Topic: P&O Cruises completes Adonia repairs ahead of schedule

P&O Cruises' vessel the Adonia has departed Falmouth ahead of schedule, following emergency repair work on the ship.



Last month, the cruise holiday provider announced that the 30,000 tonne ship would require urgent repairs ahead of an 87-night world cruise.



The news saw a ten-night trip, previously scheduled to depart from Naples on January 3rd, cancelled with pressure on P&O Cruises to repair the vessel ahead of the three-month trip.



However, these fears have now been allayed after round-the-clock work on the ship saw it depart the Cornwall port, two days before the cruise begins.



Speaking to thisissouthdevon.co.uk, A&P Falmouth managing director Peter Child said: "We gave a major commitment to complete the work within the four-day window, and we have delivered to ensure this happened."



According to Mr Child, the firm had around 60 highly skilled staff working on the boat on a 24-hour basis.



The Adonia has now arrived in Southampton ahead of tomorrow's cruise, with up to 710 passengers set to enjoy the 87-night trip.

Have you travelled aboard the Adonia?

Wiith the weather being so wonderful , the viewing space above the docks was completely full every day, so many people came to see her, a lot of these were dedicated PO fans and found myself having wonderful conversations with them regarding past cruises.

Now if only PO would depart from Falmouth on some of it's cruises, that would be a bonus, we spoke with Carol Marlowe on our last cruise, and she said she was suprised how many west country people sailed with PO, we made up a large contingent on the world cruise, here's hoping. CG

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Wiith the weather being so wonderful , the viewing space above the docks was completely full every day, so many people came to see her, a lot of these were dedicated PO fans and found myself having wonderful conversations with them regarding past cruises.

Now if only PO would depart from Falmouth on some of it's cruises, that would be a bonus, we spoke with Carol Marlowe on our last cruise, and she said she was suprised how many west country people sailed with PO, we made up a large contingent on the world cruise, here's hoping. CG

Hi CG, the Arcadia left Southampton on Monday Evening for the World Cruise and the first stop was Barcelona on Friday so it would seem that there would have been ample time for a detour to Falmouth.