Arcadia Review
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We enjoyed a fabulous cruise around the Baltic on the Arcadia. This was my thrid cruise having not been on one for several years but prior cruises had been on the Oriana.
The Arcadia is a lovely ship, it did take me a little while to rememeber where everything was but as most places to go (other than the cabins) are located on decks 2,3 or 9 I got to grips with it relatively quickly. I do though seem to remember that the layout on the Oriana was better but that may have been a figment of my imagination.
The first night we were all invited to a sail away reception on one of the upper decks. Like another reviewer on here we were under the impression that it was a free glass of Champagne (I'm sure that's what we heard on the tannoy) but when we got up there we were told that we had to pay for the drinks. I'm not sure if this was a mistake by the person who announced the reception of whether this happens regularly but it's worth listening out for on future cruises.
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Southampton
Embarkation was extremely straightforward and easy
Rostock (Warnemunde)
Fantastic and as we were there during the Regatta it had an amazing atmosphere. When we left, the ship almost became part of the Regatta and all the boats were sounding their horns which for me was quite a magical moment.
Brussels
You dock at Zeebrugge and we took a shuttle into town where you are dropped off round the corner from the rail station. The shuttle took about 15 mins and the train about 10 or so. It cost something like 6 Euros return on the train so saved a lot instead of paying P&O to take us all the way on an excursion. It was also far quicker by train but if you have mobility issues then it's probably better to take an excursion.