Our fantastic Arvia cruise June 9th- June 23rd

[grapau27]

Good afternoon.

We had a fantastic cruise on Arvia.

We stayed in the Grand Harbour hotel in Southampton on June 8th and had a nice balcony overlooking the Solent.

On June 9th there was a 3 hour delay for boarding while they did a deep clean but we boarded at 15.00pm.

Our cabin was at the back with fantastic views of the ships wake.

I had pre-booked our 14 nights Speciality restaurants on line.

I booked 6 nights in Epicurean.

4 nights in Sindhu.

3 nights in the Beach house.

1 night in Limelight club where we saw Joe McEldery the 2009 X factor winner who lives 20 miles from us.

Our itinerary was.

Southampton.

La Coruna.

Valencia.

Marseille.

Barcelona.

Alicante.

Cadiz.

Southampton.

For breakfast we went to the Meridian restaurant.

The Quays.

6th Street diner.

For lunch we went to

Meridian restaurant.

The Quays.

I have posted a selection of photos and if anyone has any questions please feel free to ask.

 

 

 

[Peanut006]

Glad you had a good time, we really liked Arvia. Love all the food pictures 

 

Michelle

[puppycanducruise]

Graham and Pauline - so happy you enjoyed your cruise.  The food looks great, thanks.

[Seasick Sailor]

Graham and Pauline, thank you for sharing your experience. From the looks of all the beautiful food pictures,  I think everyone knew you were on another journey. Hugs to Pauline!

[grapau27]

34 minutes ago, puppycanducruise said:

Graham and Pauline - so happy you enjoyed your cruise.  The food looks great, thanks.

Thank you Melanie.

[grapau27]

6 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Graham and Pauline, thank you for sharing your experience. From the looks of all the beautiful food pictures,  I think everyone knew you were on another journey. Hugs to Pauline!

Thank you Joy.

Best wishes to Allen too 

[Lady Hudson]

The food looks wonderful.  So glad you had a great trip.  Katherine 

[lincslady]

Yes, I think we guessed!  Lovely to see your photos, and to hear you had a great time Graham.

[grapau27]

25 minutes ago, Lady Hudson said:

The food looks wonderful.  So glad you had a great trip.  Katherine 

Thank you for your kind words Katherine.

[Camberley]

Amazing photos and glad you had a lovely time. We’re on Arvia in a few weeks for a similar itinerary, plus, like you, speciality restaurants almost all nights: well, we booked them when P&O “accidentally trialled” the 120 day pre-booking a while ago.

And I can watch your video from your balcony for ages! So relaxing 

[Ardennais]

Lovely photos of a great cruise. Many thanks for sharing. 

[grapau27]

Thank you.

Picture 1 and 2 La Coruna 

Valencia 3 and 4.

Barcelona 5 and 6.

Alicante 7.

Cadiz 8,9,10,11 and 12.

Marseille was a Sunday so we stopped on board as we had been several times.

[purplesea]

Glad to hear that you had a good cruise on Arvia, and lovely photos.

 

We did the exact same itinerary on her in April.

[StLouisCruisers]

Thanks for sharing your lovely cruise with us all Graham.  You two sure know how to enjoy yourselves!😎

[grapau27]

32 minutes ago, Camberley said:

Amazing photos and glad you had a lovely time. We’re on Arvia in a few weeks for a similar itinerary, plus, like you, speciality restaurants almost all nights: well, we booked them when P&O “accidentally trialled” the 120 day pre-booking a while ago.

And I can watch your video from your balcony for ages! So relaxing 

Thank you.

We love Iona but the 

6th Street diner on Arvia makes it our favourite.

It opens at 10am for breakfast and we loved it on sea days.

The 50s 60s music was great as was the service.

 

[grapau27]

5 minutes ago, StLouisCruisers said:

Thanks for sharing your lovely cruise with us all Graham.  You two sure know how to enjoy yourselves!😎

Thank you Sandi for your nice comments.

 

[grapau27]

There was at least 2 tables set for 10 people we saw in Meridian restaurant.

I know some people were asking this question.

[ottahand7]

Great photos Graham.  I loved La Coruna, a beautiful walking city.  The Indian food looked yummy!  

[Quartzsite Cruiser]

Thank you, Graham, for your report and the great pictures.  We've enjoyed our stops in all the ports on your cruise, and the pictures being back great memories.  Our one cruise on P&O Oriana in 2000 was before there were specialty restaurants on ships.  I happy you and Pauline enjoyed your cruise.

 

[Keksie]

What a wonderful cruise.  The food looks really good.  I am so glad you had a good time.

[Cruising Nomads]

Did you have any trouble with the water spillage from the Infinity Pool?

[S1971]

Nice review and great photos, given some of the recent negativity, the food looks very good.

[Eddie99]

Welcome back Graham and Pauline

We missed you, despite your daily weather reports from the north east of England

I’m glad you had a lovely time and it’s good to hear a good report of Arvia.  Was it your first time on her?

[Sharon in AZ]

Thank you for sharing your cruise Graham!  It looks like you and Pauline had a wonderful time!  Your pictures are great too. I love hearing your voice on the videos. How large is this ship passenger wise?

Edited June 24 by Sharon in AZ

[Arzeena]

Graham and Pauline,

Hello from your friends over the big pond! Thank you for sharing your cruise. Looking forward to reading this!