Yesterday we had a day out on the Isle of Wight. We spent the morning in Ventnor basking in the sun and then had a late lunch at the Four Seasons in Wroxall, I mentioned the pub in The Holiday posting in August of last year. A slow drive back to Cowes and then boarded the Red Funnel ferry. Within a 40 minute period we saw 4 cruise ships departing! I know that Southampton has positioned itself as a premier cruise port but four departures within 40 minutes surely ranks it as the Heathrow of cruise ships! Here are the ships we saw.
MSC Opera departing on a 9 day Norwegian Fjords cruise.
Celebrity Cruises Eclipse departing on a 15 day Italian Mediterranean cruise.
P&O Cruises Azura departing on 15 day Baltic Capitals cruise
P&O Cruises Oceana departing on an 8 day French & Spanish Break cruise.
I thought I’d counted five but when I viewed the pictures I assumed I must be wrong! I wonder why I didn’t get a picture of the Grand Princess?
You missed one! There were five departures yesterday evening – “Grand Princess” left Southampton between “Celebrity Eclipse” and “Azura”.