Crown Princess (II) & Queen Mary 2
An early start on the 16th May 2006 as Crown Princess was uncooperative. This 113,000grt sister of P&O's Ventura was the first of the latest modified Grand class, debuting in 2006, and the second ship to bear the name.  The previous was operating as Ocean Village Two. This would be her first visit to Southampton, her home during the 2009 season, but she would be docking starboard at Mayflower Terminal an not leaving until 7pm, two hours after Queen Mary 2.  We decided to go down for her arrival instead as both were due at 7am.  We booked a taxi for 5.30am and he was on time.  It was the cruiser again so we had a nice chat on the way.  By the time we arrived, Crown was already coming around Fawley.  Crikey it was cold!  Quite a change after the glorious weather the previous weekend.  There were a couple of other people out with cameras but didn't take many photos.
About 10 minutes later we saw Mary on the horizon.  Visibility was crap but at least she wasn't entirely white so slightly easier to see.
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