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The Queen’s Grill and Princess Grill have attached lounges and an open courtyard. The other public rooms are all used by passengers on an equal basis. The Britannia, with 900 seats, is the ‘standard’ for regular cabins, the Princess Grill with 130 seats is the ‘middle class’ for passengers occupying junior suites, and the Queen’s Grill with 120 seats is the ‘superior class’ for deluxe suite passengers. The Queen Victoria is supposed to be a classless ship but in practice the passengers are divided/segregated according to the restaurant they dine in, which is linked to the price of the cabin.
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Deck 10 has the Commodore Club observation lounge and Hemispheres night club. “The MS Queen Victoria is a hybrid design between the Vista-class of Holland America and the Spirit-class of Carnival.”ĭeck 2 hosts the mid-level of the Royal Court theatre, the casino, the Golden Lion Pub, the Queen’s Room ballroom, Todd’s English à la carte restaurant, the Chart Room bar, and the lower level of the wood-panelled library.ĭeck 3 features the upper level of the theatre, the Royal Arcade, the Midships Lounge, and the upper level of the library, as well as an exterior promenade.ĭeck 9 contains the Cunard Royal Spa and Fitness Centre, the Winter Garden lounge (with retractable glass roof and a central fountain and a colonial conservatory style), the Lido Restaurant (450 seats), and two outdoor pools. The ship has seven restaurants, thirteen bars, three swimming pools, four whirlpools, a ballroom, and a theatre.ĭeck 1 accommodates the lowest level of the three-storey grand lobby and the 830-seat Royal Court theatre. The main access corridors are on the starboard side and the public rooms mostly along the port side. The ship has 12 passenger decks, with the majority of its public rooms arranged along Deck 2 and Deck 3. The ship is equipped with three high holding power anchors (around 11t each). The vessel is also equipped with a pair of folding fin stabilisers, each with an area of 20m². There are also three bow thrusters each with a maximum power of 2.2MW. Each AZIPOD is fitted with a fixed pitch propeller.Įach of the pods distributes a maximum power of 17.6MW. The propulsion units are two podded (azimuthing) drive propulsors that were manufactured by ABB in Finland. The total combined power of all these engines gives the ship 63.4MW. Each of the cylinders has a bore of 400mm with a piston stroke of 560mm. The diesel engines were fabricated by Wartsila and are of the Sulzer ZA40 design. The power for the propulsion and the ships systems is provided by six diesel engines, which include four 16 cylinder engines and two 12 cylinder engines. The draft is 8m and the height is 62.5m from keel to funnel. The ship is 294m long with a beam of 41m above the waterline and a width of 36.6m at the furthest extent of the bridge wings. The finished ship was named by a member of the Royal Family, the Duchess of Cornwall, on 10 December 2008. The ceremony also saw a gold sovereign bearing the head of Queen Victoria along with a euro placed under the main mast (the radar mast). Maureen Ryan was chosen as the ship’s Godmother because she had served on all four Cunard Queen vessels. The ship was floated out in January 2007. Six blocks make up each of the 325t sections, each complete with interior structure, cabling and ducts in a modular fashion. The first section of the MS Queen Victoria’s keel was lifted into place in May 2006. Around 86% of staterooms are outside and 71% of staterooms have balconies. The ship has a passenger capacity of 2,014 with 1,001 crew and 1,007 cabins (creating a passenger to crew ratio of 2:1). The MS Queen Victoria is a hybrid design between the Vista-class of Holland America and the Spirit-class of Carnival. The crossing to New York was made with the Queen Elizabeth II, culminating with the meeting of all three current Queen vessels. The MS Queen Victoria made its first transatlantic crossing during the first part of the world cruise. This was followed by a short cruise to the Canary Islands, with the first world cruise taking 107 days. Tickets for this voyage sold out within 24 hours in April 2006. The vessel’s maiden voyage from Southampton (its home port) took place on 11 December 2007, taking in the Christmas markets of Northern Europe. “She is the second largest Cunard ship ever built next to the Queen Mary II.”