In Search of the Northern Lights - Cruise Vlog P&O J314 - Part 1 Southampton to Andalsnes

Our adventures on P&O Arcadia - Cruise J314 (20/10/23) - Part 1
This video covers :
- Travel and embarkation
- Sea days across the North Sea including sailing through Storm Babet and Hurricane Force winds.
- Our Day in Port at Andlesnes in Norway.
And during this time we had our first encounter with the Northern Lights.
1st of a 4 part VLOG series covering this cruise. We aim to show our experiences in a balanced way. The good and the not so good.
These opinions are our own and based solely on what we experienced on the cruise.
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[@PostcardAndAPint]

Ah I love this itinerary! I’ve only done it when working on ships though, we’d love to do it as passengers. Ship looks gorgeous. Oo a storm force 10 - not fun!! It’s interesting how they design the ships trying to drive people away from the buffet. Wow we’d always thought service would be better too on P&O. The scenery in Norway is amazing. Some great info once again guys 🍻

[@CooksExplore]

Thanks again guys - You guys are awesome and thanks for supporting us! Norway is simply stunning and always excels when you get to explore. A beautiful place with beautiful and friendly people. P&O nowadays is very much a budget cruise line .. it’s still pretends to be something else but it really isn’t anything other than a cheap floating hotel. That said its an affordable way to visit amazing places and that’s a good thing right !! We loved Tromso so much and it’s a place we will revisit .. just amazing! Thanks again

[@halimaaargh]

This is a very informative video. I havent been on a cruise before and you're making it look quite worth it. Thank you

[@CooksExplore]

Thank you so much - Feedback like this encourages us to continue. We discovered cruising about 6 years ago. We thought we’d get it out of our system and never expected to do more. However we loved it and have done many cruises since even straight after the pandemic. I hope you find a nice cruise to try it out and see if it’s a holiday for you. Thx again

[@justramblinaround]

Really enjoyed this video tons of great information and helpful tips. When we do this trip one day we will go back and watch this. Laughed when you added the notes about not being in a good mood when talking on the bed i need to remember to just add that when we have those obvious moments. Your Northern lights footage was fantastic you were so lucky that looked like it was amazing. The gondola to n the top was great that was a gorgeous view. Beautiful wrap up as sun was going down. Wonderful well done!😊

[@CooksExplore]

Thank you - really appreciate you supporting and taking time to watch . Hope you get to go to Norway 🇳🇴 if you’ve not already been … Really glad that you appreciate us at our grumpiest moments too … Thank you and looking forward to future on screen Rambles with you guys

[@justramblinaround]

Being in the moment and real is very relatable. Love watching you keep up the good work!

[@PHAN_VLOG_82]

You shared a very nice video of the restaurant on the ship

[@CooksExplore]

Thank you - The restaurants are lovely with amazingly friendly staff

Great video again.We had the same type of cabin.Thought the same when it came to breakfast in the buffet restaurant.We did main dining breakfast more than buffet on the end.

[@CooksExplore]

It’s reassuring to hear you felt same about the Breakfast arrangements and it wasn’t just us. Cabin was fine and quite liked it … The bonus of an inside cabin was realised during the storm .. less movement but even then Storm Babet still knocked me out bed 😂!

@@CooksExplore 🤣🤣 it was the coffee cups flying from the tv area to the door out of the cabin that made us realise how much the ship was rolling.Have been on Ventura before and that seemed a better set up breakfast wise.Only twice did we manage to find a table without doing laps of the buffet restaurant

[@CooksExplore]

It certainly was a rough night! Totally agree on the buffet … Too small for the number of passengers wanting to use it. We found that Azura was the same when we sailed on her earlier this year.