Our Very FIRST Cruise! - 'Embarkation' How Was It Onboard AURORA With P&O Cruises?
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Part 1 - So what is this cruising lark all about? We try a 4-night P and O cruise from Southampton onboard the P and O Aurora.
This was our very first cruise. We have a look at the P&O ship as we cruise to Zeebrugge and Bruges before heading to Guernsey.
The price of a balcony cabin was £349 pp.
In Part 1 we see what embarkation from Southampton is like and take a tour of the ship before spending a day at sea before docking at Zeebrugge for a tour of Bruges.
Next time we take a look at Bruges itself as well as the trip to St Peter Port in Guernsey.
So will we like it and become regular cruises?
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I found this a few weeks later. This is a good cruise for first timers, we did it on our tenth but still loved it. As another cruise blogger said, the worst day on a cruise is better than the best day in the office. We took our kids on their first cruise on an similar itinerary, as we drove up my daughter saw the ship - Britannia and said 'there is no need for that!'. Once they were on the upper deck with cocktails and fried chicken their views mellowed. After that they thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep reviews going and keep cruising.
Thanks, we'll be seeing Britannia ourselves in the next couple of weeks.
Your husband’s really funny 😂
“That’s where the band plays when the ship starts to sink” 😂😂
Yeah funny ha ha or funny weird? :D
"this is where the band plays when the ship sinks" 😂. Brilliant, thanks for that.
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Aurora was the very first cruise we sailed on 11 years ago. We loved it then and have been on it recently. It’s small and very different to P&O’s newer cruise ships. We love P&O
Yes, it was a very nice ship for our first cruise experience.
Their scones at afternoon tea are not very good, I find there is a bitter element to them.
😊😊😊😊 A new adventure and you both look so thrilled & having a great time - Looking forward to part two
Yes, it was good to try something new. We did have fun.
I am so happy that you have decided to give cruising a go. I hope you love it. It seems that you have picked the perfect starters cruise, not too long and on a reasonable sized ship to get a feel for things. Looking forward to seeing all about your trip.
Mel's already looking at the brochures for the next trip.
Aurora was our first cruise in August 12 days of piece ( adults only) loved it have now booked another one to Iceland cannot wait
Might see you there, if you're on the 7-21 July one. 💁🏻♀️
19:45 Sunday 14th May 2023.
We did our 1st cruise in 2000
And since then we did 11 night from Southampton twice. And in 2019 we did 14 night carribean cruise from Miami.Having done that we will never do a Med cruise again.
Ships were Crown Princess.
Royal Caribbean Explorer of the seasm
MSC SEASIDE.
Allways went for a balcony after the 1st ship. If you get confined to your cabin thru illness you can sit outside.... try the carribean folks it was great. Enjoy all your cruises.
Mel has her eye on a Caribbean cruise.
I laughed so hard at the point that you said 'That's where the band plays when the ship is sinking' 🤣 I will be booking my first cruise next year & I'm so excited! Great video for first time cruisers to research the ships. I'm gonna watch part 2 now. :)
Cheers, hope you have a good time next year.
I was on the Maiden Voyage of Aurora and have been back onboard a few times since.Cruised since I was 8 (now64) cruising is not the same as it once was.Watching you walk round it’s funny everytime you turned a corner I knew what was coming
We thought the ship was good and the trip was excellent value.
My friends were on that too…🎉
Well you two are a breath of fresh air, enjoyed your video, thanks!
Thank you. It was fun experiencing something new.
Great choice for your first cruise. Aurora 's one of my favourites.. The promenade deck on Aurora is lovely. Da iawn.
Thanks. We were lucky with the weather too, sunny and dry (once the fog lifted).
@@flydriveexplore I nearly went on this cruise. It's eerie when the fog comes down. I had it last year. The fog came down going to Guernsey. We nearly didn't make it ashore. Look forward to seeing the next part.
We loved it and p and o are so well priced too
Hi Marcus. Awesome live cruise video. I enjoyed it. Must have been relaxing. Have a great day see you next video 😀
Yes, it was very relaxing and good to be offline for a few days.
Really enjoyed your video, the ship looks like a good size for a 1st time cruise.
Thanks, Yes I think it was the right size for our first cruise.
You picked the best ship for your first cruise, we love Aurora so easy to get about. We are booked on her in 2024 to the Carabbean and back 30 days of pure enjoyment.
That sounds a really good cruise and a nice length of trip. We're a bit jealous
Its brilliant to share your first cruise experience and you really conveyed well the sense of mystery , nervousness and excitement that we had when we took our first cruise. The only problem is that it is a bit addictive.
Yes, she's booked another one.
@@flydriveexplore Have a great time - looking forward to part 2 of your maiden voyage.
I really enjoyed this thanks both
Our pleasure
We went on Aurora for a day visit before her launch then joined her in Hong Kong for a segment of her first world cruise and been about ten times on her ..we had a world cruise booked for 2021 yes …it was cancelled..so we are on her in July for Norway and Iceland .
Glad you loved her …we do too
Yes we did enjoy, that first trip from Hong Kong must have been exiting.
I love your nautical terms! We often call them boats, and regularly use pointy end and blunt end 🤣
Nice video its nice to experience your first cruise and enjoyed it
Ive been on a lot of p&,O ships they are all good obviously some are newer then others .but the standards are high on all of them.happy cruising.
Thanks, we're hoping to do the Fjords next.
Good luck im sure you will enjoy it .its nice to do different places each cruise if you can .it's a nice way to relax as well..
We went on our first cruise to Hamburg and Bruges at the very end of November. We sailed on Ventura and it had been decorated ready for Christmas. It was so lovely that we are booked to go to the Norwegian Fjords 😊
Sounded good. Mel's just booked us on a trip to the Fjords.
@@flydriveexplore amazing 😻
Came back today from our cruise to Vigo, Lisbon, Porto and Guernsey on the Aurora. We had a excellent time and thought the ship was a good size, not too big at all.
Food overall was pretty good especially at the specialty restaurants, particularly Sindhu. The staff were excellent and work extremely hard.
Needless to say, we have the holiday blues.
Watched this video prior to leaving and found it helpful. Thank you.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed your trip. We enjoyed Sindhu as well. We are in Southampton at the moment and just saw the Aurora going out this evening, on the way to Norway we think.
@@flydriveexplore I take it you are off on another cruise. Look forward to seeing a video from your next excursion.
@@maurice8607 Yes we are 👍
@@flydriveexplore Great stuff. Don't forget to video 😀
Looking at a Fjords now. Looks superb.
We are a regular on Aurora, we love that it’s a small ship. We can relax away from hustle and bustle of our busy lives. Hope you had a fantastic time .
We did, thanks.
Absolutely loved your vlog on Aurora we've watched some of your other holiday vlogs and the food ones loved them can't wait for your Fjords one we went on are first cruise 4 years ago on AZURA to the Fjords it was incredible thank-you for sharing take care see ya soon xx 🙋♀️🤗👍🌸🌷🌻🌹🌼
Thanks, we can't wait to go. Hopefully some more food ones before that.
I didn’t think you would like a cruise 🏴☠️ but you both look like you’re having a lot of fun 😆⚓️🏴☠️⚓️
We did, it was good trying something completely new to us. Luckily, I didn't spot any icebergs in the channel.
Aurora was our first cruise ship,we went for 18 nights around the med, fell in love with this smaller ship, we have been back on her and its like a old friend, so relaxing and crew were brilliant. Enjoy your cruising life.😊
Yes, we really enjoyed our first trip on Aurora.
Fantastic!! Thank you. Love it!
You are welcome!
LOVED this video! Your excitement is contagious. Now that you've been bitten by the balcony/verandah cabin bug, there's no going down. If you want to vlog dinners, ask for a table for 2 and definitely request to change your dining time from early to late or 8:00 p.m., if that is your preference. A great vlogger reference is Paul & Carole Love To Travel - fellow Brits and so funny, not unlike you. I'm now going to watch Part 2.
Thanks for the tips! Yes, we watch Paul and Carole, informative but fun and don't take themselves too seriously. 👍
Glad you enjoy your cruise we are on the Aurora just now and we are in cabin A262 just leaving Sweden so far so good
We are ever so slightly envious lol
Just a few cabins away from where we stayed. Hope you have a good time.
Great video butties! Da iawn!
Cheers
Really loved this video. I'm off on to Aurora this week and found your video to be very useful. Cannot wait and hoping to capture some footage myself for some videos 😊
Glad it was helpful and have a good time.
Such a cool thing to experience! hope you guys had fun😃
Thanks, we did.
I love cruising, first time with P and O is next year . Fingers crossed 🤞
Hi, we enjoyed our first cruise although we have nothing to compare it to.We felt value for money was really good.
That was very enjoyable. It certainly makes for a pleasant change from cruising the back lanes of Porthcawl and Port Talbot.
I think thats a different form of cruising? 🤪
Wow amazing
Thanks so much for this, Mel & Marcus. We head off on our first cruise - also on Aurora - in 2 weeks time as a silver wedding treat.
How was the singing activity, Mel? I'm looking forward to joining that too. 😊
Mel loves her singing onboard P & O. Hope you have a good time!
How was your first cruise? Did you enjoy it and will you be going on another?
We’ve cruised many times with different companies etc … the size of Aroura is perfect for us, we’re not fans of the mega big ships at all. Not been on Aroura herself yet, but we aim for about 2,000 passengers.
Thanks for sharing this - we’re thinking of booking a cruise on her next!!
Yes - It was a good size for our first cruise.
have you been on Britannia? We may give her a go next?
@@MellissaWilliamsjewellerylover yes - on a short cruise, 4 nights. We liked her. Nice size. Iona was a bit big for us - very smart because she was brand new, and not full because of Covid, but would not want to be on her full!!
@@lornas_corner That's good to know! Thank you
We did cruises on a number of P&O cruise. I really liked the Aurora.
A beautiful ship.
I hope you both find your first cruise
exciting on board the Aurora. 🤞🤞
Thanks for sharing your flawless video.
It brings back memories for us. 👍
Thanks we really enjoyed our first cruise. So much so, Mel has just booked another one.
@@flydriveexplore
Your both hooked now !!
😂😂
Went on the Aurora a few years back with our son. He had a great timd with the captain's kids at the time. We were in the lift with Debbie Magee( Paul Daniels wife) It was a lovely ship & personally i wouldn't want to go on anything bigger. Glad you had a great time.
Thanks - it sounded like a great trip.
Great video! Hope you enjoyed your first cruise?!?
We depart on our 39th in 3 days’ time, but this will be our first time on Aurora.
What a great overview you’ve given us of the ship and food - so well filmed too!
Whether at sea or on land, enjoy your adventures.
Looking forward to part two.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, we enjoyed our first trip so much we have booked another.
You both are going to love it. We have done 2 p and o cruises and 1 royal Caribbean. But p and o is better value for money. Can’t wait to do Arvia in 2025. Have a lovely cruise. X
Mel's already looking at brochures for our next cruise. Yes, we felt it was good value for money.
Went on our first cruise in August 2019 and absolutely loved every minute of it. We booked two further cruises but had to cancel because of the Plague 😢
Yep, lots of cancelled trips over the last few years. At least we can now travel without all the testing etc, it all seems back to normal (ish).
@@flydriveexplore thankfully 👍🏼
Wow, fantastic first cruise... Great video again 😊
Woof from Otis!
Cheers, I'll take a look at his antics over on your channel
@@flydriveexplore Great to see you out and about in the flesh.. cheers Andrew
We have done 2 or 3 cruises. On our first one we had the same apparent dining arrangements as you, we sat with 3 other couples. They were great company for our 2 weeks. Hope you got on well with your fellow diners. In addition on our first cruise our first night was spent in a gale in the North Sea, plates and glasses sliding everywhere, glad you had calmer weather. Looking forward to Part 2.
Yes, we were really lucky with the weather and the people they sat us with were good too. Saying that we only dined twice on the big tablas as the other two nights we were in the speciality dining restaurants.
An interesting and wholesome view of cruise virgins voyage of discovery, particularly interesting because my next cruise is on Aurora
Thanks and hope you enjoy the cruise.
I've never done a cruise holiday, but seeing this, I definitely don't fancy it butt 😂
Luckily it's not compulsory butt.
Lovely enjoy yourselves
To our surprise, we really did enjoy
Lovely video... Thank you. You cut Mel off when she was talking quite a lot. Its not a horrible comment..lovely couple... Lovely vid..just bouncing off each off each other more would be fun.
Someone did suggest the hashtag #LetMelTalk on a previous video. Don't worry, she doesn't let me interrupt her when we're off camera.
@@flydriveexplore thanks for taking it ok, just a suggestion to help your UA-cam career be successful 👍
He cuts me off all the time lol I’m used to it now #LetMelTalk
Done p&o twice was nice, then tried cunard , been 7 times, and will go again, I'll say no more, except nice video.
I think we will get around to trying some others, Mel's got the cruise bug.
@flydriveexplore try the Queen Mary on a fjord cruise, fantastic, a ocean liner, a different level.
Good choice in going with a smaller ship. Never slept better than at sea.
Yes, the beds and sleeping was really good. Nice and relaxing.
Same with me, like a baby especially when in an inside cabin.
I just mine with my husband and a friend cruise around the med for next June 2024. Upgraded our cabin with balcony
Have a good time 👍
I have yet to go on the adult ship,been on Britannia beautiful ship, dont book during school holidays as less busy if you ever go on the Britannia,we had a balcony cabin the shower was to die for plus a cubicle no shower certain which was good. We had freedom dining but on celebration nights unless you went to dine early got busy in the sit down restaurants so alway go by 6-6.30 then you will get a table after 7pm you may have to wait,will book select dining for 8.30 pm next time, all a learning curve.whatever ship you sail on do select dining if you want a restaurant second sittings always best i think.
Thanks, we will be trying the Britannia very soon.
I was on this same cruise with my mum! 😮😂
Did she enjoy it?
Did you enjoy Sarah?
I think cruising was better twenty-five years ago. Silver service at dinner, cabin staff had more time to chat and quite a bit more. It's all down to personal taste. Ships are too big for us now but a recent river cruise was a revelation.
We do fancy trying a river cruise.
@@flydriveexplore worth considering, ships with 120/150 passangers, no assembling in areas to go on tour, berthed near towns, food on a par with the larger ships. Hope you will like it.
I overdosed on the Hot Chocolate in that shop! Quite odd! ;-)
It was really sweet, but nice!
ha ha it was really sweet wasn't it!
We went on Aurora cruising around the Med. I must say that I did prefer the Arcadia though. Did you notice that every time you sit down in a bar they try to sell you a drink.
They were quite keen with the drinks.
Shirt collar..always go half side bigger especially for a cruise but better for sitting and eating …top tip given to OH when we first cruised by a tailor.
Eating early means you can get to entertainment
Yes, it was an advantage eating early to get to the shows and yes, a new shirt for the next cruise I think. 🤣
@@flydriveexplore chubby neck ;)
good review
Thanks 👍
looks very dated but not a bad first cruise
I know what you mean Marcus & Mel Facebook can be like that lol . Xx
We have been thinking of a cruise for some time, we have just booked a fiord cruise for next may, still not sure if it’s gonna be for us but we are going to give it a try,,,
Yep, you have to try it to see. We're sure you'll have a good time.
Yes that’s a boat compared to the big cruise ships, they are building the titanic the 2nd they say online so delayed I think by things.if you like it shipmates go bigger every time on the ships a new angle for you,think you’ve missed fishfingers with the captain though,they normally dress for dinner white suit look fine on you marcus and that doll Mel hanging of your arm,that’s the cruise life as I imagine it still is
Fish fingers with the captain? Maybe next time
Never been called a doll before lol
A nice start too, I agree with you about American cruise ships, (been on 2 huge ones) the whole deck from back to front is "the casino" to me is very annoying, having said that, did you spend your £10 on gambling, it's a must at sea.
Yes we did spend £10 and came away with £16.50! We're not going to let the win change our lives.
Is this ship ok for a disabled person in a wheelchair is there like ramps and larger rooms for my wheelchair ?
There are lifts but I'm not sure. If you contact P&O directly, I'm sure they would have details of the wheelchair-accessible ships and cabins.
The Aurora does have adapted rooms for the disabled. The times we have been on the ship, there were quite a few people with wheel chairs and scooters .
@@karenkilner1090 thankyou
@@karenkilner1090 thankyou
Next time go for second sitting then you dont have to rush.
Good vlog from pontycymer
Cheers
You are a handsome guy and a stunning lady, think I saw your ship going on line but live
Being British, we find it hard to cope with such praise, cheers.👍
@@flydriveexplore :D
Apparently American retirees buy a permanent room on the big cruise ships and live on them! It’s a really cheap way of living
I would have laughed at that but now I've been on one, I can see why they would do it.
Topless skateboarding nuns. Good name. 🚢😂😂
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Would love to take my mum on a cruise, only trouble is we both suffer with extremely bad sea sickness. Would love to know if theres a way round it.
Its sad that some of the Pro cruise facebook people were rude, everybody has to start somewhere.
We were concerned about seasickness too. We did take travel tablets for the first couple of days but didn't need them after that.
@@flydriveexplore really? That's brilliant to know. Didn't want to waste money by not getting out of the loo for the entire time
@@doodles3075 we have been looking at cruising for a long time and were worried about feeling sick so we took Kwells and Sturgeon with us. It was relatively calm but we used the travel tablets on a small tender boat when going to Guernsey and weren't ill so they definitely work!
Whatever you do don’t go on P&O Britannia the most boring ship ever, if this had been my first cruise it would have put me off cruising forever.
Why, what's wrong with it? Boring is a bit of a general description.
@@flydriveexplore if you have to ask why then you have no taste
@@betsyjones2912 We ask why because we have not been on that ship! Hence, we don't know what your 'boring' experience was like.
Anyone remember no jab no cruise ?, now the customers are popping their clogs. Shove your cruise where the sun don,t shine.
What on earth are you ranting on about? And why are you watching cruise vlogs if it winds you up so much? By the way, thanks for another view on our stats.
Loved this but found it very hard to hear.
Glad you liked and thanks for the feedback regarding the sound.
It’s can’t be compared to a cruise. This is a ferry….
OK! - Then we really enjoyed our ferry ride.
My hubby would love a cruise but I’m terrified of terrorists tbh & that’s why we’ve never gone.
I think the biggest threat would be getting trampled in the rush for cake at the late night buffet.
Why didn't you get a decent haircut on a cruise
OOOOOH!! get you.
Sir, I was hoping to watch a video of the boarding process, the available facilities, the entertainment and generally the experience, but you give a cynical and judgemental opinion, so unfortunately I will no longer be viewing your channel
Sir! Are you on some of the Facebook groups we mention, you sound the type.
@@flydriveexplorehe sure does lol😂😂😂
@@SandcastleGirl 👍