, blue tones to the accommodation and corridors have really helped break up the beige interior Princess is often associated with.

In addition, the P&O specialty restaurants are fantastic, with Dragon Lady especially among the best cruise ship restaurants I’ve ever tried – though whether these dining venues will be retained under the Carnival brand is yet to be seen.

While maintaining a unique Australian feel, in their new role, both ships are expected to receive Carnival branding… though I highly doubt they will receive a whale tail funnel. Rather expect to see Carnival colours painted on the existing funnel structure similar to the Carnival Luminosa.

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Captain Martini Between Cruises

Sunday 26th November 2023

The next cruise will be aboard the new Explora 1 from Miami to Barbados in the Caribbean in March 2023. In the meantime here's a link to my Index of Cruises and Bermuda Holidays over the last 10 yrs.

Captain Martini's Cruise & Bermuda Holiday Blog Index 2013-2023

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Whenever I finally gain enough money to go on a cruise, in 2 or 3 years if I’m lucky

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P&O FAIR PRINCESS Ocean Cruise Ship Travel Liner SHOT GLASS || SWtradepost

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P&O hit by compensation claims from 100-plus passengers after falling ill on cruise | UK | News News Buzz

More than 100 people have submitted a claim for compensation after falling ill on a cruise ship. Lawyers representing the claimants say that there were “repeated outbreaks” onboard a P&O Ventura ferry between April and June. In May, 519 travellers experienced norovirus symptoms shortly after the ship set sail from Southampton for a two-week cruise. The parent company Carnival had been accused of…

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Greatest Days: A P&O Cruises Musical Theatre Review

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. I recently went on a P&O cruise around the Norwegian Fjords and saw that they had a musical theatre show. Being a musical theatre fan, I obviously leapt at the chance to go see it. The show was “an adaptation of the acclaimed West End musical The Band”(taken from the official P&O Cruises website—https://www.pocruises.com/greatest-days), now called “Greatest Days.” Now,…