Sydney welcomes 5 P&O ships with fireworks
Two years of planning and thousands of hours of hard work culminated in a spectacular display in Sydney Harbour yesterday as the five-ship P&O fleet cruised through the Heads in V formation.
The Pacific Dawn, Pacific Pearl, Pacific Jewel and the liners’ two new additions, the Pacific Eden and the Pacific Aria, made their spectacular entrance carrying more than 9000 passenger and crew in what was the largest gathering of ships from one fleet in the Harbour since 1908.
Carnival Australia Events Director Greg Dehn said it had been an “enormous feat” to co-ordinate the historic gathering, “It is the first time the five ships have been together at any one time, anywhere, ever. One would usually be between here and the Pacific Islands, one perhaps in New Zealand and another cruising around Australia, and the other two are here for the first time.”
A logistic team had reportedly been working fulltime for three months to create the 55-page plan required to have the ships sailing so close together, and in perfect formation.
But you have to agree the effort was worth it. The pictures speak for themselves!