Hi ALL, Back from a 38 night cruise on the ARTEMIS and its not a ship I will go on a gain, it is passed it sell by date but the Captain say another 10-15 years left in her. Can not find a good seat on the ship and public rooms and shows not enough seats, and I think P & o are going down as the cuts they make now. But I look forward to another cruise.
We had a 38 night cruise from UK to Amazon and back to UK. The ship I was told was going for a refit next year, Its just had the branding Princess taken off and Artemis P&O put in it place, We were on C deck and the rust around the windows was bad, if you did not get to the show early seats were taken as it is small and lots of places no views for the post.But he shows by the ship company was good but the other act were old and most came out of retirement???. We were short of deck chairs but took some on the way. Could not find any chairs good to sit in due to low backs. The food was cooked well but choice was not the best on some nights, lamb 3 night per week. The people with me was on the ships first cruise 20 years ago when it was the Princess Royal and it was a very nice ship when built but after on larger ships I found I did not like this one. Phone calls from ship to shore was £4.25 a min. but did come down when no one used it and the internet was dear, £3.00 to send a email. Drink was as P&O £3.00-4.00 for Drink of the Day. So people had new baths and they were not the same an old one so you could see where the were fitted. Our TV was very old and not good but did change it for a new one after a few days. All crew and staff were good and our cabin boy was very good. 90% of all workers were from India. Our Captain got off and has gone back to Princess. We had a group called Sunshine Band and they were good for dancing but we found times could have been better as we left show to go to dance they took their break. I guess you see these are small things and this was our 9th cruise. I think you will like it and have a look at a few photos I took on.... http://community.webshots.com/user/jamesraymondcox
Day by day on the Artemis
ARTEMIS
45,000 Tons Built 1984 1200 Passengers Length 757 feet, Draft 26 feet, Beam 96 feet, crew 520, Decks 9 Was the Royal Princess all outside cabins
12 FEB 2006 - 22 MARCH 2006 38 Nights AMAZON ADVENTURE Captain Bill Kent Staff Captain Hamish Sunter Cruise Director Christine Noble
Sunday 12th February Sailed from Southampton 1800 hours
Monday 13th At Sea Show – Diane Cousins Vocal Comedy Entertainer Mark Rattray Vocalist
Tuesday 14th At Sea Show – The Stadium Theatre Company (LIVE LONDON)
Wednesday 15th At Sea Show – Diane Cousins Vocal Comedy Entertainer Elizabeth Hayes Classical Concert
Thursday 16th Funchal, Madeira Show – Bobby Crush
Friday 17th At Sea Show – Mark Rattray Elizabeth Hayes
Saturday 18th At Sea Show – The Stadium Theatre |Company (BROADWAY BABIES) Show – Zane and Emma James
Monday 6th Amazon River Show - The Stadium Theatre Company (360 º)
Tuesday 7th At Sea Show – Melanie Spanswick
Wednesday 8th At Sea Show – Emma James and Les Bryan Thursday 9th Tobago, Scarborough Show - The Stadium Theatre Company (Staying Alive)
Friday 10th Barbados, Bridgetown Show – Casablanca Steel Band
Saturday 11th Saint Lucia, Port Castries Show – Duggie Webb and Denise Noland
Sunday 12th Saint Maarten, Philipsburg Show - The Stadium Theatre Company (Classix)
Monday 13th At Sea Show – Stuart Gillies Singer
Tuesday 14th At Sea Show – Martin Daniels
Wednesday 15th At Sea Show - The Stadium Theatre Company (Magical History Tour of the 60\'s)
Thursday 16th At Sea Show – Doug Webb
Friday 17th At Sea Show – Denise Noland St. Patrick\'s Ball
Saturday 18th Azores, Ponta Delgada Show - The Stadium Theatre Company (Lost Empires)
Sunday 19th At Sea Show – Stuart Gillies (Neil Diamond Songs Mary Bruce Classical Concert
Monday 20th At Sea Show – Martin Daniels Five minutes of Fame
Tuesday 21th At Sea Show - The Stadium Theatre Company ( LES FOLLIES)
Wednesday 22nd Southampton, England 0500 hrs home 13:35
DISTANCES BETWEEN THE PORTS
Southampton to Madeira 1320 Madeira to Tortola 2712 Tortola to Dominica 260 Dominica to Martinique 90 Martinique to Grenada 160 Grenada to Santana 1190 Santana to Santerem 295 Santerem to Parintins 152 Parintins to Manaus 253 Manaus to Santana 714 Santana to Tobago 1102 Tobago to Barbados 138 Barbados to St Lucia 120 St Lucia to St Maarten 268 St Maarten to Ponta Delgada 2305 Ponta Delgada to Southampton 1317 TOTAL DISTANCE 12396 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1.15 statute mile)
Positives
No kids and wanted to see the Amazon so this is why I picked it.
Negatives
it is passed it sell by date, was due a refit but only a bit done to cover the Princess name, carpet was patched up and not matched . Closed one side of ship to make a room for Card Games.
