ORIANA's New Year on film

A subject we have mentioned on previous occasions a cruise on board ORIANA calling in Funchal on New Years Eve is an experience which very few can fail to be impressed by the events the day play host to from the port full of cruise ships filling all available berths and also sitting on anchor during the day.
 As the light fades the city comes alive with the illumination of the Christmas lights, from the decks of a docked ship the entire waterfront forms a beautiful panorama of light and colour and end the day and the year the world famous fireworks display complemented by a cacophony of ship's and boat's horns .
It is an event which P&O has had a presence at for almost 30 years and for a number of those ORIANA  has been on hand to welcome in the new year.
One such New Year we have mentioned previously was of 2004/2005 and thanks to the medium of film we once again join avid P&O Cruiser David Taylor as we see a little of the the adventures of passengers on this cruise enjoyed from leaving a wintery Southampton to enjoying the fireworks in Funchal.

ORIANA docked in Funchal 31st December 2004

Below we present the entire video shot by David from the cruise.

 The New Year's fireworks display can be jumped to using the following link  and our previous post on 2004 New Years Eve call can be found here

Photo Copyright: João Abreu