Seven major cruise liners are set to arrive on Southampton shores in the next two weeks.

This week, three ships are set to take visitors on voyages across the globe with Aidanova scheduled to dock on Tuesday, March 5, at 6am and leave the city at 7.30pm.

MSC Preziosa will arrive in Southampton on Thursday, March 7, arriving in the morning and departing in the evening.

Queen Mary 2 will then arrive on Friday, March 8 at 6am, staying until 5pm.

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The following week, Aurora is set to dock on Wednesday, March 12, arriving and departing the same day – with set times not yet available.

A day later, Iona will be in Southampton on Thursday, March 13.

Both MSC Preziosa and Norwegian Breakaway will then dock on Friday, March 14, with Breakaway’s arrival and departure times set for the morning.

With the first months of the year seeing little cruise ship action, March and April are set to be much busier.