Following a £32m refit in Hamburg, the 76,152gt/2000 built Aurora (above) is the first ship in the operational P&O Cruises fleet to receive the bold new livery design. She departed Blohm+Voss in Hamburg on the morning of 16th December and arrived in Southampton two days later having spent 20 days with 1,200 contractors working to prepare for her Christmas and New Year cruise. Works included replacing 5km of pipes, laying 28,000 square metres of carpet, replacing over 3000 mattresses and of course her new paint work.