Arcadia Review
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Everything started well in Southampton with good embarkation. It was after we arrived at our cabin that we were told the dress code for this cruise had been changed. We had asked P&O more than once about this but they always insisted that the 3 dress codes would be in place until after the world cruise. When we arrived and then were told that the jacket required nights had been changed we were not too pleased. Our problem was that we were flying back from Chile and only had 23 kilos baggage allowance. Had we known the dress code in advance we could have saved a few kilos each.
Anyway apart from that the cabin was very nice, clean and comfortable. Another thing we were not too pleased about was that P&O told us that the cabin had a pair of binoculars and atlas. We then decided not to take our own binoculars only to find that the ones in the cabin were of poor quality and had we known we should have taken our own.
After that most of the cruise was great, we had some very good speakers for the first 2 weeks, the entertainers were good. The food in the Meridian restaurant was quite good and our waiters were excellent especially Derga and Arvind.
Cabin Review
Deluxe Stateroom with Balcony and Bath/Shower
Very clean and comfortable, nice bathroom with small bath. 40 inch tv with BBC and SKY news and plenty of sport and film channels. Loungers and table on balcony. Very comfortable bed. No complaints at all with cabin.
Port Reviews
Tenerife
A very good place to stop off. Very easy to walk into town and as we had been before and seen the sights we just had a wander about.
Montevideo
Another nice clean city, I recommend the open top bus from near the port gates.
Stanley
A great day was had here in Stanley, we took a mini bus ride to Gypsy Cove to see the penguins, also had lots of time to wander around Stanley.
Punta Arenas
Not much off a town but we had a walk round to the main square and the market. After a coffee break we walked to the cemetery. It is well worth the visit, could have spent longer there but had to be back at base.
Southampton
embarcation
Santiago (Valparaiso)
Disembarcation
Tahiti (Papeete)
no
Bora Bora
not on ship
Tauranga
left ship
Auckland
no
Sydney (Australia)
Fantastic Place to visit
Brisbane
no
Cairns
Don't miss the barrier reef
Manila
o
Hong Kong
Lots to see, good place to visit is the peak.
Beijing
n
Nagasaki
n
Honolulu
Fantastic
Hilo
good
San Francisco
One of our favorite ports of call. Visit Alcatraz take a tram ride and have a meal in China town.
San Diego
visit the zoo
Aruba
Great place
St. Maarten
Lots of cheap shopping
Ponta Delgada
great