As announced last time we are looking in particular at the 2008 built
Crown Class VENTURA and occasionally her 2010 built sister AZURA.
To begin with this week we will begin to look at the interiors of the 2 vessels,
to see how the P&O style has developed since 1995.
In order to do this we will compare several different areas on board
VENTURA to their ORIANA counter parts
We will begin the first of these posts by comparing the first
impressions that passengers get when boarding each ship with the structure
which forms the heart of each ship’s accommodation
-the atrium.
For many the atrium is an important addition to a passenger ship as
serves not only as a “crossroads” through the ship but also as the introduction to the
ship and it’s on board style.
On board ORIANA the atrium takes the form of a spiral shaped staircase ascending through 4 decks from decks 5 to 8 where it is topped by an elegant art deco glass themed ceiling which lends its name to the coffee bar located surrounding the top landing of the staircase the Tiffany’s coffee bar.
Behind the staircase the wall of marble mounts a waterfall which runs the full hight of the atrium.
On board ORIANA the atrium takes the form of a spiral shaped staircase ascending through 4 decks from decks 5 to 8 where it is topped by an elegant art deco glass themed ceiling which lends its name to the coffee bar located surrounding the top landing of the staircase the Tiffany’s coffee bar.
Behind the staircase the wall of marble mounts a waterfall which runs the full hight of the atrium.
Each level of the atrium is also named Deck 5- Garden Court, Deck 6-Queens Court, Deck 7-Royal Court and Deck 8- Tiffany Court
The lower level of ORIANA's atrium on deck 5.
The Tiffany styled glass ceiling above the atrium staircase on deck 8 .
On board VENTURA the atrium although on a larger scale than ORIANA’s is a three deck high structure which has a staircase
on either side which tier down the levels and is ‘crowned’ by a glass ceiling which is
lit from above with colour changing lighting.
View of VENTURA's atrium form deck 5.
Both offer similar services with a similar coffee themed bar Tazzine serving as an equivalent to ORIANA's Tiffany's
being located at the bottom of VENTURA’s atrium a feature
carried forward to newer sister ship AZURA where an almost indistinguishable
venue is Java is located with the port side of the upper level of the atrium being a bar area.
Java on board VENTURA's sistership AZURA.
The overall design while attractive has changed little from its counterparts on the original Princess Crown Class ships the only real differences being in terms of décor.
At each level the atrium on both ships there is on offer a selection of
the shipboard services such as shops on board ORIANA the shops are smaller “boutique” styled shops located on decks 6 & 7 respectively
as can be seen the image below of the deck 7.
On board the Crown Class VENTURA there is something more akin to a
shopping Centre feel around the shops with their polished floors and bright
airy open plan, even being marked as “Shopping Centre” on the in cabin television map .
The deck 5 shop from VENTURA.
On board ORIANA the atrium is located just aft of the forward stairway
and lifts being it being a matter of short walk to reach them in comparison the
atriums of the Crown Class are located directly forward the midships stairway
and lifts creating a small lobby area for 6 lifts two of which glass fronted
offering views out over the atrium.
A view looking down VENTURA's atrium showing the two glass lift shafts.
Photos Copyright :P&O Cruises & Steve Martin
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