Our EMBARKATION in Southampton and EXPLORATION of P&O IONA - DAY 1 VLOG
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Day 1 of our P&O Iona Northern Europe cruise was our embarkation day. We embarked from Ocean Terminal in Southampton and the process was incredible. We decided to park our car in West Quay multi-storey. This was our first time sailing on P&O Iona and we immediately went to explore this huge ship! We dined in the Quays for lunch and took in some incredible views from the Crow's nest. In the the evening we had a great meal in the main dining room and enjoyed Festivals in the Headliners Theatre the Skydome show, Rise, was an experience. Pulse performed in the Clubhouse and we ended the evening in the late night buffet!
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An absolutely fantastic video guys! It felt like we were right back on Iona 😍 it was great to meet you in the Clubhouse in the evening 😁🪩 looking forward to the rest of this series!
Ahh amazing!! Thank you so much for watching. It was really great to meet you. Hope to see you on a cruise again soon
The official "thoroughly enjoyed it" count: IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII III
🤣🤣🤣 we must have thoroughly enjoyed it
The bird show….. 😂😂, looked like a fever dream! Great vlog boys ❤
Thanks for watching. It was very strange
Ah I love an Iona vlog! I miss The Quays! The bird show has to be one of the weirdest cruise entertainment I've seen🤣Great video guys 😄
Thank you. We are glad it’s not just us who think so
It makes such a difference getting onboard earlier, can’t believe you packed so much into your embarkation day!
Of course we are professionals 🤣
We also failed to book the 710 club however we discovered that if you turn up half an hour or so before a show there's a stand-by line and about ten minutes pre-show-time they let people in without a booking. We did this several times and got in every time.
Thanks for watching. Great tip
Been waiting for this series! Had such a fun week on Iona in Feb that I’ve only gone and booked it for 2025! Hopefully get to Hamburg next time!
Thank you so much. Fingers crossed 🤞
It be nice if Iona could regularly switch out Hamburg for Bremerhaven or somewhere else as they do the Hamburg/Zeebrugge/Rotterdam cruise too often.
We agree, although we enjoy Hamburg it was really nice to have a change.
New ĥere. Can't wait to see where you go
Thank you for watching. We look forward to taking you with us. 😊
Loved the Sunset Bar on Arvia, Iona looks similar.
Thanks for watching. Yes they are very similar. No Swim up bar on Iona though
We got foccacia on azura too! Took me by surprise. Usually only get the standard white or brown rolls.
We do love a bit of variety. Costa bread has been a favourite of ours
The Iona looks quite nice👍
She is a lovely ship and kept in good shape but does feel big
So nice to see new content. Will be in England later this month for my British Isles cruise on Caribbean Princess
Thank you for watching. Which port are you most looking forward to
@@TomandDomTravel Probably Holyhead and Edinburgh
The meringue was delicious, (I had it on Azura earlier in the year) but Pavlova it was not!!
Thanks for watching! Good to know
Omg - what dates were you there? I think you were on the same cruise as us!! How did we not see you!! Our cruise was Feb 9th. Great video. Loving this . 🍻
Oh wow!! Yes it was the same cruise. Can’t believe we have cruised together and not known
@@TomandDomTravel man!!! We are so going to go though all out Iona vids now to see if we captured you!!
We could be in the background somewhere. We will keep a look out for you as we are editing our series
Great vlog . Can I just ask is the venue where pulse is ,no children after 11 .
Thank you!! 🤩 Technically yes. They did announce it over the mic. It was often ignored though
Another great review guys.... :) Agreed that bl*ody bird show is just WIERD lol !!!!!! Just a small point... you mentioned you would not accept an upgrade to a deck 8 cabin.... Don't shoot me if I'm incorrect, but my understanding is if you tick the box to upgrade you can not then refuse the upgrade and keep your original cabin... ?
Thanks for watching Steve. Yes you are correct pre boarding.
Yeah I agree Rise is weird 😂
All very strange