RobertNeath Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hey Guys, I wanted to share with you my Virtual cruise of the actual cruise I'm going on so I thought I'd create a topic, rather than spamming up the Screenshot topic. Ship: Azura Cruise Number: A325N Link: http://www.pocruises.com/Cruises/2013-14-cruises/Atlantic-Islands-A325N/?mode=overview Itinerary: 20 Oct 2013 Southampton - Great Britain 24 Oct 2013 Madeira - Portugal 25 Oct 2013 Tenerife - Spain 26 Oct 2013 Gran Canaria - Spain 27 Oct 2013 Lanzarote - Spain 29 Oct 2013 Lisbon - Portugal 01 Nov 2013 Southampton - Great Britain To save the hassel of rushing on the day of departure I decided to fly over the day before and Enjoy a day in Southampton before the Cruise. Once I checked in at the Hotel I decided to head to Town Quay to watch Arcadia depart. Day 1: On the day of departure to save us more hassel the hotel provieds a taxi/bus to the Cruise terminal. Enroute to the terminal we can see the ship docked at Ocean Terminal Ocean Terminal Things got pretty busy from here so on to departure! Seeing as all cruise ships tend to leave port at around 16:30, it was quite busy at the time as there were three ships leaving: Oriana, Azura (our Ship) & Celebrity Eclipse Red Jet 6 also sailed pasted us enroute to Southampton fom the Isle of White Passing Fawley power station Day 2: Today we are sailing through the great Bay of Biscay The Celebrity Eclipse just on the horizon ahead of us after passing in the night. She's enroute to the Azores before sailing to Madeira The SS United Queen also sailed past us later in the day while enroute to Dover More to come soon Hope you liked them! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoBarthel Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Nice cruise report with a nice set of shots! Marko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RobertNeath Posted March 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Day 3: Still heading south towards Madeira the weather has greatly improved. Around 12' Noon we passed the Queen Victoria enroute to Southampton from Madeira & the Canaries. More to follow soon! Robert MarkoBarthel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoBarthel Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Really nice Robert! Marko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Thanks Marko! Day 3 Continued: While watching a movie at the ships Sea Screen I noticed in the distance a Maersk contain ship heading towards Portugal possibly from America. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoBarthel Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Nice idea with the movie... Great shot as usual! Marko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Thanks Again Marko Day 4: Not much to report today as it has gone by event free. Managed to get a shot at sunset from my balcony. Tomorrow we are in Madeira we are due to arrive at 8am local. Booked excursions tomorrow include: Jeep Adventure & Tea at Reid's. Update tomorrow! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Day 5: Madeira We arrived off the coast of Funchal just after 7:30am where the harbour pilot greeted us to help guide the ship in. Wonderful views this morning! Harbour Pilot heading back into port Madeira's new Cruise terminal. Reids Palace in the distance. At around 8:50am we started to disembark the ship to meet out jeep's for our adventure. The Jeep's Not long after leaving the ship we headed to the other side of the harbour where a familiar looking ship was docked. Apparently she's doing small trips along the south coast of the island all week. The Adventure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Later on in the day at around 12:30pm we met up with our coach high above Funchal for our trip to Reids Palace. Great view from up here! Reids Palace: Here we will have a self-guided tour of this fantastic palace and afternoon tea. The View from Reids Palace. You can see the ferry heading down to Gran Canaria, another similar ferry sails to Tenerife from the island. At around 3pm we arrived back at the ship to get ready for the sailaway party. We slipped our moorings at 4:45pm 15 minutes behind schedule. As we departed the Whicked Whench was heading back towards the harbour after a short cruise. Farewell Madeira Tomorrow: Tenerife Hope you enjoyed this part! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoBarthel Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Hi Robert, great shots! I love Madeira! Marko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Thanks Marko! Day 6: Tenerife We arrived at Tenerife at 10:00am, todays weather looks wonderful and the forcast high is 25'c. Backing into our dock. Azura alongside in Tenerife Once off the ship we boarded our coach for our Excursion to Mount Teide Sorry I don't have more images from Teide We then arrived back at the ship at around 4pm and decided to relax for the rest of the afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Relaxing by the pool with the SeaScreen currently on the bridge webcam Early that evening before dinner we enjoyed the sunset behind the island and watched the Islands Night life come alive. While waiting for the ship to depart I could see the Alboran arriving from Gran Canaria We slipped our moorings at 8pm right on schedule. Tug Boat J.R Moore alongside in Tenerife Leaving Tenerife Next destination: Gran Canaria Robert Ritwik 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Day 7: Gran Canaria Today we arrived off the oast of Gran Canaria at 7:20am where we were greated by the harbour pilot to escort the ship into port. We also saw the Alboran again today as she was leaving for Tenerife. Gran Canaria Cruise Terminal We were alongside by 8am, at around 9am we were aloud to depart the ship to either explore or meet our tour coaches. Our Booked excursion today is a submarine dive! More pictures of the dive soon in another topic, or will update here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 At around 3pm that afternoon the coach dropped us off at the city centre to let us explore. (Picture soon) At 6pm after enjoying dinner out we headed back to the ship to get ready for tonights deck party. In the background you can see the Seabourn Legend departing to Las Palmas. Also still alongside the ship is a fuel bunker, The ship required more fuel on this voyage as the captain mentioned, he had to run her engines on full for most of the first night & day in order to keep up to schedule in the Bay of Biscay due to strong winds annd large waves. A View from the ships Planet Bar. Each side of the bar extends over this side of the ship to give this fantastic view. Will post a day shot later on in the cruise. Departing Gran Canaria at 8:30pm Tomorrow: Lanzarote Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoBarthel Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Its very dark. Nice pics Robert. Marko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Hi Marko, I didn't realise it was sso dark Day 8: Lanzarote We arrived in Lanzarote at 7:30am. Today we have decided to enjoy a relaxing day and are exploreing the island without a booked excursion. Another ship was in port aswell. Astoria is on a 18 Night cruise from Southampton. Astoria & Azura in port. updates soon Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoBarthel Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 No Problem looks nice! And nice update Robert! Marko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Thanks Marko! I mainly got this Virtual Cruise topic idea from the Flight Sim forums! Here's a topic I created while I was flying for Flyuk: http://www.flightsimworld.com/forums/topic/199464-skyways-flight-022/ Day 8: Lanzarote contiued. We decided to spend most of the day at a nearby beach a few miles up the coast from the port. With only a light westerly breeze and hardly any clouds the temperature topped 30c! We headed back to the ship at around 3.30pm While droping our bags and goods off at our cabin the Astoria was seen departing or Tenerife Coaches returning from their excursions as the ship is preparing for departure Leaving the warm Canaries sun. Tomrrow is a sea day will give us time to reboost our strength! Then on Tuesday is our final port of call Lisbon. Until tomorrow! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Sorry for no update yesterday :/ Day 10: Lisbon Today we are in Lisbon our final port of call on this cruise. Heading towards the great Bridge. We sailed upder the bridge just after 9am Lisbon is also the only main port of call where there are two other large liners docked. The Celebrity Infinity & Costa Fortuna This picture was sent to me by a friend who was on the Celebrity Infinity heading down to the Caribbean. Costa Fortuna docked here on her Med cruise. Comming alongside. Docked at our final port of call, we are due to leave at 16:00 along with the other two ships. Leaving the ship one last time. Costa Fortuna & Azura Departure images later on today Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoBarthel Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 No problem Robert! Nice pics! Marko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Thanks Marko Lisbon Departure Before departure we headed downtown to see the Infinity Preparing for departure The Costa Fortuna departed before us, followed by a "horn battle" between the two ships. Shortly after we started to pull away from the dock Under the bridge Costa Fortuna heading south to Cadiz We are due in Southampton Friday morning, this gives use two more days at see to relax and look back at the trip. Until then Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertNeath Posted March 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hey Guys, Sorry for the late update been busy recently :/ Day 12: Southampton We arrived in Southampton Water just after 6:45am, we then procceded up towards Fawley Power station Adonia P&Os smaller ship is in port already along with the MV Atlantic of Oceanic Cruise Lines. Here we can see the Red Eagle departing Southampton for East Cowes on the Isle of White. A local "ship spotter" who was up early watching the ships come in, kindly sent me this photo of us arriving. Adonia berthed at the QE2 Terminal Maneuvering into the Ocean Terminal. Town Quay & the MV Atlantic Ocean Terminal The "spotter" also sent me this picture as he was able to get across to Town Quay before us from Hythe. We were finally off the ship just before 10am. And there you have it! I hope you have enjoyed this Virtual Cruise aboard Azura. If you have a favorite part let me know what it is! Also if you do like it then I may do a shorter Virtual trip in the future. I do have an idea for one: A high-speed crossing from Guernsey to Jersey on Condor Express. Thanks for watching and cruising! Robert Neath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoBarthel Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hi Robert...the next great updates! Great shots. Marko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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