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Author Topic: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent - Now with Southampton pics! (56k Warning)  (Read 3339 times)

The Ferry Man

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Hi,

Yesterday, I was lucky enough to go on a visit on the P&O Cruise Ship Aurora whilst she was berthed in Southampton. Whilst onboard we went on a guided tour around the ship and then had a five star meal onboard! Later on I had a quick look around Southampton, and managed to see a few Ships.  :2thumbs:

Here are some internal shots of the Aurora. I will sort out some pics of the other vessels I saw and post them later.



Close up shot of the bow, showing how large it is, from the Mayflower Cruise Terminal Waiting Lounge.



Can still keep with the forum whilst onboard, with this computer room  :thumbup:



The Crows Nest bar, above the bridge



The impressive funnel



The Rivieria Pool



The Crystal Pool, which features a retractable roof.



Exterior part of the Sun deck, showing where the deck-game coits can be played



Looking down to another pool. This area at the stern is also used as a arena sometimes for events, such as talks by the Captain.





The Orangery



Another shot of the Crystal Pool



Raffle's Court, where people play cards



The impressive statue. This Goes from the reception/arrival area on F deck up four decks to D Deck!



The onboard library, which even features a librarian.





The Playhouse, one of Aurora's 2 Theatres



the Cafe Bordeaux



View looking up the exterior decks!



The Terrace Bar



The external Promenade Deck



Champions Bar - whose name reminds me of the Silverstones bar on P&O Ferries...



Masquerade Bar





The Andersons Bar, named after the founder of P&O





The Curzon Theater, the large theatre on board. Can hold 600 people!



The shore excursion desk



An Outside Cabin



Inside Cabin



A luxury Suite with balcony



The Piano Suite. This covers two levels and includes a butler! It costs £8000 for the Next cruise to the Baltics!



The Medina Restaurant, where we had our dinner.



View just after disembarkation.

All in all, a very enjoyable visit, and well worth it  :thumbup:

« Last Edit: July 08, 2009, 18:54:39 by The Ferry Man »
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TJK

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2009, 13:59:09 »

Nice pics from a beautifully ship, she has visited Kristiansand Norway many times and this time i got a look inside to, Tanks for this Pictures and the guiding tour FM

Tore
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Cat320DL

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2009, 14:17:12 »

Look's like you had a good tour of the ship. :)
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jim.smith

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2009, 18:37:44 »

Very nice pics,thanks for sharing them with us,and a beautiful ship she is. :2thumbs:
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Nathan|C

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2009, 19:10:57 »

Looks like a fun day out, thanks for sharing the pics!
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Captain Darling

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2009, 19:29:33 »

She looks stunning. ;D

However my grandparents were on her last cruise (venice), they were pleased with the ship, however they did say that the boat rolls allot, even with hardly any swell..

Thanks for the pics, looks like you had a good day out! :)
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Minime

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2009, 20:47:52 »

Nice pics TFM, looks like you had a great time there.
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RJK

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2009, 01:47:31 »

Beautiful! Thanks.
Russ
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RMSGreatBritain

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2009, 07:41:18 »

great pics TFM

surely though it must have been dissapointing thast you were looking round this fine ship but was not gonna sail on it?
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firestar12

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2009, 15:48:12 »

Fantastic beautiful ship! (Just saying, you might want to put a 56k warning on the title). :P
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The Ferry Man

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2009, 18:33:09 »

Thanks for all the nice comments  :thumbs:

It was indeed a lovely tour. They took you round all public areas of the ship.

RMSGB: I would loved to have been on the cruise, especially as it was going to Scandinavia/Baltic. Well, we can all dream...  ;D

I will sort out a few of the Southampton shots and put them on later.

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jazzy01

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent (56k Warning)
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2009, 14:33:24 »

Great pictures.

Im sure I can see my house from the pool shot. Also that tower block in your last pic is where my brother lives we watched the farewell flyby of the QE2 from his balcony.
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The Ferry Man

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent (56k Warning)
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2009, 16:36:51 »

Thanks. Okay, as promised. here are some more shots, this time of Southampton and the other boats there.



Some Yachts on the River Hamble at Burlsedon



This is a HM5 hovercraft that wasn't completed, in Bitterne



The Cenred and Caedmon laid up in Marchwood



The Cenwulf laid up in Marchwood



The Sir Percivale in Marchwood.



View looking down towards The Solent. Calshot, Fawley and even  the Isle of Wight are visible!





Southampton. You can see the Ventura and one of the Red Funnel ferries, Red Falcon



Marchwood, with all 3 C Class ferries.



Not sure what the dome is, Lots of little ships are moored here, haven't a lue how they get to the land from here.



The Margaret Hill, a LNG carrier



Dinteldijk, Winona and Julietta, seen behind the Aurora



Some of the old looking cranes



The 'IKEA' Clad Red Osprey...



The Ashleigh R, seen doing a tour.



A fast little boat called Cheetah



The Old Southampton City wall. In oldern times, the water came right up to here...



The Red Funnel ferry berth.



The tug Svitzer Lyndhurst.





Close up shots of the Red Osprey inn all her IKEA glory...



An army Landing craft, heading for Marchwood



The Sir Percivale



Different view of the C Class.



The Great Expectations at Hythe Pier



Red Jet 3 at the Southampton Red Jet terminal



Tokyo Car and Triumph, laid up in Southampton



The barge Vega, being pushed by tug Wyepush



The tug Bentley



Red Jet 3 leaving Southampton



Red Jet 3 approaches the 4th Laid up Wightlink ship, St Catherine, near Hythe. Now there is a 5th Laid up Wightlink ship, the Our Lady Pamela, in Southampton



The Hythe Ferry Great Expectations, seen in Southampton



The P&O Cruise Ship Ventura, in Ocean Dock. This cruise berth is opposite where the Titanic sailed from!



The Great Expectation berthed.



The Griffon Hovercraft Factory, with 2 craft parked outside.

Finally, it appears Dublin isn't the only place I have a pub/hotel...

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Cat320DL

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent (56k Warning)
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2009, 17:39:50 »

Nice shots of the ships and ferries. :2thumbs:
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jazzy01

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Re: Aurora Visit and Southampton Solent (56k Warning)
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2009, 18:46:17 »

Its weird, I see these boats pretty much every day and never really payed much attention to it all.
Seeing it all how you have captured it I think I will take some time over the weekend to take a proper look.

The hm5 has been there for many years now it was going to be converted into a houseboat but never finished there are a few more houseboats around st denys. And the silver dome is the marchwood recycling centre.
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RJK

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Thanks for following up with more great pics.

Russ K
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those pics were great!   :2thumbs:
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