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Ventura due to set sail for new home
VENTURA, Southampton's
stunning
new supership,
will make a dramatic
sight as she
enters her home
port for the first
time next weekend.
During a special ceremony
in the Italian shipyard
where the £300m vessel
was built, the latest addition
to the Southamptonbased
fleet of P&O ships
was due to be handed over
to her owners today.
Ventura, the biggest
cruise ship ever built
specifically for British
passengers, is scheduled
to depart the Fincantieri
shipyard, near Trieste, in
the next 24 hours to begin
a voyage that will end in
Southampton on Sunday,
April 6.
During recent weeks the
115,000 ton Ventura has
undergone a
series of exhaustive
sea trials to
test all her ,
systems.
She
has 1,546 cabins and is
able to accommodate up to
3,600 passengers.
To signal P&O Cruises'
official acceptance of
Ventura, the vessel's master,
Captain Alistair Clark
from Warsash, ordered
that the famous shipping
line's distinctive flag
should be broken out and
flown from the mast, high
up over the decks, for the
first time.
Ventura will be be
named by actress, Dame
Helen Mirren, in a dockside
naming ceremony in
S o u t h a m p t o n ' s
Western Docks
in front of a
specially
invited audience of
1,500 guests on the evening
of Wednesday, April 16.
After the naming,
guests, including the
celebrity chef, Marco
Pierre White who has a
restaurant on the vessel,
will board Ventura for a
cocktail reception, gala
dinner and entertainment
which will raise funds for
three charities supported
by Dame Helen and P&O
Cruises - Barnardo's,
Kid's Company, and
Naomi House.
The ship, which will
leave on her maiden
Mediterranean voyage on
Friday, April 18, is
equipped with five swimming
pools, 11 restaurants
and 12 bars and lounges,
five shops, a library, a
casino, a West End- style,
two-tier theatre and is
staffed by 1,200 crew.
P&O Cruises is offering
20 Daily Echo readers
and a guest the chance of
being among the first
people to see Ventura
when she arrives.
Competition winners
will join the pleasure
boat, Ashleigh
R, which will go
out to meet Ventura
as she travels up
Southampton Water.
Competition winners
will be notified of exact
timings nearer the
arrival day.
Just answer the following
question and send
your answer, name,
address, telephone number
and guest name by
Wednesday, April 2.
● What is the name of
the celebrity chef who
has a restaurant on
board Ventura?
Send entries to: Keith
Hamilton, Ventura
Competition, Southern
Daily Echo, Newspaper
House, Test Lane,
Redbridge, Southampton,
SO16 9JX.
Please note this event
is subject to weather conditions,
there is no alternative,
has no monetary
value, and cannot be
transferred.
Normal Echo rules apply
3:27pm Saturday 29th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Denzil, Chilworh Caravan Park on 3:49pm Sat 29 Mar 08
[italic]What is the name of the celebrity chef who has a restaurant on board Ventura?[/italic]
Can we have an easier question or is it my chef in the layby burger van
What is the name of the celebrity chef who has a restaurant on board Ventura?
Can we have an easier question or is it my chef in the layby burger van
Posted by: Denzil, Chilworh Caravan Park on 3:49pm Sat 29 Mar 08
[italic]What is the name of the celebrity chef who has a restaurant on board Ventura?[/italic]
Can we have an easier question or is it my chef in the layby burger van
What is the name of the celebrity chef who has a restaurant on board Ventura?
Can we have an easier question or is it my chef in the layby burger van
Posted by: hulla, baloo on 2:27pm Sun 30 Mar 08
How can the Echo call this "Southamptons" ?
Built in Italy, owned by Americans and staffed mainly by cheap labour from other countries.
How can the Echo call this "Southamptons" ?
Built in Italy, owned by Americans and staffed mainly by cheap labour from other countries.
Posted by: h, baloo on 2:29pm Sun 30 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Denzil[/bold] wrote:
[italic]What is the name of the celebrity chef who has a restaurant on board Ventura?[/italic] Can we have an easier question or is it my chef in the layby burger van [/quote] Named in the 8th paragraph.
Denzil wrote:
What is the name of the celebrity chef who has a restaurant on board Ventura? Can we have an easier question or is it my chef in the layby burger van
Named in the 8th paragraph.
Posted by: King Mush, Woolston on 2:31am Mon 31 Mar 08
Can you imagine if they had Gordon Ramsay onboard? Screaming expletives at the poor little galley Filipinos who have no idea what the pillock is on about?
Or Jamie Oliver pratting about - he would be on the first plank!
Celebrity chefs - dont they just make you puke?
Let them all copy the Yank ships - conveyor belts of burgers
Can you imagine if they had Gordon Ramsay onboard? Screaming expletives at the poor little galley Filipinos who have no idea what the pillock is on about?
Or Jamie Oliver pratting about - he would be on the first plank!
Celebrity chefs - dont they just make you puke?
Let them all copy the Yank ships - conveyor belts of burgers
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