Southampton (UK) - Peppa Pig Land (Paultons Park) Part 1 - Post Cruise

Post cruise, just off the Adventure of the Seas.  Disembarkation was smooth and easy. We would be staying at the Southampton Premier Inn West Quay for two nights, before flying back to Singapore.

On the day of disembarkation, we pick up a rental car from the Enterprise Car Rental company which was located right at the port.  Because there were six of us, we rented an MPV.  Here was what we go, a Volkswagon Sharan.

After unloading our luggage, the plan was to visit Paultons Family Theme Park (Peppa Pig World!).   It was about a 20 minute drive from Southampton.  I navigated using a GPS.  This was the rental car parked at the Paultons Park car park.

Here is a short video clip of the Peppa Pig land.

Check your height here.  Children under one metre in height get in free.

Not many cars today.

No lines, which was a relief.  This was the ticket booth.

This was the entrance.

The park would close at 6pm today.  We got here late morning, so plenty of time.

Signages.  The main reason we were here was to visit Peppa Pig Land.  There were other rides too.

This heavy ball was actually rolling around, above water.  Pity I didn't take a video of it.

Some eatery selling food, but not many patrons.

My kids were too old for this.

Tiny Tots Town.

Gives you an idea of the prices at the restaurants.

Oh yes, we were in Peppa Pig Land, and Peppa Pig was out for a photo-shoot.

Nice flowers.

We took a ride on this later.

Yes, this ride.  Good view of the park from up there.

In the line for the ride.

Another balloon ride.

A view from the top.

That was the balloon ride.

I thought the roof was very interesting.  Thatched.  Reminded me of Norway.

Apparently it helps to keep the place cool.

Move on to Part 2

Adventure of the Seas Iceland & Norway Cruise Day 1 - Main Dining Room Dinner

Adventure of the Seas
Main Dining Room - Day 1 Dinner

This was the first time we were trying out the new menus on Royal.  I know that these menus have been introduced fleet-wide for some time now, but our last Royal Caribbean cruise was in March 2013 on the Legend of the Seas.

The theme this evening was Mojo!

Caribbean inspired.

The starters and main courses here.

Every night, there is a chef's inspiration.

This was the smoked fish rillette.  Very tasty.

The smoked fish rillette before I tucked in.

A short video of the Smoked Fish Rillette


The soup - aromatic asian coconut seafood soup.  Very tasty too!

Escargots were available every night now.  Wonderful.

Coming to the mains, this was the beef - Carved Roasted Beef Prime Rib with Yorkshire Pudding.  My kids asked - "what is Yorkshire Pudding?"  Quite funny.

The Asparagus, Peas, Crab spaghetti.  Very good too.

A slightly closer look.

Short video of the seafood spaghetti


This must be the Crusted fillet of Atlantic Salmon.

Portions are of a very good size.  Needless to say, we ate too much during this cruise (and every cruise).

Desserts - we love desserts and we found the desserts on the Celebrity Silhouette cruise not to our liking. So we were happy to be back on Royal!

Ice-cream.  My kids have it every night.  I understand the ice-cream comes directly from the USA.  Good stuff!  Be warned, highly addictive. (just ask the kids)

This was the blueberry peach crumble.

The Chocolate Sensation - this was available every night.

Sugar free dessert, something that Royal is very good at.

A very satisfying Day 1 meal.  Thanks for reading.

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