ORIANA- Highly anticipated and expected

Prior to ORIANA's introduction into service P&O took great care to ensure ORIANA was on the forefront of their publicity.
For P&O the stakes were high indeed at a cost of over £200,000,000 ORIANA represented P&O's future and was take them into their 3rd Century in existence and of course to be the largest and fastest British Liner built since the 1960's.
In the build up to her arrival in Southampton and the naming by Her Majesty The Queen P&O had released 9 magazines showing various stages of ORIANA's design and development, some excepts are shown below.



In 1994 The maiden season brochure was released featuring descriptions all the experiences the new ship would have on offer and also a fitting and excellent introduction to her.
The first 5 pages of which are shown below.





The expectations could not be higher not for many years had any one ship seemed so important to the British Passenger and perhaps never again would one ever be but was it possible ORIANA could meet such high exceptions ?
Below in an interview on board some of her maiden cruise passengers voice their opinions.