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• Arcadia 1.904 passengers 15 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Borealis 1.685 passengers 17 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Bolette 1.656 passengers 17 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• AIDAprima 3.400 passengers 17 Apr 2024 - 21:30
• Iona 6.600 passengers 20 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Ventura 3.727 passengers 20 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Britannia 4.406 passengers 21 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Regal Princess 4.272 passengers 21 Apr 2024 - 16:00
• MSC Virtuosa 5.772 passengers 22 Apr 2024 - 16:00
• Oceania Sirena 803 passengers 22 Apr 2024 - 18:00
• MSC Virtuosa 5.772 passengers 23 Apr 2024 - 16:00
• MSC Euribia 6.334 passengers 23 Apr 2024 - 20:00
• Britannia 4.406 passengers 26 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Aurora 2.258 passengers 26 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Iona 6.600 passengers 27 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Arcadia 1.904 passengers 27 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Sky Princess 4.610 passengers 27 Apr 2024 - 16:00
• Arvia 6.264 passengers 28 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Queen Mary 2 3.271 passengers 28 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Queen Victoria 2.489 passengers 28 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• MSC Poesia 3.060 passengers 28 Apr 2024 - 20:00
• MSC Poesia 3.060 passengers 29 Apr 2024 - 20:00
• Ventura 3.727 passengers 30 Apr 2024 - 00:00
• Borealis 1.685 passengers 02 May 2024 - 00:00
• AIDAnova 6.600 passengers 02 May 2024 - 19:00
• AIDAprima 3.400 passengers 02 May 2024 - 19:00
• Britannia 4.406 passengers 03 May 2024 - 00:00
• Regal Princess 4.272 passengers 03 May 2024 - 16:00
• Oceania Sirena 803 passengers 03 May 2024 - 18:00
• Ventura 3.727 passengers 04 May 2024 - 00:00
• Iona 6.600 passengers 04 May 2024 - 00:00
• Arcadia 1.904 passengers 04 May 2024 - 00:00
• MSC Virtuosa 5.772 passengers 04 May 2024 - 20:00
• Queen Victoria 2.489 passengers 05 May 2024 - 00:00
• Sky Princess 4.610 passengers 05 May 2024 - 16:00
• AIDAprima 3.400 passengers 05 May 2024 - 20:30
• MSC Virtuosa 5.772 passengers 06 May 2024 - 16:00
• Borealis 1.685 passengers 07 May 2024 - 00:00
• Arcadia 1.904 passengers 07 May 2024 - 00:00
• Mein Schiff 3 2.700 passengers 08 May 2024 - 20:00
• MSC Preziosa 4.378 passengers 08 May 2024 - 20:00
• Norwegian Pearl 2.873 passengers 09 May 2024 - 16:00
• MSC Virtuosa 5.772 passengers 09 May 2024 - 20:00
• Queen Anne 3.353 passengers 10 May 2024 - 00:00
• Britannia 4.406 passengers 10 May 2024 - 00:00
• Anthem of the Seas 4.825 passengers 10 May 2024 - 17:00
• Ventura 3.727 passengers 11 May 2024 - 00:00
• Iona 6.600 passengers 11 May 2024 - 00:00
• MSC Virtuosa 5.772 passengers 11 May 2024 - 16:00
• Queen Mary 2 3.271 passengers 12 May 2024 - 00:00

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This is CruiseMapper's hub for both companies - P&O UK and P&O Australia. Both P and O cruise lines belong to the world's largest cruise shipping company. P&O cruise lines deals are mainly on voyages departing from Southampton UK and Sydney NSW Australia . Both P&O companies are subsidiaries/part of the Carnival Group of companies - all of which are fully owned by Carnival Corporation & PLC . P&O UK is under the management of Carnival UK. And there is a 3rd "PandO" company (not part of Carnival plc) - the UK-based P&O Ferries .

Company history and changes

P&O Cruises UK (POcruises.com) is a British-American passenger shipping company headquartered at Carnival House (Southampton, England) and operated/managed by Carnival UK. P&O was originally a constituent of “Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company” (1797-founded/1966-defunct) which was the world's oldest cruise line that operated the first-ever passenger ships.

P&O Cruises' sister company is P&O Cruises Australia. P&O Australia's current President is Marguerite Fitzgerald. while P&O UK's (as well as Carnival UK's) current President is Paul Ludlow.

In 2000, "P&O Cruises" was excluded from P&O Group, becoming the subsidiary "P&O Princess Cruises". In 2003, P&O Princess merged with Carnival, forming Carnival Corporation & plc.

P&O (UK and AU) holds as market share ~5% of the worldwide cruise industry. Both companies (P&O Australia and P&O UK) were created in 1977, re-branding P&O's passenger division. Arcadia was the fleet's first adults-only liner, followed by Adonia (now Azamara Pursuit ), Oriana and Aurora (April 2000).

P&O UK ships Arcadia and Aurora are currently marketed as adult-only.

In August 2017, Azura became the world's first cruise ship to perform gay weddings at sea. P&O UK's wedding package prices started from GBP 1200. For comparison, Cunard’s shipboard weddings cost starts at ~GBP 2570 ( RMS Queen Mary 2 ) and ~GBP 2120 ( Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth ). On MS Azura, gay wedding ceremonies are carried out by the ship’s Captain, while marriage licenses are issued by Bermuda's Government (as the vessel is registered in Hamilton Bermuda ).

In June 2018, P&O UK announced that Oriana leaves the fleet in August 2019. The liner (now named Piano Land ) was sold to the Chinese company Well Star Travel Cruise (brand of CTS-China Travel Services International). The Chinese company plans short cruises from Chinese homeports to ports in Japan and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia).

Since May 1, 2019, P&O Cruises UK's Daily Service Charge per person (GBP 7) is no longer required. Crew tipping remains not expected or required.

In June 2021, P&O UK launched a mobile app to optimize pre-boarding and maximize onboard efficiency. The new "My Holiday" app is free of charge but available only on the ship. It allows pre-booking and making reservations onboard (dining times, restaurants, shows) via mobile phones and tablets. The app is an addition to the My Holiday (Reception Desk) which provides 24-hour assistance, including booking and how to use the application.

In summer 2023, two P&O UK ships (Iona and Arvia) introduced in their retail shops three kids' toy brands (Barbie, Hot Wheels Cars, Keycraft's Pocket Money) in addition to the always available toys from brands like Lego, Jellycat, TY (stuffed animals).

In April 2024 was introduced fleetwide the new illusion show "Unbelievable" created by Stephen Mulhern (TV presenter, magician, comedian) and Jonathan Wilkes (TV presenter, singer) and with Vegas-style choreography from Paul Domaine (show director, professional choreographer).

In June 2011 was announced that P&O UK will expand the fleet with a new 141,000-ton unit built by Fincantieri. The new vessel ( MV Britannia ) entered service in 2015. In January 2014, with Britannia was introduced a new livery based on UK's Union Flag.

On September 6, 2016, P&O UK (via Carnival Corporation) signed an MoA with Meyer Werft ( Papenburg Shipyard ) for building a new (company's largest) 5200-passenger vessel. In late-October 2016, P&O announced that the new ship ( Iona ) will have some of the largest at sea outdoor areas, glass-domed top deck, glass-walled atrium (full height) and wider and longer (approx 2600 ft / 800 m) Promenade Deck allowing multiple alfresco dining/open-air venues.

Iona was delivered in October 2020 and inaugurated in August 2021. The sistership Arvia was postponed (due to the COVID crisis) and delivered in December 2022 and inaugurated in January 2023.

The newest P&O UK vessel has max passenger capacity 6264, volume 187500 GT-tons, 18 decks, 2610 staterooms, 17 eateries (including 7 specialty restaurants/ Britannia has just 3), 12 bars/lounges, 13 entertainment venues, 4 swimming pools, 16 outdoor whirlpools. The top-deck Dome is an entertainment space, with a swimming pool, large jacuzzies, a retractable stage. This all-weather venue hosts daily entertainment and dining and nightly shows (aerial performances and light projections onto the covering glass roof).

P&O UK's newest ship is also LNG-powered (by liquefied natural gas). Two similar-design ships (180K tons) were also ordered for CCL-Carnival Cruise Line . On January 26, 2018, Carnival Corporation signed a shipbuilding contract with Meyer Werft for building a second (180,000 GT) liner for P&O, with the delivery scheduled for 2022. As of 2018, Carnival Corp’s fleet of newbuilds ( on order and under construction ) numbered 19 units, scheduled for deliveries in 2018-2022.

In January 2016, Carnival Corporation signed an MoA (memo of agreement) with Fincantieri to build 4 new units. Contracts were finalized in April 2016. Of these, 2 vessels were for Costa Asia (homeported in China), one for Princess and one for P&O Australia. With this shipbuilding order, the Corporation had a total of 17 new ships scheduled for deliveries between 2016 and 2020. The four vessels will be built at Fincantieri's shipyards in Monfalcone and Marghera, with scheduled deliveries in 2019-2020.

Three of the vessels are designed with gross tonnage 133,500 tons, LOA length is 323 m (1060 ft) and capacity 4000 passengers plus 1450 crew (2 are for Costa Asia, 1 for P&O AU). One ship with GT 143,700 tons and capacity 3560 passengers is for Princess. Both Costa ships are exclusively for the booming Chinese market. Each vessel is powered by two MAN diesel engines (model 14V48 / 60CR) plus three MAN diesel engines (medium-speed, model 8L48 / 60CR), providing total power output 62,400 kW. The engines are Tier-II compliant.

P&O Cruises Australia

P&O Cruises Australia Ltd is a British-American company with corporate headquarters at Carnival House (Southampton, England UK). P&O Australia is a sister company of P&O UK. Both are under Carnival UK's executive control. Currently, P&O Australia operates 3 boats deployed in the South Pacific Ocean on island-hopping itineraries - mainly roundtrips from homeports in Australia.

After numerous changes in the company’s organization, in 2000 P&O Group demerged all cruise shipping operations. Then, P&O Princess Cruises was created- a new company independent of P&O; consisting of AIDA Cruises , Princess Cruises , P&O Cruises Australia, P&O Cruises (UK), and later "Ocean Village" and A-Rosa Cruises (riverboats).

In 2003, Carnival Corporation merged with P&O Princess Cruises thus forming Carnival Corporation & plc- the largest cruise company in the world, with eleven cruise lines portfolio, including P&O AU. Official website pocruises.com.aunofollow.

Princess' oldest ship - Regal Princess, was transferred to P&O Australia in October 2007, and after a month of drydock refurbishment entered service as Pacific Dawn.

Carnival Corporation informed about the closure of Ocean Village (UK-based travel brand) on October 30, 2008. Both Ocean Village ships were transferred to P&O Australia - Ocean Village 2 (as Pacific Jewel, in December 2009) and Ocean Village 1 (as Pacific Pearl, in December 2010).

P&O ships sail on 270+ itineraries each year (with 120+ of them departing from Southampton), and visiting 90+ countries on 6 continents.

Pacific Pearl was renamed MV Columbus and in 2017 started operations for CMV . Pacific Pearl left the fleet in April 2017, after completing 294 voyages for P&O and carrying 1+ million passengers over 5 years. In November 2019, for Pacific Aria (now Celestyal Journey) and Pacific Dawn (now Ambience) were signed presale agreements with CMV and both ships were planned to start operations for the UK-based company in 2021 as "CMV Amy Johnson" (Pacific Dawn) and "CMV Ida Pfeiffer" (Pacific Aria). In September-October 2020, following CMV's bankruptcy , both vessels were acquired by new shipowners.

On November 25, 2015: P&O AU's entire fleet (all 5 liners) gathered in Sydney Harbour to celebrate the arrival of the fleetmates Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden.

In June 2018, P&O Australia launched with  Pacific Explorer "The Big Laugh" onboard show program - advertised as "the biggest comedy festival at sea". The program included all 14 stand-up comedy celebrities performing a total of 36 shipboard live shows (combined over 33 hours live performances). The program started with the 4-day roundtrip Sydney cruise to Moreton Island (departure June 20).

Among the guest comedians were Jimeoin (Irish), Matthew Matt Okine (AU), David Gerard Callan (Australian), Scared Weird Little Guys (Australian comedy music duo - John Fleming and Rusty Berther), David William "Hughesy" Hughes (AU), Harley Breen (AU), Claire Hooper (AU). "The Big Laugh" program comprised of all 72 comedy- themed cruises in 2018-2019. The famous Australian comedians performed during 2-, 3- and 4-night itineraries ("SeaBreaks") leaving roundtrip out of Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Cairns, Auckland NZ.

In 2019, P&O AU scheduled the ever largest "comedy cruise" program in the company's history - 38 itineraries (January through October). On March 7, 2018, was announced that Pacific Eden is sold to the UK-based company CMV , joining CMV's fleet in April 2019.

Since 2007, P&O Australia ships' onboard retail shops are managed by Harding (UK-based travel and cruise retail group). In 2020, Harding was acquired by Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP (1983-founded, NYC-based investment management firm with USD 34+ billion in managed assets). Harding has hubs in Bristol (England) , Miami (Florida USA)  and Sydney (NSW Australia) .

New beverage packages

In May 2023, P&O UK introduced four new drink packages available fleetwide but only on longer voyages, with durations of at least 5 nights (or longer).

The beverage packages are at a fixed price per person and per day. The package's pricing is lower if purchased online and before the voyage.

• "The Refresh Drinks" package is priced GBP 9.85 (prior to the voyage) and GBP 10.95 (if purchased onboard).  The Refresh package Includes soft drinks (lemonade, Pepsi, juices).
• "The Alcohol-free Drinks" package is priced GBP 22.45 (before) and GBP 24.95 (onboard) and includes all The Refresh package's beverages plus Costa Coffee and sodas.
• "The Classic Drinks" package is priced GBP 40.45 (before) and GBP 44.95 (onboard) and includes all beverages from The Refresh and The Alcohol-free packages plus alcoholic beverages (spirits, wines, cocktails).
• "The Deluxe Drinks" package is priced GBP 49.45 (before) and GBP 54.95 (onboard) and includes all other packages' beverages plus specialty cocktails, premium spirits and wines. Additionally, passengers who buy The Deluxe Drinks package also receive 20% off on all drinks excluded from this package.

The above-listed new packages are for P&O UK ships only and introduced/first offered on the liners Iona and Ventura (starting May 20, 2023) and available fleetwide since July 2023.

P&O Cruise Personaliser

PandO Cruise Personaliser is an online service that allows passengers to update their before-sailing information and see in a concise form all their booking details. P&O Personaliser is NOT mandatory to complete but may be of great help in cases of emergency for the company to contact family members, relatives, friends.

To log in, you'll need to input your first and surname, and cruise reference number. It is received as part of your reservation confirmation (up to 120 days prior to departure, not available for 18-yo) or upon booking (up to 1 year). The same number serves all people included in the booking. On the Web page, there's information about cruise itinerary, stateroom (category and number), boarding times, contact info (including emergency contacts), passport data, medical and dietary requirements (if requested).

PO Cruise Insurance is optional. If purchased, the Insurance policy type is also shown (Standard or higher), package deal type, all kinds of pre-made reservations (shore excursions, Air, Spa), credit card number, luggage tags, etc.

• Dining /medical requests can't be entered online - they must be specified in the manual form.
• The accessible information about changes and updates pertains ONLY to a phone number, address, passport, emergency contacts.
• You can't book a cruise through P&O Cruise Personaliser - booking requires full payment and immigration details.
• Through the Personaliser you can make online reservations (shore excursions, tours, Spa, hairdresser, specialty restaurants), to update special requests and onboard preferences, or to add some additional services (babysitting, amenities, etc).
• Itinerary changes are also listed in the Cruise Personaliser form, along with other important updates.
• Immediately call P&O if you have forgotten or lost your booking number. Call between 7 am – 8 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time - Monday to Friday) and Saturday (8 am - 5 pm) - phone number 1300-159-454.

PO Cruise Personaliser is accessed by both travel agents and passengers. With personal bookings (through a travel agent or P&O Reservations Centre) passengers receive reference numbers (after confirmation). On a particular booking, each passenger can access the Personaliser using the booking reference number and first name-surname. If you're not the booking person, contact the one who did it for obtaining booking reference. After log-in, note that all passengers' names in the booking party are displayed under the same reference number.

IMPORTANT - Each of the same-booking passengers is able to access the info about you and the other, i.e. you can update and provide information of all other passengers in your booking, and they can change your information. If you wish so, you could provide P&O with other passengers' personal information. Another case is when they are minors (younger than 18 years old). Then you must be a parent or legal guardian.

After providing P&O cruise company with the personal data needed on the Personaliser (and also with additional info if asked for more details), this database is used for updating pre-cruise information.

Certain information is sometimes required under maritime-customs-immigration-security laws. Personaliser info may be disclosed to P&O Cruises service providers (ticketing companies, travel, and port agents, authorities, emergency response providers, immigration, airlines, customs, shore tour operators, related entities) for Carnival Corporation's business purposes. Certain information is collected because of customs or immigration laws requirements. If you refuse to provide the information requested in the Personaliser, they may not be able to process the booking or provide certain services during the voyage.

(Coronavirus crisis) passenger shipping pause 2020-2021

Due to the COVID pandemic, P&O's entire fleet (all UK- and AU-based liners) is with an expanded cancellation policy. All bookings on pre-scheduled itineraries (departures in the period March 14 through August 31, 2020) were given the option to cancel up to 48 hours (prior departure) without penalties.

All affected bookings received a 125% refund in FCC (future cruise credit) transferred to a booking made before December 31, 2021, or 100% monetary refund. With the FCCs customers can also pay for cabin upgrades or book a second stateroom (on existing bookings). FCCs can be also gifted or transferred (options offered through December 31, 2021).

P&O UK canceled all voyages departing between March 14, 2020, and June 2021.

• P&O UK planned to resume operations in early-February 2021 (Caribbean fly-cruises from Barbados and St Lucia) and in mid-March 2021 (roundtrips out of Southampton).
• P&O UK's World Cruises 2021 (ships Arcadia and Aurora) were both canceled.

Next are listed P&O UK's ships and their first departure dates in 2021-2022 - AZURA (Dec 10, 2021), BRITANNIA (June 27, 2021/UK Coastal), AURORA (April 13, 2022/Mediterranean from Southampton), ARCADIA (March 27, 2022/Canaries from Southampton), IONA (Aug 7, 2021/ Maiden Voyage /UK Coastal), VENTURA (Oct 3, 2021/Canaries from Southampton).

P&O Australia canceled all departures between March 14, 2020, and May 31, 2022. P&O Australia resumed operations in 2022 with the ships Pacific EXPLORER (May 31/from Sydney), Pacific ENCOUNTER (Aug 27/from Brisbane), Pacific ADVENTURE (October 22/from Sydney).

Citing the Coronavirus crisis' impact, in early-July 2020, P&O UK sold the ship Oceana . A total of 190 scheduled itineraries (departures from homeports Southampton UK and Dubai UAE) were canceled.

Itinerary of P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises ships sail on mostly round-trip itineraries leaving from UK (Southampton, April through October), Caribbean (from Barbados, during winter) and from Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane - year-round departures). While most PandO UK ships remain in Europe year-round, the line's largest vessels also sail in the Caribbean (out of Barbados) and offer longer world cruise itineraries.

Citing the COVID crisis' impact on the passenger shipping industry, in early-July 2020, P&O UK sold the cruise ship Oceana . A total of 190 scheduled itineraries (departures from homeports Southampton UK and  Dubai UAE ) were canceled.

P&O UK'ss 2025-2026 itinerary program (opened for booking on October 18, 2023) features 12 new for the company ports (including Los Angeles CA USA, Melbourne Victoria AU, Port Chalmers/Dunedin NZ, Benoa Bali Indonesia, Bodo Norway, Tangier Morocco). MS Britannia has scheduled two new Caribbean fly-cruise itineraries visiting Jamaica, Dominicana, Grand Turk). In January 2026, MS Aurora starts a 75-night Grand Voyage while MS Arcadia starts a 100-night World Circumnavigation Cruise (28 ports/destinations). Traditionally for P&O, both World  Voyages are roundtrips from Southampton.

(UK & AU) PO cruise itinerary changes

PO AU's vessels are all UK- flagged . However, all ships are registered in Bermuda ( Hamilton ) to allow shipboard weddings (at sea). These ceremonies are conducted by the Captains and are pretty popular.

Our P&O cruise schedules include the ships of both brands (Australia and UK).

In October 2022, P&O UK announced new "Scandinavia and Baltic Sea" itineraries debuting in 2024 summer, all of which are roundtrips from Southampton.

• (Arcadia) 16-night from GBP 1700 pp (June 25)
• (Aurora) 16-night from GBP 1350 pp (May 18) and 16-night from GBP 1450 pp (August 26)
• (Britannia) 14-night from GBP 1150 pp (May 10), plus 2x 14-night from GBP 1300 pp (August 30, September 20)

Arcadia also offers a 16-night "Iceland and Norway" voyage from GBP 1650 pp (July 30), while Britannia offers a 14-night "British Isles" from GBP 1300 pp (June 7) and a 14-night "Canary Islands" from GBP 1250 pp (July 5).  The new Baltic sailings feature overnight port stays in Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland), and Stockholm (Sweden).

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The Cunard and P&O cruise ships leaving Southampton this week including Queen Elizabeth and Aurora

Southampton is known for the beautiful ships that come and go

• 11:32, 20 DEC 2021

It's been a tough 18 months for the travel industry.

Airports up and down the country, including Southampton Airport at Eastleigh , have seen a drop off in passengers with the coronavirus pandemic making international travel a challenge.

Cruise companies have also been badly impacted by the pandemic.

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With travel between countries not possible for a long period of time, companies had to adapt by running more domestic tours from ports such as Southampton and Portsmouth .

Ships including Viking Cruises' newest ship Venus , P&O Cruises' Iona and Virgin Voyages Scarlet Lady all made Hampshire their home for parts of the summer.

Although winter is now here and restrictions have been implemented due to the fear of the Omicron variant , a number of impressive cruise ships will still depart from the Port of Southampton this week.

Of course being Christmas week the number of ships is not as many as we would normally see.

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In case you want to catch a glimpse of one of these impressive vessels leaving Hampshire this week, we've listed when they will be leaving Southampton according to the Associated British Ports website.

Scheduled to leave Southampton today (December 20), the cruise ship Bolette was launched almost 22 years ago.

Formerly named Amsterdam, the vessel was previously owned by Carnival until it was sold to Fred Olsen Cruise Lines in 2020.

Weighing some 62,735 tonnes there are close to 700 cabins on board with room for just over 1,300 passengers.

The ship has six restaurants and 11 bars and lounges.

She will be leaving Southampton around 6pm.

MSC Magnifica

Owned by MSC Cruises, MSC Magnifica cost around $547 million to build and was launched in 2009.

Much larger than the Bolette, the ship can carry more than 3,600 passengers at full capacity.

During the winter months, the ship is taking passengers on week-long cruises around Northern Europe from Southampton, with destinations including Hamburg in Germany and Le Havre in France.

She is set to arrive in Southampton at 8am on Tuesday (December 21) and depart at 6pm that same day.

One of two Carnival UK ships to leave Southampton this week, Aurora is scheduled to leave on Thursday (December 23).

The P&O ship is the smallest and oldest of the company's vessels after launching in 2000.

The ship can often be seen at Southampton, departing to locations across Europe.

A number of trips further afield are planned for 2022 and 2023 including to the Arctic Circle and to Canada and New England.

Queen Elizabeth

Another Carnival UK ship leaving Southampton this week, Queen Elizabeth is scheduled to also leave on Thursday (December 23).

The Cunard ship has 16 decks and weighs more than 90,000 tonnes.

The ship was made in Italy over a three year period and was named at a ceremony in Southampton back in 2010.

It is not currently known what time the ship will leave on Thursday.

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Canary Islands Cruises

Canary Islands cruises offer an extraordinary escape to a paradise of natural wonders and cultural richness.

Located off the northwest coast of Africa, this Spanish archipelago boasts diverse landscapes of volcanic mountains, lush forests, and golden beaches. Explore the unique charms of Lanzarote, with its otherworldly landscapes shaped by volcanic forces. Cruise to Gran Canaria and experience its vibrant culture, bustling cities and golden beaches. Or set your sights on Tenerife, where the majestic Mount Teide stands as a sentinel over a landscape of lush forests and picturesque towns.

Cruises to Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, and Tenerife offer a delightful tapestry of experiences, from volcanic wonders to beachside bliss, ensuring your journey is filled with unforgettable moments.

Some of the most popular destinations in the Canaries are:

A great opportunity to visit the Tenerife’s National Park and Mount Teide. This guided tour is ideally suited to those seeking a relaxing tour and an opportunity to view the spectacular scenery, the fauna and flora and view the highest point in Spain.

Gran Canaria

This tour will take you to the hidden towns of Gran Canaria, experiencing typically quaint Northern Canarian towns with a visit to the Bandama Crater boasting views of the whole island.

A half day tour to visit the Fire Mountains in South Lanzarote – Timanfaya National Park. Discover a landscape that looks like it is from another planet, simply breathtaking!

When is the best time to visit the Canary Islands?

The best time to take a cruise holiday to the Canary Islands depends on the region you want to explore and the specific experiences you’re seeking.

The Canary Islands, located off the northwest coast of Africa, boast a pleasantly mild climate year-round, making them a popular destination for travelers seeking sunshine and warmth. However, the best time to visit the Canary Islands largely depends on your preferences and the type of experience you desire.

The peak tourist season occurs during the winter months, from November to March when Europeans seek respite from colder climates. During this time, you can expect pleasant temperatures, especially in the southern parts of the islands, making it ideal for beach activities and outdoor exploration. The shoulder seasons of spring (April to June) and autumn (September to October) offer mild weather, fewer crowds, and the chance to enjoy the islands’ natural beauty and outdoor activities without the summer and winter tourist rushes.

It’s also essential to consider factors like local holidays, festivals and peak tourist seasons. It’s always a good idea to consult with one of our cruise agents who will give you the best advice!

Which cruise lines sail to the Canary Islands

Ambassador Cruise Line , Azamara , Carnival Cruise Line , Celebrity Cruises , Cunard , Emerald Cruises , Explora Journeys , Fred Olsen Cruise Lines , Holland America , Hurtigruten , MSC Cruises , Marella Cruises , Norwegian Cruise Line , Oceania Cruises , P&O Cruises , Princess Cruises , Regent Seven Seas Cruises , Royal Caribbean , Scenic Ocean Cruises , SeaDream Yacht Club , Seabourn , Silversea Cruises , Star Clippers & Windstar Cruises .

Book Your Canary Island Cruise

Our cruise specialists at Southampton Cruise Centre are here to help! Call us from 9am to 9pm, 7 days a week on 02380 200 015 . Or find your preferred Canary Islands sailing below and send us an enquiry online! 

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