Danielle 'CruiseMiss' Fear
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Many of you will already be aware of who I am and what I do but, for those of you who are unfamiliar, then please let me introduce myself. My name is Danielle and I am a cruiser just like you, except I write, or should I say blog about it too. I am currently on board the beautiful Oceana, heading across the Atlantic Ocean on what is set to be a five week Caribbean adventure and I sincerely hope you will all join me!
As I write this short introduction we are sailing through the Bay of Biscay, which to my disappointment is actually very calm and the sun is shining. I know many others on board will be pleased the Biscay is not holding up to its alter ego, but I do enjoy the darker side of Mother Nature when at sea - to an extent!
So before we really get into the Caribbean section of this voyage I know many of you wanted to know more about Oceana’s refit... well, I think from a walk around the ship the majority of the work was concentrated on the rather important areas that passengers cannot see; her engine and other mechanical parts for example. However, Le Club has been thoroughly transformed from the dark venue that it was into something much brighter and certainly more inviting. All the carpets throughout are new and very soft which is nice under one's toes. Her retail section has been brought alive with a fresh, bright and very vibrant new perfume and jewellery section. There are some rather nice LED lights now that glow in rainbow colours around the midships pool area which at night really is beautiful especially when accompanied by the music from her new outdoor sound system.
Overall the changes to Oceana have been subtle but concentrated on the areas that really needed it; I am certainly not disappointed with her.
Our first port of call
Today (January 6th) we arrived on the beautiful island of Madeira, this is my third visit to Funchal and it never gets old. This is certainly one of the cleanest and greenest ports of call I have ever had the pleasure of visiting and today was no exception.
We left Oceana at roughly 9am and made our way straight into town with focus being on the cable car experience. Yes, my third visit and I had never until today experienced this rather terrifying (for me anyway) option on the island.
We were very lucky, we made it to the entrance before any of the excursion passengers so we got straight in and off we went. It started out OK, some superb views but the higher we went the more my heart began to race. I am not very good with heights and this really did push me to my absolute limits, but it truly was worth the anxiety just to get the views across the city. Words could never do it justice, so I took a few pictures for you.
If you are due to visit then I would recommend this experience to everyone, even those afraid of heights because if I can do it then so can you!
We leave Madeira today with five days at sea too look forward to before we reach our first Caribbean island which is Antigua. I will be checking back in with you all very soon!
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We welcome guest-blogger CruiseMiss to provide live updates of her Caribbean cruise
Many of you will already be aware of who I am and what I do but, for those of you who are unfamiliar, then please let me introduce myself. My name is Danielle and I am a cruiser just like you, except I write, or should I say blog about it too. I am currently on board the beautiful Oceana, heading across the Atlantic Ocean on what is set to be a five week Caribbean adventure and I sincerely hope you will all join me!
As I write this short introduction we are sailing through the Bay of Biscay, which to my disappointment is actually very calm and the sun is shining. I know many others on board will be pleased the Biscay is not holding up to its alter ego, but I do enjoy the darker side of Mother Nature when at sea - to an extent!
So before we really get into the Caribbean section of this voyage I know many of you wanted to know more about Oceana’s refit... well, I think from a walk around the ship the majority of the work was concentrated on the rather important areas that passengers cannot see; her engine and other mechanical parts for example. However, Le Club has been thoroughly transformed from the dark venue that it was into something much brighter and certainly more inviting. All the carpets throughout are new and very soft which is nice under one's toes. Her retail section has been brought alive with a fresh, bright and very vibrant new perfume and jewellery section. There are some rather nice LED lights now that glow in rainbow colours around the midships pool area which at night really is beautiful especially when accompanied by the music from her new outdoor sound system.
Overall the changes to Oceana have been subtle but concentrated on the areas that really needed it; I am certainly not disappointed with her.
Our first port of call
Today (January 6th) we arrived on the beautiful island of Madeira, this is my third visit to Funchal and it never gets old. This is certainly one of the cleanest and greenest ports of call I have ever had the pleasure of visiting and today was no exception.
We left Oceana at roughly 9am and made our way straight into town with focus being on the cable car experience. Yes, my third visit and I had never until today experienced this rather terrifying (for me anyway) option on the island.
We were very lucky, we made it to the entrance before any of the excursion passengers so we got straight in and off we went. It started out OK, some superb views but the higher we went the more my heart began to race. I am not very good with heights and this really did push me to my absolute limits, but it truly was worth the anxiety just to get the views across the city. Words could never do it justice, so I took a few pictures for you.
If you are due to visit then I would recommend this experience to everyone, even those afraid of heights because if I can do it then so can you!
We leave Madeira today with five days at sea too look forward to before we reach our first Caribbean island which is Antigua. I will be checking back in with you all very soon!
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