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by david63 » 01 Jun 2018, 08:52 » in Forum Problems/Discussion

Due to some serious incompatibility issues, not least with GDPR, I will be removing Tapatalk from this board within tyhe next few days.

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Sue Kersh Arcadia Cruises

by Suekersh » 06 Oct 2018, 15:25
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Hi all,

I am back on Arcadia for a b2b cruises to the Med and then the Caribbean. I am giving DTM a well deserved rest from tendering so the reports...

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The sniffer dogs and customs were out in force and the dog was very interested in the case with tobacco in it. We were not over the customs limit and...
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20 Nov 2018, 18:16
Smurfie's Great American Adventure

by david63 » 02 Sep 2018, 22:13
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Preamble

This is a “bucket list” cruise, one that we have wanted to do for several years but the timing has never been quite right – so two years...

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What's happened to Smurfie ?

I'm still here - it is such a busy cruise that I have not had time to update
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23 Sep 2018, 14:53
A Little Light Relief from Brexit & Boris

by Kenmo1 » 09 Aug 2018, 09:39

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I had wanted to book Oriana to Greenland to celebrate my 70th but because it is treated as worldwide for insurance purposes we decided against it and...

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We are going on the Sapphire Princess in October

We were on Sapphire this summer. Lovely ship.

That's good to know. If it was good enough for...

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11 Aug 2018, 17:29
Sue Kersh's Epic Adventure

by Dennis The Menace » 02 Jan 2017, 15:04
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As this is the first of Sue's (and Garry's) updates I feel I should first remind everyone to always get paralytic responsibly :lol:

Enjoy!

Hi...

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i so enjoyed your reports and felt a connection still with Arcadia . We were onboard S'hampton -Sydney

Jeffrey and Brenda were the joy of our trip...
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07 May 2017, 10:33
Arcadia J618 Iberia cruise

by Whynd1 » 27 Nov 2016, 14:33

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Just a short report on this cruise.

Weather superb until we reached Tunis, when later in the day the captain left early for Cadiz, only 90 miles or...

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Thanks for the report Lindsey. 4 weeks until we are back on Arcadia. I thought the new menus were getting a positive feed back. I read on another...

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28 Nov 2016, 07:09
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 12 The End!!

by melsea » 16 Oct 2016, 20:07

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Day 45. At Sea. Heading towards last port Ponta Delgada.
Sunny & warm.

26th April 2016 clocks forward at midday.

This morning being a sea day Bill...

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Oh you lovely people, Thank you.

You won't have to wait too long as we will be sailing on the Cunard QM2 to New York in November. We stay 2 nights,...

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23 Oct 2016, 19:56
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 11

by melsea » 16 Oct 2016, 18:46

Day 41. At Sea. In the Caribbean on the way home.
Hot hot outside, cooler inside in places.

22nd April 2016 clocks went forward at midday. Aruba...

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16 Oct 2016, 18:46
Sue Kersh's Blog - Arcadia to US & Canada

by Dennis The Menace » 13 Sep 2016, 12:17
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Morning all, here's Sue's first update as promised :

Arcadia Cruise to USA and Canada

We arrived at the Ocean terminal at 11:30 am and they had...

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I forgotten the Australian one. Our Chinese visa is valid for two years but can't see us using it again though. Visas are such a pain at times and...
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08 Oct 2016, 10:00
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 10

by melsea » 05 Oct 2016, 20:33

Day 36. At Sea.
Hot today. Clocks went forward, Mexico City time zone

17th April 2016

Bill went to the Christian meeting. 10am we both went to the...

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05 Oct 2016, 20:33
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 9

by melsea » 01 Oct 2016, 19:20

Day 31. San Francisco 2nd Day 11.30pm back on board.
12th April 2016.

Bill stayed on board.
I took the same street car as yesterday the F-Martket to...

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01 Oct 2016, 19:20
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 8

by melsea » 01 Oct 2016, 18:01

Day 24. Honolulu, Hawaii. 7am - 9pm

5th April 2016
Heavy downpour.

Immigration went well as it always has done when we arrive in Honolulu.

Bill...

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01 Oct 2016, 18:01
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 6

by melsea » 16 Sep 2016, 21:05

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Hello all you lovely people, I'm back. Sorry for the delay, well it's a big delay. Lots of thing occurring so had to put my report on hold but all is...

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Good to have you back Mel, really enjoying the reports, thank you.

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18 Sep 2016, 16:47
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 7

by melsea » 17 Sep 2016, 17:52

8 Sea days to cross the Pacific from Osaka to Honolulu.

Day 16. At Sea 1 of 8.

29 March 2016. Clocks go forward at midday. Brisbane time chosen....

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17 Sep 2016, 17:52
Arcadia to the Baltic July 16 part three

by Whynd1 » 02 Aug 2016, 16:11

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The following day see docked in Helsinki we were so tired but decided just to get off on the shuttle and see what Helsinki had to offer. Quite a...

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Thank you - I enjoyed reading that and it brought back memories
DtM - St Petes/Russian visas was no problem for us. We did it the easy way with a...

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10 Aug 2016, 13:36
Arcadia to the Baltic part two

by Whynd1 » 02 Aug 2016, 15:53

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Sunday 24th July Tallin

Wasn't sure if anything would be open as it was Sunday but the port talk said it would be so off we went on the shuttle...

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While the sights were obviously splendid, the tours actually sounded far, far too hectic - for me to enjoy anyway. You did well to cope.

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02 Aug 2016, 16:20
Arcadia to the Baltic July 16 Part one

by Whynd1 » 02 Aug 2016, 13:43

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Good journey down to Southampton having been collected by mini bus at 8am arrived at about 1pm. No queue went straight through the priority channel...

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was sons birthday so I had run home to wish him happy birthday

Gosh, you must have been exhausted :lol:

Looking forward to next instalment - We...

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02 Aug 2016, 14:50
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 2

by melsea » 07 Jun 2016, 20:26

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Hello everyone. Sorry my reports are somewhat late. Been very busy and have only just got around to review some of my reports for putting them on...

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Sounds like a decent start to the holiday melsea

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07 Jun 2016, 21:13
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 5

by melsea » 07 Jun 2016, 21:01

Day 5. At Sea.
18th March 2016
Evening Casual.

Breakfast
Talk by Jonty, Cash in the Attic
Lunch
Unpacking
Evening meal, very nice. Freedom Dining...

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07 Jun 2016, 21:01
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 4

by melsea » 07 Jun 2016, 20:54

Day 3. Embarkation Day. 17th March 2016
It was an exciting day for us along with loads of other people. At this point we have no idea how many there...

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07 Jun 2016, 20:54
Melsea's 1st Half World Cruise, Arcadia 2016 Part 3

by melsea » 07 Jun 2016, 20:41

Day 3. Hong Kong 2nd Day.
16th March 2016

We awoke not too early but early enough for us to still go to breakfast. I was trying to remember what the...

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07 Jun 2016, 20:41
Dubai to Southampton April 2015

by Kenmo1 » 24 Apr 2015, 18:14

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Our 21.20 pm flight to Dubai was with Emirates on an A 380. One plane is much like another to me but my husband was impressed with the flight/the...

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Just found your review and saw your cabin number. We are in this area for the upcoming World Cruise and wondered if you could advise re engine noise...

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20 Feb 2016, 10:06
Sue Kersh live from an Arcadia Christmas

by Suekersh » 30 Dec 2015, 10:03

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Morning all, season greetings to everyone. My apologies for a slight delay in posting these for Sue, but here's her first set of updates from Arcadia...

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Fair cop, guv. I actually spent 3 weeks in the embarkation lounge at the Ocean Terminal !

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14 Jan 2016, 09:51
Smurfie's Christmas Cruise

by david63 » 22 Dec 2015, 15:40
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Preamble
This cruise was something that was on our “bucket list” – not the itinerary but the fact that it was a Christmas cruise and was something...

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That's a bit early for a cruising breakfast!
Had a lot of meals and drinkies to cram in - it was Christmas Day after all
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13 Jan 2016, 11:41
Arcadia J419 24 nights Caribbean.

by wolfie » 16 Nov 2015, 20:50

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For all those embarking this winter on a, to and from Southampton, Caribbean cruise. We have done quite a few over the years. Not this year as we did...

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The bathroom lacked the usual little extras, cotton buds, shower cap, sewing kit.

Save the Sewing Kit!

I will have to remember to pack a shower...

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18 Nov 2015, 18:22
Sue Kersh Live from Arcadia

by Dennis The Menace » 22 Sep 2015, 08:56

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Morning all, hope everyone is fine and dandy :D

Here's the first instalment of Sue's blog from Arcadia, enjoy ;

Arcadia Cruise J514 to Venice...

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Brilliant Sue

We are again in an AFT cabin in 4 weeks and you've really wetted my appetite

cheers
barney :wave:

Have a great Cruise Barney. Just...

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09 Oct 2015, 05:44
An Arcadian Christmas - J422 20/12/2014 to 27/12/2014

by Gill W » 29 Dec 2014, 21:19

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I recently returned from this cruise.

I didn't do a cruise diary this time, but made a few notes on a few points of interest, which I'll post here,...

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Cheers Gill

we're on her next year and looking forward to it
That makes two of us :thumbup:

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30 Dec 2014, 18:06
J420

by Robert » 16 Dec 2014, 19:21

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Madeira,canaries and Lisbon
Check-in at southampton was perfect as from being met at the entrance by the meet and greet lady to stepping onto Arcadia...

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Thanks for your report Robert.

Sorry to hear you found the food repetitive. My problem is in working out what to have but I do enjoy my food. If...

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20 Dec 2014, 14:28
J416

by Sybella » 23 Sep 2014, 16:55

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Arcadia J416 Western Mediterranean
Another lovely cruise! Weather was much better than we expected for mid-September. Temperatures were mostly in the...

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great report, looking forward to meeting up with arcadia in early December hope the weather is still as nice!

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28 Sep 2014, 17:23
Melsea's missing last report??!!!

by melsea » 04 Sep 2014, 22:44

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Hello Sailing folks
I truly thought I had posted this blog but realised when I logged on here that actually I didn't. Several things clearly hampered...

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Thanks Mel, very enjoyable read, worth the wait!

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10 Sep 2014, 17:05
A Slow Boat to Iceland

by Kenmo1 » 29 Jun 2014, 15:03

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We went to Iceland two years ago and did the 2 main trips in Iceland, The Golden Circle Tour in Reykjavik and Jewels of the North in Akureyri but we...

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I brought the horizons home to do that too :) We had a fantastic cruise not sure if we bumped into you guys or not lol but we bumped into lots of...

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01 Jul 2014, 20:21
Melsea's Adventures of 3 boats & a Baltic Heatwave Part 8

by melsea » 21 Jun 2014, 20:57

25th May
Tallinn, Estonia.

Another sunny & warm day.

Our cruise seems to have an identity crisis in that it thinks it is in the med and not the...

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21 Jun 2014, 20:57
Melsea's Adventures of 3 boats & a Baltic Heatwave Part 7

by melsea » 16 Jun 2014, 16:10

St.Petersburg Day 2

Very Hot & Sunny

Going to bed early last night was definitely the best thing to have done. Had breakfast early like yesterday....

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16 Jun 2014, 16:10
Melsea's Adventures of 3 Boats & a Baltic heatwave. Part 6

by melsea » 14 Jun 2014, 15:32

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St.Petersburg. Day One

Very warm & sunny, wall to wall blue sky.

The awful alarm went off at 6.10 which signalled that I had to get out of bed very...

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I do enjoy the detail you put into your cruise reports. Thanks melsea. Looking forward to the second dayof your tours in St Petersburg.

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14 Jun 2014, 21:55
Melsea's Adventures of 3 boats & a heatwave. Part 4

by melsea » 10 Jun 2014, 21:55

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21st May

Klaipeda, Lithuania.

Sunny & warm, very warm!

Not quite knowing what to do since in the Daily Horizon it could have been interpreted in...

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Really enjoying your reports, we stopped at Klaipeda on our Baltic cruise and not knowing what to expect from this port found we were pleasantly...

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12 Jun 2014, 13:21
Melsea's Adventures of 3 boats & a Heatwave.. Part 5

by melsea » 10 Jun 2014, 22:56

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22nd May Sea Day

Another sunny and warm day.

Today was going to be a busy day for me.
In the morning I went to the Hydro pool, sauna /steam room. I...

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Great stuff Mel :)

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12 Jun 2014, 12:57
Melsea's Adventures of 3 boats & a Baltic Heatwave...

by melsea » 09 Jun 2014, 18:08

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Sea Days

18th May.

Sunny & warm.

Quite a lazy day of just getting my bearings. One place I did find and made a point of going to was the Crows...

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The 3 boats will become clear as the cruise reports progress..

and the heatwave?

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09 Jun 2014, 18:55
Melsea's Adventures of 3 boats & a Baltic Heatwave...Part 2

by melsea » 06 Jun 2014, 10:09

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Bruges, Belgium.

17th May.

Woke at 7am got up at 7.30, breakfast in buffet upstairs. Went to meeting point for tour at 9.20, didn't have to wait...

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Yes come on Mel don't keep us in suspense :crazy:

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09 Jun 2014, 10:05
Melsea's Adventures of 3 boats & a Baltic Heatwave...

by melsea » 06 Jun 2014, 09:08

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Hi folks it's been a week since were back & have only just found time slot to begin transferring, updating my blog of this truly amazing cruise in...

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Gill

I wondered when someone would ask but you will have to wait until the rest of my reports to come by and you will realise what I mean by 3...

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06 Jun 2014, 21:36
Melsea's Adventures almost there...

by melsea » 15 May 2014, 17:19

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Here we are in sunny Southampton at the hotel for our stay before heading to port tomorrow morning to board the never been on Arcadia ship. We were...

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Hope you have a wonderful cruise Mel, you can't beat the Baltic.

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16 May 2014, 16:12
Melsea's New Adventures coming soon....J405

by melsea » 12 May 2014, 14:49

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Well it's almost here and my bedroom and spare room are looking like a bombs hit it or a tornado has ripped through it, can't decide yet. Tried on...

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Thanks Mel, glad you're enjoying it :)

The actual (self) publishing of the book was relatively easy in the end. On the advice of a friend I used...

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13 May 2014, 09:56
J403

by Sybella » 11 May 2014, 13:29

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Atlantic Coast Cruise, 30th Apr 2014 J403
We live about 80 miles away and the journey involves both M25 and M3. Traffic was busy but kept moving. The...

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Thanks for your report Sybella.

I have just looked up churros and realise now that I have seen them but didn't know what they were so that's...

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11 May 2014, 16:45
Sue Kersh Live from the Arcadia Worldie

by Dennis The Menace » 02 Feb 2014, 07:29
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Morning all, hope everyone is fine and dandy. Here's the first of Sue's Blog. Enjoy.

Wednesday to Saturday from Manchester to LA.

We flew BA from...

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Hi Sue
Having read your reports about Arcadia, my wife and I are really looking forward our forthcoming trip around the Med. This will be our first...
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30 Apr 2014, 15:16
Arcadia J314 E. Med and Black Sea

by Kenmo1 » 20 Oct 2013, 20:28

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Having moved house earlier this year and also done a Baltic cruise in May, we hadn't intended to do the Black Sea until next year but looking at the...

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Thank you MOB. I have started to write a daily journal whilst on holiday so that we can remember what we did otherwise after 20+ cruises, places,...

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01 Nov 2013, 20:26
Arcadia J313 - Another Review

by Peter D » 27 Sep 2013, 18:46

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Arcadia– J313 - Belgium& Holland - 21– 25 September 2013

Well, only a 4 day cruise but really enjoyed it.

Our second time on Arcadia, the first...

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Thank you for a very comprehensive review. :clap:

I enjoyed reading it but fancy having a formal on your last night. Whatever were they thinking?

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28 Sep 2013, 19:52
Arcadia J313 Sept 2013

by frintonite » 26 Sep 2013, 15:32

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26 Sep 2013, 15:32
J311 report

by Pandora » 05 Sep 2013, 22:36

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We have just returned from a fantastic Baltic cruise on Arcadia. This was our first cruise on this ship, having previously sailed on Oceana and...

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we had friends on this cruise - P&O virgins though not cruise virgins - having 'done' Alaska.
We were very worried cos they booked it on the...

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08 Sep 2013, 18:25
J308 Iceland and Fjords July 2013

by qbman1 » 26 Jul 2013, 08:50

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By “popular” demand, here are a few personal views on Arcadia’s recent jaunt to Iceland and Norway.

EPISODE I

The drive down to Southampton was...

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When we were in Bergen last year, a couple were late back to the ship. We left pretty much on time, after the usual bong-bings and announcements....

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25 Aug 2013, 10:41
J310 report

by Sybella » 23 Aug 2013, 13:11

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J310
Just back from one of the best cruises we have been on.
It was a 17 night’s Central Mediterranean cruise on Arcadia
We arrived at the Mayflower...

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Glad to hear that you had such a good time.

We are on Arcadia doing a similar itinerary in October and are so looking forward to it.

Michele

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24 Aug 2013, 12:12
Arcadia J306 - fjords 1st time cruiser report

by bellybee » 30 Jun 2013, 15:08

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I am sorry I realise this is probably way too detailed but please find my first days report below. I will add more as I get it typed up.

Holiday...

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what a great review

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Last post by Dark Knight
26 Jul 2013, 14:27
Arcadia J305 short cruise report

by Whynd1 » 19 Jun 2013, 15:24

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Just a short report on the above cruise for 12 nights, which called at Lisbon, Gibraltar, Barcelona, Valencia, Almeria and Cadiz.
It rained in LIsbon...

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Hi Sue, I thought Id sent you a PM, but looks like I didn't lol....we met up with David and Karen onboard, they were staying on to go to Norway, hope...

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24 Jun 2013, 08:44

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