Messages

i was on to cork office mid week making an inquirey about a booking for jan 2024,and asked about the change of port and girl in office said it was temporarily move for the winter months....but you never know !!

good upload on youtube....https://youtu.be/dnoP5ReQsRA

upload on yoytube of oscar wilde in belfast https://youtu.be/aV2pv0kCDms

what price was c/club ? ...i was on salamanca rosslare/bilbao in january and it was €45 p/p but heard since its gone up in price....

i was reading an article on another ferry forum (ferries facebook) which was suggesting irish ferries are chartering the 1996 japanese built "ariadne" ferry owned by hellenic seaways for rosslare pembroke route...

rumours are on other ferry forums...it now seems Honfleur might be sailing with Balearia.....but unconfirmed

I sailed on Salamanca 28/12/22 rosslare / Bilbao and due to return back on 22/01/23....was quiet a rough crossing announcement was made and said when leaving rosslare outside decks were closed,no other info was given about sea conditions on route or eta etc from captain.(poor info from bridge always with Brittany ferries).we left late but arrived in Bilbao on time ...my cabin was clean but the cleaning staff in rosslare were well behind as some people were waiting outside cabins for them to finish...all cabins have Ireland/Uk/euro plug sockets and  tv with Uk stations and free movies on demand .the sound proofing was not great as it was a rough crossing you could hear the car alarms going off throughout the crossing (cabin 7106)...a lot of the interactive screens throughout the ship were not working ....free WiFi was only for 90 minutes....€9.50 was advertised price at reception for cheapest WiFi but when i went to pay i was told it was €10.  As conditions were rough pet owners had difficulties opening the door to outside pet deck due to the winds ..and pet owners would have to use door access near reception to get to pet deck ...layout for restaurant serving breakfast was not planned right people looking for trays/cutlery which were placed outside service area in corridor you walk by without seeing them ..but breakfast was good €7.50.... the same restaurant area was where dinner was served ,my ticket included my dinner but they have since stopped including dinner...dinner was very good ..the ship was quite full with truck/cars/campervans/motorbike etc..no cars parked in open air deck....exiting the ship in Bilbao took about 45 minutes...overall i enjoyed Salamanca and was a major improvement on Connemara ...but cutbacks (like everywhere) have been made and when busy the cracks have started to appear  ...this is a link to video i took as we left rosslare ..https://youtu.be/L3eDwRDam_U        And a link of Salamanca arriving in Bilbao. https://youtu.be/hX4i4lIEo4Q

inside footage of the damage....irish ferries are playing down the damage as minor ? https://youtu.be/tNAP836ZhI8

youtube upload of w.b.yeats in belfast  14/03/22 for repair damage to watertight door under bridge ...in belfast 
video thanks to tom mc clean...https://youtu.be/NQC01c-JdcU

was good crossing ...an hour delayed due to europe taking all of irish ferries freight/cars/passangers ...captain announced that blue star 1 had an inicident upon arrival in rosslare on evening of 22/2/22 and blue star 1 sailings were canceled on 23/2/22....blue star 1 is stern in at rosslare when i took this video of europe departing rosslare...https://youtu.be/9FnvhEEzmow

i was on stena europe and took a video on her arrival 23/02/22....and the jack up adaptor was half submerged and loosly cordned off...https://youtu.be/BXesDOk34eA

great photos....europe looks in a bad way ...

it was weather related ..i was booked on the 12 noon sailing from bilbao 9/1/22..and this was canceled and rescheduled for 10/1/22 for 12.00 noon and left bilbao at 12.30pm.....here is a link to connemara leaving bilbao on 10/1/22
    https://youtu.be/W15WlcRaYqI

connemara sailed on time 24/25/26 december....but today 29/12/21 sailing to bilbao ..is running very late ..check in is 11pm with connemara departing rosslare at 1am 30/12/21... arriving in bilbao 8am on
31/12/21....she left cherbourg at 5am 29/12/21 for rosslare....brittany ferries sailing update is saying its due to an operational change ?

she looks well ...the funnel logo is wrong way on one side ......possibly only way they could fit the plate on funnel..dfds logo was on a round plate....and she never got painted on bridge section....probably cost saving €€€