Topic: P&O has taken delivery of Adonia

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It is the KIEL canal not Keal Canal, named after the German port city of Kiel connecting the Baltic Sea with the North Sea.

Opps it's name is now the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal it was known as the Kaiser-Wilhem-Kanal until 1948

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Having sailed on the Royal Princess (soon to become Adonia) over a year ago, both my husband and I remarked at the time what a great ship it would be sailing under P and O. The deocr is traditional with alot of woodwork and resembles an English country house. There are even mock fireplaces insome of the lounges and the library. It is to be hoped with the refit by P and O that the only alteration be made would be tot he casino area which formed part of one of the lounges.

It is such a shame that it is not taking on the role of the old Victoria and undertaking Caribbean fly cruises during the winter season. Artemis took on this role so why not Adonia?

We too sailed on Royal a few years back - and agree that she is just like a country house hotel. We just love the size of the ship, and were devotees of the old Sea Princess/Victoria. So with two cruises booked on her this year, and two next, we do hope we aren't disappointed, although I guess that the P&O cuisine will be nowhere near the quality served by Princess. This for us is important and if P&O could source its catering from the suppliers to Princess, certainly many cruisers would be happy.
For this year we have the Baltic cruise at the end of June - and then a long cruise to the Black Sea later in the year, hence the importance of the cuisine question. We can only hope!!

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We too sailed on Royal a few years back - and agree that she is just like a country house hotel. We just love the size of the ship, and were devotees of the old Sea Princess/Victoria. So with two cruises booked on her this year, and two next, we do hope we aren't disappointed, although I guess that the P&O cuisine will be nowhere near the quality served by Princess. This for us is important and if P&O could source its catering from the suppliers to Princess, certainly many cruisers would be happy.
For this year we have the Baltic cruise at the end of June - and then a long cruise to the Black Sea later in the year, hence the importance of the cuisine question. We can only hope!!

This is interesting to me as I was worried about the Country Manor discription of the Adonia. This is why I cancelled my booking I made over a year ago, and rebooked on Cunard.
Now I have sailed on the old Sea Princess before she became Victoria, ten or more times. I used to sail on her three or four times a year. I just loved the old Sea Princess. I had so many wonderful cruises on her and made friends that I still have till this day. However, that was around 25 plus years ago and things change and times change. I doubt I would be as " in love" with the old Sea Princess style now a days. People have changed and the the type of passengers who sailed on Sea Princess are now few and far between. It was a very dressy ship and very formal with silver service at the tables.
I await to read the reviews of this revamped "R" ship The Adonia. I may well be suprised!
I moved on to Princess Cruises after Sea Princess became Victoria and I really liked the then new Princess ships. I was on the maiden voyage of both Star Princess in 1989 and the Crown Princess in 1990 ( now operates as the Pacific Jewel) they were great ships. The Star Princess later became Ocean Village. So really I moved on from the country manor theme and for the last 15 years been a Cunard addict.