Red Funnel recently played host to 10-year-old superfan, Tayo, who was celebrating his birthday in style, with an exclusive tour of the Red Falcon.
The bespoke celebration came after Red Funnel customer services team member, Sandra Whatley, was contacted by Tayo’s mum, Stacie, who wanted to organise a surprise celebration for her son’s 10th birthday.
Stacie, said:
“Tayo is Red Funnel’s number one fan! He enjoys playing ship simulator games and has even recreated Southampton’s Terminal 1 using Lego.”
The day’s festivities saw Tayo starting the day by assisting Captain Alice Duncan with the Red Falcon sailing, which was then followed by Tayo and his family observing the vessel loading and waving her off on her return journey. Tayo was then given the opportunity to say goodbye to Captain Alice over the radio and was gifted with a limited-edition Red Jet toy to add to his already growing collection.
Once arriving in East Cowes, Tayo was able to meet the operations team and given a tour of the bridge and before returning to Southampton.
Sandra Whatley, Red Funnel Customer Services Specialist, said:
“We were thrilled to host Tayo on his 10th birthday. It was great to see his excitement for all things Red Funnel and he was a welcome honorary member of the crew. We hope he had a fantastic birthday and look forward to seeing him on board again soon.”
Well done, Red Funnel, and many happy returns, Tayo!
I’m there’s biggest fan actually
Poor Nipper, hopefully he’ll grow out of it soon.