Thread: Anybody coming to Funchal/Madeira Portugal?

Hi all of you, Cruise Line Fans!

What a nice surprise I had today, I just discovered that a section was added for Portugal. At least I had never seen it before!

I live in Funchal/Madeira as some of you already know. Madeira Island is a Portuguese autonomous region and one of the most beautiful places in the entire world, or so they say.

Anybody coming to Madeira and in need of some help, feel free to bring all your doubts on to me, as I'll always be very pleased to answer you.

And for those who don't have Madeira in their plans...well, give it a second thought, or a third or a fourth for that matter. Madeira is visited by lots and lots of cruise ships, so it won't be difficult for you to find a cruise coming this way and that pleases you, for sure.

All of the best to everybody,

Eusébia.

Hey Eusebia!

Nice to see you again.

You are the first one to post in the new Portugal forum....I had not noticed it until you posted! Tim must have just put it up.

Next time we are in Funchal, we will certainly see you and the lovely island with your hubby Daniel!

No Transatlantics planned at the moment, but we don't have anything booked for next fall yet, so you might see us then.

Hello Char,

It's always so nice to see you!

Probably the Portugal forum is very recent. When I saw it I just went waw and I had to post, I couldn't resist.

Yes, we'd love to have you here, so keep Madeira in your mind.

Ditto here! Actually I was talking about you to Tim a few days ago. Nice to hear from you again.

No TAs in our plans right now. We have had some major home repair expenses so we have had to put off our cruises for a while. Would have rather had a cruise!

Hi Neal,

Nice to see you too!

That's right, I didn't add to my Madeira updates for quite sometime. When I entered the boards yesterday I had this pleasant surprise: a separate forum for Portugal!

Well...I just had to do it, I had to start my own thread.

We also had some home repairs this year, so no vacation for us either. Now we're aiming for next year.

And I'm still hoping to have you here one day...or more!

Hey, I now have a reason for going over there. You promised me a discount!

Funchal will have a total of 4 cruise ships today, giving our port “Pontinha” full house.

First, Arcadia. It arrived at 9am yesterday and is leaving at 1pm this afternoon.

Docking as I speak, is Island Escape. Coming from La Palma/Canary Islands, it brings 1.400 tourists on board and is staying until 11:30pm, when it leaves to Agadir/Morocco.

Next and due to arrive at 12:00pm is Boudicca, bringing 817 passengers and stays until 6pm. This is the first port of call after leaving Portsmouth, the next one being Tenerife/Canary Islands. Boudicca is a veteran already, its first visit to Madeira took place on December 29, 1973 with the designation of Royal Viking Sea. Later, and before being named Boudicca, it was known as Grand Latino.

Last but not least. Aida Luna, arriving at 12:00pm also, coming from Tenerife as well and bringing 2.250 German tourists. It’ll stay overnight, leaving our port at 5:00pm tomorrow, in the direction of La Palma.

All this movement, will grant us the welcome visit of 6.200 tourists.

Originally Posted by nealberk

Hey, I now have a reason for going over there. You promised me a discount!

Oh, that's right, for helping me convince Daniel to add his prices to the cruisers tours. Believe me, if it wasn't for you, I would probably still be battling to make him accept it.

Now, my next job: trying to convince him to accept to give you the discount.

Originally Posted by biaria

Oh, that's right, for helping me convince Daniel to add his prices to the cruisers tours. Believe me, if it wasn't for you, I would probably still be battling to make him accept it.

Now, my next job: trying to convince him to accept to give you the discount.

Originally Posted by nealberk

It'll take lots of ...but I will...eventually!