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| Voyager of the Seas, Norwegian Gem, Grand Celebration, The Aegean Pearl & Celebrity Equinox in Barcelona | |||||||||
| We arrived in Barcelona on the 16th August. This was my first time in this port and disappointingly there weren't the loads of ships in. But what we had was better than nothing. I had seen Voyager of the Seas in Southampton back in May and sailed on Norwegian Gem in October 2007. But Grand Celebration and The Aegean Pearl were new to me. Grand Celebration began life under Carnival as plain old Celebration. The 47,262 grt ship entered service in 1987 where she continued until 2008 when she was transferred to Iberocruceros for Spanish cruising, of which Carnival is the majority shareholder. We were due at 9am, but which time three out of four ships would be there. The Aegean Pearl was due for noon. I got up early anyway and saw some shippy outlines in the early morning haze from the balcony but Grand Celebration wasn't among them. Later, on deck, she was. | |||||||||
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| (C) Copyright Patricia Dempsey 16th & 28th August 2009 Not to be reproduced without permission |
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