Staying active

While many of ORIANA’s passengers enjoy a drink while relaxing on the open decks or being pampered in the Oasis spa other passengers prefer keeping them selves more active while enjoying the refreshing sea air.
ORIANA’s extensive open sun and lido decks allow her passengers many different options for keeping active.
For sporting fans who prefer to participate rather than watch ORIANA offers the sports court located amidships on the sun deck, a multipurpose space the court has on offer many different sports, from football, basketball, tennis, cricket.
So no balls are lost overboard or passengers below are disturbed while sunbathing the area is enclosed by netting.
The sports court can be used by families or groups of friends to play amongst them selves as a one of game or organising their own tournaments to invite others to join or alternatively the entertainment team use the court to host shipboard tournaments of various sports which all passengers are able to join, occasionally maybe with the attendance of some of ORIANA’s off duty officers and crew as both spectators and participants.

ORIANA at sea showing her three swimming pools and sports court.

Along the starboard side of the sports court are the golf nets which offers fans of the game a space to actively practice their technique and their swing.

The most popular activity that ORIANA’s open decks feature is in her three swimming pools, these are the Riviera pool, the Crystal pool, which is the largest pool in P&O Cruises fleet and was the largest pool onboard any ship until December 2009, both of which are located on the lido and the Terrace pool located on the open aft area of deck 8 as the name suggests it is surrounded by ORIANA’s handsome terraced aft decks.
To allow for all on board the ship to get full enjoyment of the pools the Rivera is designated for over 16s only while the Crystal and Terrace pools are both family friendly.

One of the more unusual uses for the Crystal Pool diving lessons.

Relaxing around and in ORIANA's Terrace Pool.

For passengers who like a more relaxed exercise than ORIANA’s broad promenade offer a excellent and traditional space to walk at a gentle pace around.
In comparison to newer cruise ships such as the crown class, whose origins are in the North American market, ORIANA’s teak decked wrap around promenade is extremely spacious being almost double the width.

A view of ORIANA's Promenade deck while docked in Funchal.

At sea.

Often the aim of a daily walk around the deck is to walk 1 mile (1.6KM) which for ORIANA is roughly 3.5 times around the Promenade.



Photos Copyright P&O Cruises and Steve Martin