Arcadia (IV) & Grand Princess
It was looking at Southampton's cruising future on the 22nd June 2007.  Arcadia was docked in the QEII Terminal, which her near sister for Cunard Queen Victoria will be using from December while Grand Princess was in Mayflower Terminal where also her near sister for P&O Ventura will be based from April 2008.  This was the first visit by the 109,000grt Grand Princess.  The first of the Grand Class for what was then P&O Princess, she was originally due to call en route to America from the shipyard in 1998 but wasn't complete so once she left a week late went directly to America.  Both ships were down to sail at 5pm.  Despite conflicting weather forecasts of rain or dry it was actually quite warm in the sun as we waited at the practically deserted marina but gradually more people arrived.
Despite a couple car carriers on the move, Arcadia started casting a few ropes.  Once the last of them was safely gone, she started blasting when she was slowly moving away from the dock.
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			(C) Copyright Patricia Dempsey 22nd June 2007 Not to be reproduced without permission