Unscheduled stopover of the COLOMBUS liner, today Monday October 14, 2019, from 14:30 p.m. to 22:30 p.m. at the port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
The reasons for this stopover are the bad weather conditions forecast in Guernsey.
Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint Nazaire in 1988 for the Sitmare Cruises company, she was immediately sold to Princess Cruises and became the Star Princess in 1989. From 1997 to 2003, she was the Arcadia for the P&O Cruises company, then, in 2003, P&O Cruises created a company mainly aimed at young people and families, Ocean Village, it became the first ship and was renamed Ocean Village.
Following the definitive closure of this previous company, it was once again transferred to another subsidiary of the group, P&O Cruises Australia. After exploring Oceania for 7 years from 2010 to 2017 under the name Pacific Pearl, in 2017 she became the Columbus for Cruise and Maritime Voyages.
Directions : Rotterdam—Kirkwall—Isle of Mull—Belfast—Dublin—Tresco—CHERBOURG—Honfleur—London—Rotterdam.
Boat features :
- Length: 246 m
- Beam: 32 m
- Capacity: 1 people
- Crew: 700 people
- Flag: United KingdomNationality on board: British
The Shipping Agent will be Humann & Taconet.
Excursions are provided by the Tour Operator Cherbourg Maritime Voyages.
Passengers remaining in Cherbourg will be able to benefit from the services set up by the Cotentin Tourist Office :
- Information desk open throughout the stopover at the Cruise Terminal and at the Tourist Office.
- Free tasting of regional products
- Free wifi connection in the terminal
- Free shuttle connecting the Cruise Terminal, the Tourist Office in the city center and the Les Eleis shopping center.
- Exhibitors in the Cruise Terminal.
- Cherbourg Cruise Greeters.
- Welcome by a professional from La Cité de la Mer inviting cruise passengers to visit the Normandy tourist site and distribution of a flyer allowing the porter and those accompanying them to benefit from a reduction on each entry.
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