everybody it's Bruce here with traveling with Bruce hi you doing today's video
concerns P&O Cruises the company out of the UK which was acquired by Carnival in
2003 has ordered two brand-new ships this is the artists version of the new
one called DI owna there'll be a second one identical to this one these ships
are gonna handle fifty two hundred passengers each but a quarter million a
year I would guesstimate one hundred eighty four thousand tonnes these are
heavy duty ships it's going to transform piano this these two ships will become
the two largest ships to service Britain it'll take piano cruises from present
seven ships and moving them up to nine now the thinking is that the oldest ship
in the fleet the Orianna from 1995 to 70 ton ship will be sold by the end of
nineteen to make way for the Iona and then the second ship the second Iona
class ship will come in later and that will leave the line with eight ships
rather than what they have now at seven the capacity on an annual basis is
expected to run up to one and a half million passengers a year and this ship
will be based out of Southampton now you see that dome on the top of the ship
there that glass dome that is called the sky dome and the sky dome is going to be
a beautiful place to hang out in lousy weather and of course if you're sailing
around the UK Norway Sweden you're gonna be surrounded by rain and cool weather
from time to time well here you go indoor pool jacuzzis loungers everything
in the evening this becomes an entertainment centre on a nice place to
see some shows and also enjoy the night sky the ship has definitely been adapted
for its environment obviously the North Sea to Iceland Scottish Isles you have
to have a lot of indoor and open spaces here's the grand atrium it's a three
level high atrium as you can see with lots of views to the outside
perfect for enjoying the scenery or staying warm on a on a cool day the ship
is got a number of features it's going to have 17 different restaurants of
course with 5200 people you've got to have variety obviously twelve bars are
going to be installed here sixteen whirlpools or swimming pools some
outdoor some indoor quite the quite the advanced ship the ship will be run on
liquid natural gas so it'll be environmentally friendly it'll be
welcome in any port worldwide this is the direction that Carnival is going
this is the direction that other cruise lines are going they're going for liquid
natural gas propulsion because pollution standards are being raised with the
Paris Accords not bring cruise ships of this size into European ports because
the ports are literally right downtown and you cannot have a floating city of
5,200 people plus say 2000 crew 7,200 people you just cannot have the
pollution coming out of the smokestack as a ship's it's downtown anyway there's
a whole bunch of shots for you of the interior of the ship the different
Suites available here's one of the nicer Suites here their ship is gonna be quite
something it's gonna be an eye-opener there's gonna be a ton of press on it
it's arriving in 2020 the second ship will arrive in 2022 and I know the UK is
anxiously awaiting the arrival of this ship it's really transforming the
cruising business in and around the UK thanks for joining me today it's Bruce
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