Goodbye "Oriana" farewell departure from Southampton as "Piano Land" 16/08/19

[@roystonwoolley543]

A really sad day to see such a wonderful ship disappear down Southampton Water, thanks for the record Steve

[@nixops]

So sad to see, Southampton will never quite be the same without her. A wonderful ship and a worthy successor to Canberra. Thanks for being there and recording this.

[@barbarayoung757]

Thank you for doing this Steve and yes a very sad day saying goodbye to this lovely lady, may her career in China be long and successful, thanks for the memories.

[@ablam8]

I went on the Oriana"s first maiden voyage from Vancouver to Sydney. Must have been about 1959. 22 days, walking like a sailor. Nice to be young, Had great meals and entertainment.

[@lynnedouglas4065]

Good evening Steve, 22:39 Sunday 18/08 here in Australia Thank you for this video I also shed a tear or two I wish her good luck and hopefully many more years sailing. I agree with Graham Nicholson about "Arcadia" and hope she has at least another 5 to 10 years sailing. Regards Lynne.

[@SteveCarrett]

Good Afternoon Lynne 13:55pm here in UK, thank you for watching the sad departure of the now ex-Oriana from Southampton, I have heard on the grapevine that Aurora or Arcadia may be going in a couple of years after P&O have introduced their new build so when the time comes for Aurora or Arcadia then that day will also be as tearful for me and those who love P&O Cruises. Regards Steve.

[@sophski4872]

Farewell, beautiful Oriana! Thanks for filming her going out, my dad and I would have loved to get up there to say goodbye.

[@shirleysmith3904]

A sad farewell to a lovely ship. Thanks for posting another great video.

[@valstanley2483]

Thankyou Steve for the video of the Oriana, a lovely lady.

[@wendybell1526]

Very sad day. Had some great times on Oriana. Lovely ship, Lovely crew.

[@lasuvidaboy]

Sad to see this beauty go. Now P&O Cruises is down to one good looking ship the Aurora.

[@reneabbott2008]

Great video my friend, it's so sad to see we won't be seeing her again in the Caribbean waters, especially Antigua 🇦🇬🇦🇬😣

[@SteveCarrett]

Thank you very much yes it was an extremely sad sight to witness that day when Oriana left Southampton for the very last time with her new name Piano Land to start her new life in China.

[@superref63]

Thank you once again super video saying goodbye to a lovely ship

[@matthewgodwin8308]

Good day Steve, thank you so much for sharing with us all a piece of cruising history, piano land formerly known as the ever popular P&O cruise ship 'Oriana' God speed and good luck with your new venture. Southampton won't be the same again. Very sad and emotional day today especially for those who have an emotional connection with Oriana. Thanks again Steve take care Matthew

[@glyno5594]

Ah, jeez. Even the skies were weeping in Southampton today. Good luck old girl.

[@colincooksey4379]

Well thanks Sean, you learn something every day... at first I thought it was a play on P&O! 🙈. I was born and brought up in Barrow where the first Oriana was built and in fact lots of the Orient Line fleet.. good times then for Barrow... great video..

[@christinemcginily5071]

Will miss this beautiful ship, can't get over the new name Pi an O Land !!!

[@aimee877]

Oh wow! Never noticed that lol!

[@aimee877]

@Sicilian Gecko she's saying it sounds like 'p&o'...

[@aimee877]

So sad to see her go😭 my very first cruise was in Oriana, and absolutely loved it! (Gave me the cruise bug!) ;)

[@peterdixon7705]

I worked for P&O in London in the era of Canberra,Himalaya Iberia etc any remember the golden age of those ships I remember returning to Southampton on Nevasa in 1968 .we crossed path with Queen Elizabeth sailing out on her final sailing .🛳🛳🛳🛳👍👍👍👍

[@lynneroberts5057]

Sad to see the Oriana go,we were on her in April,and have sailed on her many times.A lovely friendly ship.

[@Unimedien]

Great video from this emotional moment. And this are the first scenes from the sailing PIANO LAND. Big thumbs up. Greetings by Unimedien.

[@SteveCarrett]

Thank you I appreciate your comment very much, it was an emotional morning when she sailed out of Southampton for the very last time but with her new name. Greetings from Southampton to Unimedien.

[@clodia941]

Thanks for posting; so sad!

[@trevorholmes8372]

A very sad day goodbye beautiful lady we’ll miss you😟

[@barbarayoung757]

Apparently her new name refers to an island with a strong musical tradition near to her new home port in China but when I first heard it from my Husband I thought it sounded like a reference to P anO Land and thus a permanent attachment to her 24 years of superb service to UK, coincidence?

[@malcolmserrao8721]

Thank u Steve for loading this video ..

[@mickayres3978]

Thanks for posting Steve sad day for lovers of Oriana

[@jenniferjones188]

I have had wonderful holidays on the oriana with my late mother so sad to see it go

[@rogerberry7572]

Thank's Steve, was unable to see her off but guessed you'd film it.

[@grahamnicholson7646]

Why, why, why, did P&O get rid of her? She is still such a super looking liner worthy of many more years. They did this when they abolished the ferry Pride of Bilbao to Spain doing the dirty to so many happy fans. I think the Arcadia is the most handsome liner there is and what will her fate be I wonder. I say good bye to P&O. Thanks for the video it did bring tears to my eyes to watch.

[@lynnenye4009]

A lovely ship was on her last October x

[@rmstitanic8163]

I hate watching the final departures of our great Liners/Cruise Ships. Always sad and a feeling of loss. Only seems like yesterday that she was launched. 😔

[@chrisr19897]

Can't believe Oriana has gone. So glad I got to sail on her when I did.

[@ogakujira7716]

Thank you very much good infomation many watching ship piano land at japanese port

[@adamriggs5720]

Went to watch her down at Calshot this morning, amazing to see.

[@alanjavens3356]

Hi Steve, Thank you.Alan.

[@briantyrrell6348]

I had my 6th birthday aboard this ship in 1967 we sailed from Long Beach to Perth Australia thank you for posting .

[@kathymcbride2425]

iv seen the ships from training at the skill centre in the docks theve had some greatships there xx

[@kathymcbride2425]

nice to see the british flag good luck too all who sail with her

[@stratac30]

Thanks for posting the video. Sad to see Oriana go, it has been a regular site in Southampton for 24 years. Still a good a good looking ship, but age has caught up with her, at least it's not being cut for razor blades!

[@Mmmmetro]

When I was alerted to this video, I thought it was the ‘59-‘60 Oriana. (On which I served) So sad to see the 2nd Girl go.😢

[@spookydude7449]

So very sad to see her go

[@buzzukfiftythree]

A sad day indeed.

[@TCDesign18]

Sailed past her on Azura on the 10th really sad to see her gone 😕.

[@hevendor958]

now she is servicing as Piano land in china

[@55splatty]

so sad goodbye

[@44terryd]

my brother sailed on her in 1961 while in merchant navy they went down under thru the suez with a stopover in what they called ADEN at that time

[@samensor8218]

Terry Duke hi I don’t think she was around at that time I believe she was made in the 90s but your brother sounds like he has an interesting time in the navy

[@44terryd]

@@samensor8218 i believe you are right/it was a previous ship i believed that was called the orien //brother did not stay in merchant navy long //his profession was in the fire service he became fire chief in notts /i stayed in merchant navy a little longer i plied in the northern hemisphere canada and scandinavia/but made one more trip in 1978 from vancouver island up to the beaufort/northwest territories at the time [i have been in canada 54 years [but still british ]

[@superadio1]

This is for sure a nice ship. But I think she is on the unwanted list of ships in the Nordic waters due to pollution level. Here in Norway the regulations of carbondioxide and nox makes many ships banned

[@colincooksey4379]

Piano Land? .... strange name for a great ship.....

[@seansparks2803]

Xiamen in China is nicknamed ''Piano Land'' due to it's musical heritage and the fact that it holds one of the largest Piano museum's in the world. Xiamen is where the the former Oriana now renamed Piano Land is going to be based hence it's name. So not as ridiculous as you make out!

[@davidgoodchild7152]

@@seansparks2803 Wow Sean, you having a bad day or something? Colin didn't say anything about it being a ridiculous name did he? Calm down mate.

[@jankirche7054]

It's a ridiculous name for a ship. I hope it sounds less odd to the Chinese ear.

[@seansparks2803]

@@davidgoodchild7152 he said ''strange'' and I replied with the use of ''ridiculous'' not much difference really and I wasn't having a ''bad day'' I was just pointing out the reasoning behind the name of PIANO LAND. The name is no more ''stranger'' than other cruise ships such as CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE or CELEBRITY REFLECTION! When P&O Cruises announced in 2018 that they intended to withdraw the ORIANA in August 2019 after only serving 24 years with the company I was shocked. At first I was horrified when I found out that my beloved ORIANA was being sold to the Chinese and renamed PIANO LAND but as soon as I read the reason behind the name I immediately warmed to it. The renaming of the former P&O Cruises ORIANA into the Chinese owned PIANO LAND isn't as strange as it seems if you care to read my previous comments regarding Xiamen, which will be the Chinese home port for the PIANO LAND. Hopefully the PIANO LAND has many years of service life left in her as the Chief Engineer told me three weeks ago that he personally couldn't wait to see her leave the P&O Cruises fleet as her engines are in need of a total refurbishment or at least replaced. According to the Chief Engineer the ORIANA wasn't making enough money for P&O Cruises due to her continued maintenance, engine problems, lack of substantial balcony cabins, onboard spending down due to an older percentage of passengers who were more often than not repeat passengers who were not only spending less onboard but the shore excursions sales were also taking a big hit in comparison to the other ships in the fleet. Taking that all into consideration and the fact that P&O Cruises have two mega cruise ships on order, with the first of those the IONA entering service in April 2020 time had caught up with the 1995 built 1'860 passenger ORIANA. At least she has a new future as the PIANO LAND, strange name or not!

[@colincooksey4379]

I think someone needs to get out more, sorry to create such a stir with an innocent comment!

[@Zombie-Tog]

bet the skeleton crew has the run of the ship....must be eerily quiet on there

[@dinablok]

Sad to see her go to a different company this great looking ship,but to be renamed Piano Land is a disgraceful name for such a stunning ship

[@dinablok]

@Sicilian Gecko i didnt know this i fo but i still think her new name sounds awful not very nice for such a great ship. My first ship as crew ss Rotterdam 1959 last ship the QE2 in 1975 now living in Australia

[@baysman41]

Thanks for being there at Oriana`s farewell Steve. I hope you`ll do they same in November when QUEEN ELIZABETH leaves. According to cruisetimetables.com she will be away for at least two years, cruising from Australia, Japan and Canada.

[@SteveCarrett]

Thank you for watching my farewell video of Oriana and l shall be there to video Queen Elizabeth departure when she sails from Southampton for her long voyage back down to cruise around Australia etc.

[@tangatoto362]

How much better she looks without the woeful graffiti on the bow.......”Piano Land” ? What ARE the Chinese going to do with her.....wonder if they have misunderstood the pronunciation of some other Engrish words and thought this sounded good....mmmmm...let’s guess what they really thought they were calling her......

[@markpointing5032]

Shes still going to be a cruise ship

[@sandrabell1126]

My first ever cruise on this magnificent ship , she will be sadly missed good luck old girl

[@davidallen7977]

Good riddance to these polluting monstrosities. Hope shes broken up as soon as possible.

[@hevendor958]

hello no i don't want to see the Oriana get scrapped i would rather see her in Australia