Embarkation Day on P&O Arvia | Caribbean Fly Cruise 2024

Hi everyone! Today is the start of a brand new vlog series, this time we are on a fly and cruise in the Caribbean. We flew with Maleth Aero from Manchester to meet P&O's newest ship to the fleet, Arvia in Barbados. Our travel day started smoothly, easy check in and the flight was on time. If you want to see more about our experience with Maleth Aero the link to the video is - https://youtu.be/VpOnzPKS9L0 We arrived in sunny Barbados and had a 45 minute bus journey to the port, we enjoyed seeing the views as we drove by. We were Greeted by Arvia and were again taken aback by the sheer size of the ship! We completed our muster, checked out our cabin and then decided to explore the ship while we waited for our cases. We have a separate video for our cabin tour if you would like to check it out - https://youtu.be/3ZUdrr66yqY We started with some food from The Quays, we were both really impressed. I had the fish, chips and curry sauce from Hook, Line and Vinegar and Dane had the Katsu Curry from Fusion. Both of these options were delicious! We were excited to try The Roast next time. We also got a dessert to finish off the meal. We then thought it was about time we started getting use out of our drinks package so we had a wander through the Clubhouse and went outside to get our first drink from the Sunset bar. I tried the pina colada and Dane had the Tidal Rum which they make on board the ship. We had a great seat with a great view and we enjoyed sitting here for a while. We then thought we should see a bit more of the ship so went inside and found Brodie's. We had the vanilla and salted caramel espresso martini to help us stay awake as the jetlag was creeping up after the 9 hour flight this morning. We then thought we would see on the off chance if our cases had arrived and to our delight they had so we could unpack and get ready for the evening festivities. We started with a glass of Boom Boom at the Glass House, we really liked this setting. Dane knocked his drink over here though haha and the server heroically stopped it from dripping onto the deck below! That could have been a disaster! We moved table and stayed here for another drink as we really liked this bar. We found the giant Arvia deck chair so had some photos which were ever so flattering but had to be done haha we then stayed in the Sky Dome and watched the show called X. It was a really odd, weird, crazy 30 minutes but we are glad we watched it! We then decided to have a nightcap at the Crows Nest, we found it really difficult to find on the first night but later into the cruise we realised for some venues you needed to make sure to get a lift at a particular part of the ship. We loved the feel of the Crow's Nest with the piano playing and really good drinks! We finished the night with some late night buffet because we hadn't eaten since The Quays that afternoon and we were really happy with the selection! We really enjoyed our first day on board #pandocruises Arvia and were excited to explore more the next day which was a sea day. We still couldn't believe we were in the #Caribbean it was amazing! We can't wait to share more of the #cruisevlogs with you! We hope you enjoyed today's video, if you did we would really appreciate it if you would 'like' the video as it really helps! And if you would like to follow along with our P&O Arvia Caribbean Cruise vlog series and future adventures it would be amazing if you would 'subscribe' to the channel! Please check out our socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RipRideVlogit/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RipRideVlogIt Facebook: Rip Ride Vlog It Thanks so much for watching! Laura & Dane x