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| Marco Polo, Saga Rose & Black Prince (II) Farewell Cruise | |||||||||
| A bevy of beautiful ships older than I am in Southampton on the 2nd October 2009. The 44 year old Saga Rose arrived first for 6.30am to ready herself for her penultimate cruise. The 43 year old Black Prince was returning from her penultimate trip as she prepared for her swansong under the Fred Olsen banner. She, in fact, was just a few minutes behind Rosie and also due for 6.30am. Unfortunately, being October, it was dark at that time of the morning so we stayed home. We were planning to go for their sailings anyway so it wasn't important. The reason we were up before the crack of dawn was the 44 year old Marco Polo, who I'd last seen in Guernsey back in June 2008. VTS had her listed for 7.45am and sailing at 5pm while Transocean Tours' German site listed the arrival as 8am with departure 6.30pm. The day before VTS did correct their mistake but left the arrival. It was beginning to get light when we got to the marina. | |||||||||
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| We'd been for a wander and when we returned to the lock we spotted the gorgeous Marco Polo in the distance, sun just coming up but the chilly air remaining. At least it was dry! | |||||||||
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| (C) Copyright Patricia Dempsey 2nd October 2009 Not to be reproduced without permission |
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