P&O cuts short Oriana cruise
P&O Cruises is to return Oriana to Southampton three days earlier than planned to carry out repair work.
Passengers on the 14-day Canary Islands cruise X404, will return early next week and will not be able to visit some of the scheduled ports.
P&O said passengers "will be able to remain on board and enjoy the dining and entertainment offering on Oriana whilst in Southampton until March 1, 2014, as planned".
The company said it needed to carry out necessary repairs to one of the ship’s two propeller shaft seals.
All customers will have the choice of receiving a credit of 100% of their current cruise to use on a future Oriana cruise in 2014 or 2015, or a 40% cash refund.
P&O Cruises director Christopher Edgington said: "Our decision to bring the ship back early has not been taken lightly and I am sorry that our customers’ holiday plans have been impacted."
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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