Ocean Village Cruises

New Ships For P&O

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:45:35 +0000

P&O Cruises Australia has announced plans to extend its fleet with the addition of two more ships over the next two years.

The first of the two ships will be named Pacific Jewel and will sail from Brisbane in December 2009. Pacific Jewel will become the sister ship to Pacific Dawn. The second of the two ships will arrive late in 2010 and will sail from Auckland. Both superliners will carry approximately 2000 passengers.

The two ships will be deployed to P&O Australia from Carnival UK following the phasing out of Ocean Village Cruises.

For the full press release see The Cruise News.

Ocean Village Tropical Taster

Steve — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:21:16 +0000

Get the best of both worlds with Ocean Village Cruises on a Tropical Taster cruise. Jump on board Ocean village 2 at Majorca and cross the Atlantic via Madeira to the sunny Caribbean.

You can enjoy visiting a total of eleven Caribbean destinations before flying back to the UK from Aruba. This wonderful Ocean Village cruises experience will certainly give you a totally tropical taste.

Ocean Village Cruises Closed

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:48:29 +0000

Ocean Village Cruises is to be closed as the Carnival Corporation rearrange their UK based operation.

Even though Island Cruises has been sold by Royal Caribbean, this was not enough to save Ocean Village Cruises and they will be run down with both ships switching to P&O Cruises Australia.

According to Carnival Corporation, the UK market will be better served with the current P&O Cruises fleet which is set to expand when Azure joins them in March 2010.

Cunard, one of the other Carnival Corporation owned cruise lines are also set to get a new ship, the Queen Elizabeth in 2010.

Ocean Village Cruises to Close

Paula — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:20:03 +0000

Ocean Village Cruises is to be closed as the Carnival Corporation rearrange their UK based operation.

Even though Island Cruises has been sold by Royal Caribbean, this was not enough to save Ocean Village Cruises and they will be run down with both ships switching to P&O Cruises Australia.

According to Carnival Corporation, the UK market will be better served with the current P&O Cruises fleet which is set to expand when Azure joins them in March 2010.

Cunard, one of the other Carnival Corporation owned cruise lines are also set to get a new ship, the Queen Elizabeth in 2010.

Ocean Village Deck Show Spectacular

Steve — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:19:09 +0000

Sailing with Ocean Village Cruises is never boring. Not with spectacular evening entertainment such as their amazing open air aerial deck show. Acrobats and artists perform death defying acts high above the pool deck with lasers lighting up the clear skies of the Ocean.

Grab yourself a cocktail, sit back and watch this amazing show to a backdrop of atmospheric music. Ocean village cruises offer this wonderful experience as part of all their cruising packages.

Ocean Village Crete to Caribbean

Steve — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:15:14 +0000

Join the original Ocean Village at the beautiful Greek island of Crete for a twelve-night cruise that will stay with you forever. You will head towards the Atlantic Ocean via Alicante and Madeira before making a transatlantic crossing to the Caribbean hot spot of Antigua.

Ocean Village transatlantic cruises are a great way to see two different parts of the worlds in all their splendour. The return flight home to the UK will be from beautiful Barbados – what a way to end a fantastic holiday!

Visa Waiver Scheme

Steve — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:26:18 +0000

Many people do not realise that travelling to the States does not require a visa; it is operated by what is known as the Visa Waiver Scheme. As long as you have a new and machine readable passport you will be fine.

However, if you have been arrested for any crime, even if you where not found guilty, it could effect your chances of getting onto the US. If you have any doubt contact the Consular Information unit, United States Embassy, 24 Grosvenor Square, London W1A 1AE or U.S. Embassy Dublin 42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Further information can be obtained by visiting www.usembassy.org.uk.

Original Article found on Royal Caribbean Cruise.

Ocean Village Bars

Steve — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:50:47 +0000

The original Ocean Village plays host to some stylish and atmospheric bars including: Connexions Bar, the contemporary-style Blue Bar, Bayside Bar and Nightclub and The Marquee cabaret bar.

You can also have a refreshing cocktail at The Splash swim-up-bar and a nice pint in the Ocean Village pub, The Oval. If you didn’t think you were afloat before you will be after visiting all of these drinking holes!

Ocean Village Special Treats

Steve — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:48:54 +0000

If you are celebrating a special occasion whilst on an Ocean Village cruise you can purchase lots of little extras to make your special day go with a bang. Champagne, chocolates, flowers, cakes, balloons and party poppers can all be purchased before you set sail.

For that extra special Ocean Village touch why not get a luxury continental breakfast delivered to your cabin that includes champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries? That lot should keep them happy!

The Ocean Village Marquee

Steve — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:46:53 +0000

The original Ocean Village plays host to a fantastic entertainment venue called The Marquee. The largest of the ship’s entertainment hot spots has live bands, tribute acts plus cabarets and shows.

Tribute acts include Ronan Keating, Bee Gees, Cher, Kylie Minogue, Mick Hucknall, Neil Diamond, Madonna, Lionel Richie and the Blues Brothers. It that’s not enough for you there is always the old faithful – The Abba Singalong!