Wednesday 30 May 2018

Marella Explorer Inaugural Cruise Sailaway

Saturday 19 May 2018. Having joined the Marella Explorer in Palma de Mallorca for her first ever cruise under that name, 10:00pm saw us on our cabin's balcony to watch the gap between ship and dock widen as we cast off.

As we slid away from the dockside and began to turn round in the dock there was a huge explosion and we jumped out of our skin. Luckily the reason was clear to us. Anyone on a balcony on the other side of the ship must have experienced a moment's nervous shock before they realised that fireworks from the dock were celebrating the ship's first cruise in style.

As the ship slowly swung about her length we got the full effect of the display.

It carried on until we had turned about 180 degrees meaning that the ship's bow was now pointing in the direction of the exit past the harbour wall.

Meanwhile Aida Prima, still moored opposite our recently vacated berth was in full party mode with Katy Perry's Firework song clearly coming across the water.

Her own light show was fairly spectacular!

It certainly showed up that of the tanker moored behind her! We were moving a bit more quickly here so a bit of blur crept into the photo. I'll try harder next time...

We leave the harbour with the coastline of Palma behind and an aeroplane climbing into the sky, having just taken off, in the centre of the photograph. We will spend Sunday at sea as we cross the Mediterranean to Sicily, docking at Palermo on Monday morning.

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