Queen Victoria, Ventura and Island Sky

This was the first big test for the new pontoons and shore side area in St Peter Port today with over 6,000 guests coming ashore from 3 liners. Late afternoon when the queues normally form there was no sign of any, and it all seemed to be liner tenders and no extra ferries. The Queen Victoria and the Ventura are on the anchorages, the Island Sky alongside the New Jetty and also in port are the French ferry, Victor Hugo and the Commodore Clipper.

Town was busy this Saturday morning and the High Street played host to guests from the USA, and Japan as well as some residents of Liverpool on this Cunard's 175th Anniversary Cruise. Market Square was quiet first thing although the cafe at the Old Queen's Weights was full with customers enjoying the sun that luckily appeared as the first tenders came ashore and then shone all day.

The Queen Victoria is at the start of her cruise but the Ventura is near the end of hers, from Southampton to the Netherlands and Guernsey. The Queen Victoria visit is part of Cunard's 175th
Anniversary celebrations in Liverpool on the 25th May when for the first time all three "Queens" will be together there. The Queen Mary will be visiting Guernsey next week.

The third visitor today was the Island Sky which arrived at lunchtime and went alongside in the harbour. She was in St Peter Port until early evening and departed for Portsmouth.  With just over a 100 guests on board this is a very different type of cruise compared to over 3,000 on the Ventura.