Rare MMDown Under Posted December 16, 2010 #76 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Welcome to Southampton, Bazzaw. Have a Merry (White) Christmas and a Happy New Year, until we join you again on Arcadia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandielle Posted December 16, 2010 #77 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Wishing you a wonderful Christmas in the UK, Barry. Looking forward to your blog on the return voyage. :) :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witchymob Posted December 17, 2010 #78 Share Posted December 17, 2010 :) Oriana passing the Isle of Wight at around 3.00 am GMT this morning, very dark can't make out anyone waving from the decks!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted December 19, 2010 #79 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Barry posted some snow pics on his blog, he made it ! We await his return on Arcadia, across the Atlantic and Pacific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Australian family Posted December 19, 2010 #80 Share Posted December 19, 2010 They are such beautiful pictures of the snow. Something that us Aussies would enjoy, even though the English would be sick of it. Just like how we are starting to get sick of all the rain here in Queensland. Bring on the sunshine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzaw Posted December 19, 2010 #81 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Hi everybody Just a short note to thank you all for your support and "followings' over the past 6 weeks. This is the first opportunity for me to get onto CC since we left Brisbane. I had reasonable success in posting to my Blog - by emailing the posts to Blogger.com . It works reasonably well and you can do almost everything off line, but you are limited in how you can format the blog. Also the ship's internet system is very slow, so the attached photos can unfortunately only be quite small. Almost 800 Aussies joined Oriana in Sydney/Brisbane - most got off in Singapore/Hong Kong , but there were still 262 onboard just before we arrived in the UK. We had a bit of a get together for those returning on Arcadia - and there were about 100 at that ( although I suspect there will be more on embarkation) I will have access to this Forum for the next week or so - so if anyone who has any specific questions, I would be most pleased to attempt to answer them Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Australian family Posted December 19, 2010 #82 Share Posted December 19, 2010 You must be freezing in England, just seen Heathrow airport on the news and how it is all snowed in. Looks more like a ski field. Have a great time in England, and all the best for your return trip to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cococabana Posted January 4, 2011 #83 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hey Barry - what's your blog link pls?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted January 4, 2011 Author #84 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hey Barry - what's your blog link pls?? You can find Barrys blog here.. http://ukagain2010.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted January 5, 2011 #85 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Barry is on Arcadia now, I hope the Atlantic is kind. Looking forward to his blogs for my cruise 'fix.' Bon Voyage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted January 5, 2011 Author #86 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Here is the itinerary for Barrys Homeward cruise to Brisbane.... 05 Jan 2011 Southampton - Great Britain 08 Jan 2011 Ponta Delgada - Portugal 13 Jan 2011 Barbados - Barbados 15 Jan 2011 Aruba - Netherlands Antilles 17 Jan 2011 Transit Panama Canal . Daytime transit 20 Jan 2011 Acapulco - Mexico 24 Jan 2011 San Francisco - USA 29 Jan 2011 Honolulu, Oahu - Hawaii 03 Feb 2011 Pago Pago - American Samoa 06 Feb 2011 Port Denarau - Fiji 09 Feb 2011 Auckland - New Zealand 12 Feb 2011 Sydney - Australia 2 Full Days 15 Feb 2011 Brisbane - Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaznjo Posted January 7, 2011 #87 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Bazza's Back......... he has blogged about sailaway..... joanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted January 8, 2011 Author #88 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I am not too keen on the latest entry in Barrys blog..... HOLD ON TIGHT BARRY.. Oh Boy...a Force 11 Atlantic storm thats all ready cancelled the call at Ponta Delgada.:eek::eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted January 8, 2011 #89 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I am not too keen on the latest entry in Barrys blog..... HOLD ON TIGHT BARRY.. Oh Boy...a Force 11 Atlantic storm thats all ready cancelled the call at Ponta Delgada.:eek::eek: Yes I just read the blog, Force 11 - violent storm, 40 to 50 foot seas, 60 knot winds, having been in one off NZ, they are not nice. Barry also comments Arcadia is shaking a bit, well it would heading into a force 11. As Kiwi said, they missed the Azores and are now heading for Barbados, albeit on half throttle probably to minimize the shake, rattle and roll. Good luck to all on Arcadia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted January 8, 2011 Author #90 Share Posted January 8, 2011 We ran into an Atlantic storm on Canberra in Nov 1984. We had heaps of fun, (after taking sea sickness pills), standing, or trying to stand in the Crows Nest Bar, and watching the waves break over the top of us. Thats how big they were.:eek: and it lasted for 5 days:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted January 9, 2011 #91 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Arcadia with Bazzaw on board, now has 7 days at sea, as they missed the Azores. They don't get to Barbados until 13 January. With the state of the the Atlantic they sure will have their sea legs pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandielle Posted January 9, 2011 #92 Share Posted January 9, 2011 We also have been in a monster of a storm in the Atlantic - at the point of no return - on a small ship compared to those nowadays. Our cabin was near the bow and they covered the portholes with strong metal covers. We spent all night holding onto our 6 month old baby.:eek: Was certainly a trial rocking and rolling round the ship with our 'bundle'. Luckily we didn't get seasick. I think furniture was attached then - I remember the dining tables had 'edges' which were raised, and water was thrown over the tablecloths so they wouldn't slide off the tables easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yatchet Posted January 9, 2011 #93 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I've yet to see one of these storms from a web/ bridge cam, they know when to switch them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted January 9, 2011 #94 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I've yet to see one of these storms from a web/ bridge cam, they know when to switch them off. I tried a couple of times today Sunday to get Arcadia webCam up, no picture. Maybe P&O don't want us to see Arcadia tossing and turning in the wild Atlantic, pity that censoring? We want to see our Barry Bazzaw gripping onto the rails with the salt spray turning his hair white ! lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted January 9, 2011 #95 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I've yet to see one of these storms from a web/ bridge cam, they know when to switch them off. You haven't been to Youtube??? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yatchet Posted January 9, 2011 #96 Share Posted January 9, 2011 You haven't been to Youtube??? :p I'm often on youtube. The footage is mostly done by passengers with their own cameras, I haven't found any from the ships own web cam, so far. Have you any links? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted January 9, 2011 #97 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I'm often on youtube. The footage is mostly done by passengers with their own cameras, I haven't found any from the ships own web cam, so far. Have you any links? :) We are just about to go over our bandwidth cap for this month, so I can’t find any link to post at the moment, but I will post a link or two in the next few days once our cap gets reset. (It the mean time search for Pacfic Dawn storm and Regal Princess storm NZ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yatchet Posted January 9, 2011 #98 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Thanks, KC.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest012 Posted January 9, 2011 #99 Share Posted January 9, 2011 We want to see our Barry Bazzaw gripping onto the rails with the salt spray turning his hair white ! lol. :D:D:p:D love it les.....i have some footage of one of Johns Atlantic crossings on the Ellinis....will have a look see for it and post online so we can enjoy....whooops get an idea of Barry and Christine's rock n roll ride.... cheers Shiona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest012 Posted January 9, 2011 #100 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Here we go not the best quality .......couldn't work with the film for very long it was making me ill:D:D vocals courtesy of John:cool:...... cheers Shiona http://travel.webshots.com/video/3084537190102418569UIznwH?vhost=travel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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