A west med cruise on ORIANA

Contribuitor Bob Percival, told us his favourite highlights when he boarded ORIANA for a Western Mediterranean cruise in July of 2010, in which we now share among with some related images taken by him during this, let's just say, fantastic and memorable cruise.

ORIANA backing into Ocean Terminal, Southampton

"The first picture was taken from the Town Quay Southampton, I was so excited again(I am 66) and our hotel overlooked the harbour so i got up at about 5!! and walked down to see her arrive. I knew she always came back about 5/6 and I walked down to the end of the car park of Town Quay, and she appeared out of the mist!! and I was SO excited!! She then stopped, swung round and backed into the new Ocean Terminal. The first pic was taken by 07.03 am on 30/07/2010, she was coming back from a 7 night Norwegian fjords cruise.... and we were going on West med. cruise: Malaga-Dubrovnik-Venice -Split-Kotor(amazed by Kotor and approach)-Corfu-Gibraltar; Wonderful!!

The second pic was taken at 11.12 on 1/08/2010, I was sitting at my favourite seat Rear Terrace A deck, and the wedding party came out for photos. It was the day before we made our first call in Malaga, Spain."

ORIANA's port of registry change in 2006, to Hamilton(Bermuda flag), allowed couples to perform their wedding cerimonies onboard.

Photos & Text: © Bob Percival.