Southampton sees the arrival of the world's newest cruise ship, Royal Princess, in the port on Friday and this is your opportunity to be among the welcoming party.

The Daily Echo and Princess Cruises are offering a total of 50 places on board a Blue Funnel passenger boat which will travel down Southampton Water to meet the mega-ship and then follow her into the docks.

Bring your camera along for the one off chance to take close up photographs of this huge vessel and to experience the immense size of the ship while enjoying refreshments on board the Blue Funnel craft.

Those who would like a chance to join in with this unique event are asked to submit their name, telephone number, and address, together with the name of the accompanying person, by e-mail to reach us before 10am on Wednesday, June 5.

The email address to send your entry is website@dailyecho.co.uk.

A total of 25 emails will then be picked at random and the winning entrants will receive full joining instructions.

Royal Princess is expected alongside the Ocean Terminal in the city`s Eastern Docks at about 12 noon.

The 141,000 ton vessel will be officially named by the Duchess of Cambridge on Thursday, June 13 in Southampton.

The Blue Funnel boat will depart from Ocean Village, where car parking is available, at 10am sharp on Friday.

Anyone arriving after this time will not be allowed to embark and there will be no on-board access to Royal Princess. Usual Daily Echo rules and conditions apply.