P&O Ventura arrives in Southampton

P&O Cruises new superliner Ventura has now arrived in it’s homeport of Southampton after the official hand over ceremony. The long awaited super liner designed for Britain arrived into Southampton on Sunday 6 April and passed sister ship Aurora before arriving into the Mayflower Cruise Terminal at 11am.

Speaking at the handover ceremony, P&O Cruises managing director, Nigel Esdale, said: “Ventura’s maiden season is almost upon us and this ceremony is the culmination of many months of hard work, creativity and innovation.

“Ventura marks a new era in contemporary British cruising and great attention to detail has been spent designing each and every bar, restaurant and cabin.

“That so many British icons have put their name to this ship – Dame Helen Mirren, Marco Pierre White, Nick Munro and Tate Modern – makes us extremely proud and reaffirms that we have created something very special with Ventura.”

Ventura’s godmother was recently announced as being Dame Helen Mirren who has the honour of officially naming the ship in a glamorous and dramatic ceremony on Wednesday 16 April.

The amazing new super liner arrived into the Mayflower Cruise Terminal to a crowd of people, despite the weather trying its best to snow. Ventura will begin her maiden cruise sailing from Southampton to the Mediterranean on Friday 18 April, with a farewell show of fireworks from nearby Stokes Bay.