P&O Arcadia calling into Newcastle

[Brisbane41]

Does anyone know why there is an itinerary change for Arcadia on its current world cruise. Marine Traffic has it heading to Newcastle tomorrow the 19th February and this is confirmed by Newcastle Port Authority but it is not on the Newcastle cruise schedule listing nor is it on the itinerary for its world cruise.

 

Must be a late change to the itinerary but why?

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Could be due to Cyclone Oma. I did note that she missed Port Vila and went direct to Noumea. Perhaps she has a spare day to fill in  Newcastle had a  vacancy.

Newcastle is a great port to reprovision the ships ,

[GUT2407]

It’s been on a list of Fort Scrathley’s fun firing for a couple of weeks at least.

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Itineraries can be easily changed,This was her scheduled  plan ..

Looks like the Hunter Valley wineries will have to stock up

 

Wed 13/02/19 Lautoka (Fiji) / South Seas 08:00 18:00
Thu 14/02/19 At Sea
Fri 15/02/19 Port Vila (Vanuatu) / South Seas 08:00 18:00
Sat 16/02/19 At Sea
Sun 17/02/19 Nouméa (New Caledonia) / South Seas 07:00 17:00
Mon 18/02/19 At Sea
Tue 19/02/19 At Sea
Wed 20/02/19 Sydney / Australia 06:30
Thu 21/02/19 Sydney / Australia 23:59
Fri 22/02/19 At Sea
Sat 23/02/19 Brisbane / Australia 07:00 18:00
Sun 24/02/19 At Sea
Mon 25/02/19 Airlie Beach / Australia 07:00 17:00
Tue 26/02/19 Yorkeys Knob / Australia 08:00 18:00
Wed 27/02/19 At Sea
Thu 28/02/19 At Sea
Fri 01/03/19 Rabaul / Papua New Guinea

[MicCanberra]

Interesting, perhaps she is calling in to see some of the local wildlife, hey GUT? And sample some of the local vintages as well.

[megsie]

On our way to the Bay, saw this girl in Newcastle. Weird sort of day for them - warm, some blustering wind and dusty plus looks like rain clouds building up.

 

 

Edited February 19, 2019 by megsie

[MicCanberra]

Arcadia is a nice looking ship.

[megsie]

I prefer the dark hulls on the Vista class. They don't seem to show the markings of the longer voyages as much. Not that it really matters, it probably is a beautiful ship.

[SeaDog-46]

Are the HAL vista better looking? see attached of Westerdam.

Where the accommodation bends in fore & aft to allow space for the boats - inside the alleyways / corridors also have a double bend.  On Arcadia this caused unsightly damage where trolleys hit as they went around.  HAL have done away with trolleys & I did not notice any damage on Noordam.

If booking a balcony on a Vista class - they are smaller in size in the area above the boats compared to the fore & aft areas.

[MicCanberra]

Just off the Maasdam, straight corridors.

[SeaDog-46]

But Mic -  Maasdam is an S class not a vista class.

[MicCanberra]

Yep, I agree, but it has nice lines and the dark hull. Just like P&O Aria and Eden.

[highflier01]

Yorkeys Knob on 26 Feb has been cancelled too.

[MicCanberra]

I imagine a total reroute/reschedule is required.

[Brisbane41]

 

 

 

A few snaps here.

 

 

 

[MicCanberra]

Nice pics.

[NSWP]

Nice pics, thanks. Love the Arcadia, did 49 days on her in 2012, Sydney to Southampton via Africa, then another year a Med cruise on her. I like the Vista Class ships, just the right size.  Our next ship - Noordam is also Vista Class.

 

Edited February 23, 2019 by NSWP

[NSWP]

On 2/21/2019 at 12:30 PM, MicCanberra said:

Yep, I agree, but it has nice lines and the dark hull. Just like P&O Aria and Eden.

Because P&O Australia did not want to spend all that money on white paint to get rid of the HAL dark blue.  Cheap skates.

[boeckli]

Arcadia in Sydney on 21 Feb 2019

 

[MicCanberra]

Nice.

[MicCanberra]

2 hours ago, NSWP said:

Because P&O Australia did not want to spend all that money on white paint to get rid of the HAL dark blue.  Cheap skates.

Perhaps they were cheap but as the Eden is already leaving the fleet, a wise decision.

[Brisbane41]

Arcadia was never intended to be a P&O ship. It was originally a HAL ship but was designed later to go to Cunard. It was supposed to be the Queen Victoria and painted in a black hull. If you look carefully at its profile and design you will see featrues that are unique to Cunard line only. The mast for example how the top of it tilts forward was a feature that came out with the design of QE2 and apparently to give it a modern look and if you look at the funnel shape and structures around its base it resembles the similar shape and profile as the funnel of the QE2. All Cunard ships have tried to mimic this profile ever since. Arcadia is unique as it was never intended to be a P&O ship.