The Ben should be reinstated / recommissioned, as the Manxman is proving unfit for purpose with many delayed departures and cancelled sailings.

Very good Ferry always has a special charm to it

B.C Ferries could use a couple of these ,when a kid at the beach tosses a rock into the Salish sea they shut down due to "rough seas" whereas this unit can take any sea state and with it's enormous capacity nobody would be left at the dock!!!

Thanks for travelling with us! We hope you enjoyed your trip and look forward to welcoming you onboard again soon🚢

Booked to travel on it in 3 weeks time, cannot wait 👍

It feels weird seeing Spirit Of Britain in Irish Ferries branding

Brilliant video!! Hopefully will get to see a video of the new ferry that is taking over the Pembroke to Rosslare route. Hope all is well, take care

Looking forward to going on this next month, think the £12 per person for Club Class is money well spent. Thanks for the video,

Really enjoyed the tour

Absolutely nothing différent onboard..exept the return of the restaurant... do you see the scale model of the ship onboard or p&0 take it off

Πολύ καλό βίντεο ένα χειροκρότημα στην blue star ferries🎉❤❤❤😊

She certainly lives up to her name. Beautiful fit out. ⛴️😎

love this video! so good video clips!!

Ahh, memories.

Thank you for the video, we are to sail to France in October and although have been on the WB Yeats before, this is the first time we have reserved club lounge, so this was very useful.

I think they had always got the configuration of these magnificent machines wrong. Why didnt they make them for passengers only? Pre tunnel days these could have connected with the trains rather than coaches and it would have been a much quicker way to get abroad. Ships are for cars and lorries, its totally wasteful lifting a ton car 6 feet in the air. With a good rail network getting to Paris would have been a doddle. Wasted opportunity.

Just travelled on the Stena Hollandica after viewing your VLOG, Went on 3 day motorcycle tour of France, Germany & Amsterdam & returned to Harwich on the lovely Hollandica. And yes a beautiful Vessel indeed. The crew all seemed very happy in the work roles. Plenty of smiles & very helpful. Next trip is planned for September, departing on the overnight Harwich to Hook of Holland, then through to Italy via Austria & Switzerland. May be looking at returning via france, any advice for the best port on return as we will be riding from Italy. Love the Vlogs & especially the classic ferry footage. Keep up the excellent work I love it. All the best, From Mark (Rochester Kent)

I remember running for the Palermo - Napoli ferry at the last minute over 10 years ago, thought I'd just miss it. We peds clustered around a lift on the car deck and were given an impromptu "safety briefing" then and there before being allowed up. The ship vibrated so hard the economy style seats were unusable for sleep. I was on deck most of the time, it was like being in space, pitch black. Loved seeing Vesuvio with the orange sun behind eight hours later. Met a girl on board too, didn't smash though

Now the post in the facebook group makes sense! :)

great upload as always.....still lots of stena line influnces left ....

I've sailed in similar conditions the last time I went to Dublin and I would recommend anyone with sea sickness to go as far to the stern as possible and just lie down and go to sleep! I just found a spot on the floor! It was a horrendous experience! I've also been on the HSS during a storm and at one point the ship went to about 45° and the shop and restaurants came crashing down! It was a miracle we made it back tbh!

Loved the larkspur, old eurovoyager

Storm in channel......Europe cut off from England.

Thanks for the video, is there any outdoor area within the ferry for some fresh air? Thanks🙂

Markas. Dfds

Wow I am amazed, there is literally no one on this ship, where the only person on here when you filmed this?

Im going on irish ferries this year from dublin to holyhead, then driving to haven! Its the cruises and i think its the ulysses like urs!

Worked on her after P&O scrapped the Boulogne route. Though I liked my crewmates I hated the ship and the working routine. Much preferred the routine on the Pride of Hythe in the Boulogne days. Was very little in the video that I could relate to, but my sincere thanks for the upload

Looks like it is looking into a mirror. We shouldn't support an anti-British company.

Thats a very complicated ship.

Wonder if you saw any dogs and if they were out and about on deck? We’re in a pet cabin with 2 large flat coated retrievers next month. Hoping we can take them on deck for walks.

What years was the hoverport there

Used to use the Sally line to Dunkirk, mainly for their Smorgasbord. Shame that no ferries operated from Ramsgate now, would take some of the load from Dover, even if it was just freight. The A16 in France is easily accessible as it is in Calais.

Good to see this ferry still going, what was its original name. Looks well maintained, good for another 50 years.

This looks like a nice break to Spain 🇪🇸

Great job 🤩

Was that you on the ticket machine! 😎

She looks way better than she did in nz 12 years ago

I went on it when it was the straights man in Picton nz

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On peut avoir le prix pour une Renault espace. 3 enfants et deux adultes ?

Combien de temps dure la traversée ?

I’m travelling on the pont aven ferry in august now some of my family have food intolerances can you tell me if there’s a shop selling milk on board ?

I wil be on nixt week

Irish ferries has acquired Spirit Of Britain and she will enter service in June

Good old British spirit. Great to see . Thanks for sharing 👍

I got caught in the back end of storm Caludio in November '22 on my way from Holyhead to Dublin, I can't say for sure if it was worse or not (probably not) as I spent the majority of the time in a toilet cubicle feeling very much worse for wear 😂 M2 buoy data from Met Eireann on that day showed >7m waves, and that's not even the (rougher?) sea nearer to Angelsey. It was also in a half-laden Stena Estrid as well, I think the crossing ended up taking 5 hours or so instead of the usual 3-and-a-bit... Definitely had some waves crashing up onto the windows on deck 7. An experience for sure 😂

Just thought I’d take another look at this - no prizes for guessing why. 😂⛴️😎