Adonia to leave P&O

So Adonia will leave P&O to start Carnivals new fathom brand in April 2016.

So Adonia will leave P&O to start Carnivals new fathom brand in April 2016.

Details here

http://www.fathom.org/

I liked the Adonia. :(

Details here

http://www.fathom.org/

What the bejesus is that all about.

:confused:

Do the Americans really fall for all that marketing rubbish.

Interesting debate on the Carnival thread. What a load of new age tosh. Young Eco warriors sailing to save the third world on a luxury cruise ship. Will P & O bother to fill the gap in their market for a small ship?

I can't fathom it myself :rolleyes:

I can't fathom it myself :rolleyes:

I was about to say that. :(

It looks bizarre, like a very posh floating gap year!:confused:

I just can't see where the demand would come from? Maybe one offs but not weekly? Would be better if they just offered once a month cruises for the orphans and under-privileged on the island with volunteers to help facilitate onboard events, teaching for adults etc before returning to the DR

Who is going to want to fly to Miami for a week, at least from the UK! Will only suit fit and healthy pax and they don't like Adonia!

Have you seen the price of the cruises, from $230 a day :eek:

"Pricing, which includes all volunteer excursions, training, related supplies, taxes, fees and port expenses, begins at $230 per person per night for a cabin with a window, so a weeklong cruise for two will cost $3,220. Passengers who wish to have upgraded cabins (balcony cabins or suites) will pay more, while those who want inside cabins will pay less. To book, passengers will have to pay a $300 deposit. Cruise itineraries go on sale this month. Gratuities and alcohol will not be included. "

Que? (manuel ...)

Who is going to want to fly to Miami for a week, at least from the UK! Will only suit fit and healthy pax and they don't like Adonia!

Clearly this has little to do with P&O and all to do with Carnival. Clearly will be marketed as a separate entity and nothing to do with P&O Or cruisers from the UK.

P&O should convert all of it's ships to such a ventures. The British government could then close down it's Department for International Development (Dfid) and save about £11 billion.

Are there so many nutty Americans to fill the Adonia (sorry MS Fathom)? The nuts will be working at Amber Cove Domrep, Carnivals new private port. Why not Haiti (same island) where help is really needed.

I'll give it a year then it will be buried one fathom down.

I read on one of the many posts about this, that she will still be called Adonia, and be part of the P&O fleet. Isn't this for just a few weeks in summer?

Has Adonia been repainted with the Union Jack yet? Will she return to normal cruising for the rest of the year?

Is this a response to RCI's interest in Haiti, through Labadee, and the continued help they give, such as the orphanage, etc?

Onboard currency in US$ and no peninsular points awarded - not still part of P&O fleet then!

It's morally bankrupt, that's what it is!

In addition to all this, cruise next March, D606 is being cancelled! Apparently a letter is in the post. We were really looking forward to this. It was a cruise in the Caribbean calling at places like Bequia, then on to several stops in the Southern states of the USA, then back across the Atlantic to Southampton. Our cruise and D606A is being cancelled, according to the P&O website. Not happy!

Que? (manuel ...)

Bizarre :confused::eek:

It says dry dock March 2016 to be converted but will still be called Adonia. So Fathom Adonia

Think I might need to keep an eye on the Carnival shares after this decision. Sounds like a waste of time to me.

Have just posted on the Carnival forum that this just seems like a money making affair to ease someone's conscience. If they are that bothered about the charities they want to support just give them to money that this make over will cost.

The comments in the P&O brochure re Adonia going to the Caribbean for 2016 have been misleading. Am glad we didn't wait and booked our Oceana holiday now.

One of the bits I read said that Adonia will be staying with the P&O fleet but will be "assigned" to Fathom. To me that sounds like they are hedging their bets that the project may not be that long-lived and so the ship can then go back to its parent fleet.

I do agree that it seems an utterly bizarre concept to send people off to 'poor' countries on a rather luxurious cruise ship.

It says dry dock March 2016 to be converted but will still be called Adonia. So Fathom Adonia

Converted to what???

Converted to what???

Well it says no structural changes, but then also says they'll be no theatre style ents so guessing training / conference type rooms. Maybe a workshop to teach these clay building systems..

I would imagine they'd "tone down" any lavish opulence onboard.

https://www.goccl.com/~/media/GOCCL/Files/News%20and%20%20Updates/fathomTravel_PR.ashx