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I've attached the sailing schedule for the exotics for 2015/16 so scroll throuh at your leisure! Lots of exciting choices with the Sapphire based in Asia permanently and the Sun Princess sailing on the cherry blossom cruise. The Diamond is aso based in Japan for the nothern hemisphere summer. Enjoy! :D

2015-16ExoticsSailingSchedule&FareChart_Final.pdf

I MAY have as I went on my very first cruise in 2001 on P & O's old Arcadia - and I don't think I threw the brochure out. But as I have just moved house all my stuff is in boxes! I will try and see what I can find over the next week for you.

Hello Mysticalmother, thank you for your kind response, sorry it's taken me a while to reply but have only been online fleetingly! No rush at all to search for the brochure, please prioritise unpacking things you need first! Would love to know if you do manage to track down the brochure but only of you'd be happy to part with it if it's not of sentimental value :D

Thank you everyone for your replies :)

Sorry Caribill, think I went over old ground with the bit about Vikings!!!!!!! Didn't mean to indulge in some plagiarism from your post!!!! :D

The Grand Princess, at the time the largest cruise ship in the world and the new Princess flagship, entered service in the Med in May 1998 but she was christened in New York by Olivia de Havilland over four months later, after her maiden crossing in September.

I can understand the wariness of falling foul of superstitions but seafaring folk can be more superstitious than most! As a few examples, it was considered unlucky to start a voyage on a Friday, to bring flowers onboard (associtation with funerals), whistle or clap your hands (brings on wind and thunder), bathe in the ocean (tempting fate for drowning) or even bring a woman onboard - except in port after a long voyage!

On the other hand, it is lucky to wear tattoos, to sail with a black cat onboard and to throw a pair of old shoes overboard when possible.

With regards to christening a ship with champagne, the origins of the tradition apparently date back to the Vikings. When they launched a longboat, it is said that they tied their prisoners to the skids, and the boats crushed their bodies as they slid into the water. The Greeks were also said to grease the skids with blood. Wine stood in for blood in later days but because launching a ship was a prestigious event, champagne was considered more fitting!

Hello all!

I was wondering whether anyone might have a copy somewhere of the 2001/2002 P&O brochure featuring the itinerary and photos of the beautiful old Victoria in her farewell season? I am desperately trying to pull together some memorabilia and this ship holds some lovely memories for my family and I. There is scant information online and I just missed out on an old publicity brochure on eBay. If anyone does have one of these brochures I would love to hear from you.

Thankyou so much in advance,

Andy

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could confirm if the list of senior officers for each ship is still available on the P&O website? You used to be able to type into the search bar and get dire ted to a link bu t I cant seem to now. :confused:

Thanks so much!

Coiran...Graham Seymour is the former Caribbean Princess Cruise Director who has just moved to Royal Caribbean. He has been posting on these boards as "Hammy's Manager" (:confused: ).

He is recognised as one of the 'legendary' CD's in the industry - he is a big loss to Princess. We sailed with him in February and found him hilarious - not entirely sure about the thong, though!!! :p

Hope this helps!

Andy

Hi Graham!

Looking forward to the DVD - should bring back some (interesting) memories!! :p

Hope you're having a great time and have settled in with 'The Enemy'!

All the best for the future,

Andy