Welcome to my P&O Oriana Cruise Ship Tour. The Oriana has just been sold and will leave the P&O Cruises fleet in August 2019 so come along for this full HD Tour and find out why you should consider a final cruise aboard the wonderful Oriana!
Ship’s background:
Oriana entered service for P&O Cruises in 1995. The first in a new generation of ships purpose built for the growing British cruise market, Oriana ushered in a range of new amenities and luxuries and replaced the much beloved Canberra as the P&O flagship. Today she sails as Piano Land.
Why I was aboard:
I was aboard photographing this ship for our new book – Oriana: A Photographic Journey ( https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oriana-Photographic-Journey-Rachelle-Cross/dp/0750989254 ). Oriana has always been of interest to me, as she was the first purpose built cruise liner for the British market and competed with my favourite ship the QE2, she was always on my radar. As she has aged, she has become more and more of a classic and today she is an absolute gem in the cruise industry, a very special ship with a huge personality and great onboard ambiance.
Recent news:
Oriana was sold in June 2018 and left the P&O fleet in August 2019. This is your last opportunity to see the beautiful Oriana before she becomes Piano Land.
This Oriana ship tour:
This tour was filmed during a June 2018 cruise. Join Chris Frame for a tour of Oriana including her Theatre Royal, Pacific Lounge, Harlequins Nightclub, Cabins, Suites and Mini Suites, Open Decks, Terraced Stern, Peninsular Restaurant, Oriental Restaurant, Tiffanys, Monte Carlo Casino, Chaplins Cinema and much, much more. If you love Oriana, cruise ships or travel this is a video for you!
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A HUGE thank you to Andrew Sassoon-Walker for the amazing image of Oriana in the thumbnail. Check out Andrew’s website at https://www.solentphotographer.com
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35 Comments
Original livery was better and lose the Union flag hull painting. Traditional look is best for a classy cruise line.
A fantastic ship she will be missed many times I've cruised on her I will be paying my respect to her early next I will be aboard in June fair oriana you will not be forgotten
I can't understand P&O getting rid of such a fabulous ship, she had a refit not long ago and is so popular with the more mature passengers who can live quite easily without waterslides and shopping malls and all the razzmatazz, I for one is very disappointed.
Damn this made me feel all sentimental and a little sad, this was the very first ship I ever went on. She is even more beautiful now then when I fell in love with her many years ago.
On her in October for eighteen days beautiful ship really sad that P&O are getting rid BIG BIG mistake obviously happier building blocks of council flats no character whatsoever
So this is going to be the second Oriana named ship to be in the hands of Chinese owners. Lets hope history doesn't repeat itself and have an Typhoon take this one out as well.
I’ve just booked a cruise on Oriana. She looks like a beautiful traditional ship without all the “razzmatazz” of the newer, huge ships. Can’t wait!
Good video💖
Sorry to see her go who takes her have a winner beautiful ship God bless her
Loved this ship I worked on her for two years, I along with 287 ex crew are going on her for the 3 day cruise, her second to last cruise in P&O colours.
Been on it twice. she will be missed
We went on the Oriana in October for 18 days and really loved it we had a balcony cabin which was fantastic. The interior of the ship was beautiful and we could find our way around easily without getting lost like we did on the Azura. The reason we choose that ship was thats its much smaller and more personal x
Love this video. Thank you for sharing. I remember as a child when this ship was launched and I was fascinated. I loved the old livery. I do find it amusing that they have the union Jack on the hull, considering it is an American company. It makes me think who are they kidding. A bit like how British cunard is these days 😉
An excellent tour of the ship. My wife and I are sailing on the Oriana for the second time in April, 2019 and greatly appreciate your film.
Love this ship, so sad to see her go. Will be sailing on her again in April'19 and this video is very reassuring. Also love the Aurora, two beautiful ships. Don't like the new huge ships, the can't possibly have the classy, classic feel of these two.
She is being renamed ‘pianoland’ by her new Chinese owners.
why was she sold?
Why they getting rid of it, it looks great and I wish I could go on but under 18 🤣
Oriana has always been my favorite P&O ship, I have cruised on 5 times. Pity she going.
Only 24 years old. Now obsolete. The blue funnel is hideous. Shame P and O.
The very first cruise ship I went on in 1996 when she was only a year old. She was the pride of the fleet which replaced Canberra. I have been on Oriana 8 times in total of the 36 cruises I have done. It will be an emotional day to me when she leaves the P & O fleet. Cruising changed my life as I met my wife on Arcadia in 1998. Lovely video which shows off this wonderful ship very well. Shame the waterfall went.
The buff mustard funnels were, ARE, P&O. The cruise fleet having been sold by P&O, the funnels are now blue and a P&O cruise liner just does not look right. And for the Union flag on the bow, just don't get me started about that…
I traveled on this Oriana her maiden season and also the original Oriana several times which wasn’t such a success but a beautiful design from the outside..I think the navy funnel is not traditional P&O or Orient Line colour and I personally don’t like the blue.Why did they change the colour some genius must have felt it was a wonder idea..This and Aurora were in my view the last of the real P&O ships before the larger Grand Princess series I think they have totally lost the feel of real cruise ships.I’ve traveled on most of the P&O ships dating back to Chusan ,Arcadia and Iberia,Oronsay ,Orsovo , Canberra and Original Oriana .I now cruise on the smaller ships such as Regent ,Crystal , and Silversea .Mainly because they are the nearest to the old ships but with less entrainment.
Re the corporate colour change, afraid I am not keen used to like the old P&O colours of old Buff funnel white superstructure and Corn coloured hull as in the old Orsova as for Oriana yes lovely ship done two cruises on her she will be sadly missed. Great video by the way.
Old livery (or as I would say…'Colours') is called 'Buff' but in all the pictures I see is 'orange' so it reminds me of Costa (enough said!).
Excellent video Chris. I have managed to sail on Oriana only once as when P&O decided to change her status to adult only I was unsure whether I wanted to travel with a much older clientele. Shame she is going though as she is a perfect size for those of us not inclined towards the huge mega ships which P&O seem to prefer?
She’s not sold yet as I’m on her in March 2020
Sorry to see her go. I sailed on the original Oriana when I was young, to and from South Hampton from LA. Seems like they just built this Oriana! Has been a bucket list item to sail this one too.
Very sad to see her go!!! We were lucky enough to sail during her maiden season and a couple of times since.
Perfect size ship. Brilliant personal service and friendly atmosphere.
Her refit looks good, personally I prefer her to the mega ships, but each to their own. Happy days!!!!
I sailed on this ship twice I was 13 or 14 at the time I'm now 38 absolutely loved it on board lovely memories on that ship
Did 3 cruises on her 2014 med 2016 canary islands 2018 Ireland absolute brilliant cruises great ship
went on this ship in 95 and 98 as a kid, loved it, was such a big step up from the Canberra but still had that vibe. Alfresco used to be the pizza bar!
I went on this ship for a cruise around the Med in 1995. I think it was only her 7th voyage so she was very new. I was 13 years old. Lovely to see all these spaces – brings back memories! I have video footage of the cruise too I had a new camcorder. Maybe I should upload some of it. 🙂 one thing I noticed is the atrium had a running waterfall down the stairwell when I was onboard. Now it looks like it’s some greenery?
This ship is also highly unusual among cruise vessels in that it has a traditional Diesel–mechanical transmission instead of a Diesel–electric system. In other words, most cruise ships nowadays have Diesel engines (or gas turbines) driving generators which in turn power electric motors that turn the props, but Oriana goes the old-school route where the engines drive the props through a reduction gearbox.
It has two variable-pitch propellers and four MAN Diesel 58/64 engines, which have a 58 cm bore, 64 cm stroke (hence the name), 13.2:1 static compression ratio, and rated speeds of 428 RPM (for 50 Hz power) or 400 RPM (for 60 Hz power). Each propeller is driven by one 6L (inline six cylinder) engine producing 7,860 kW (10,560 HP) at 400 RPM and one 9L (inline nine cylinder) engine producing 11,790 kW (15,840 HP) at 400 RPM geared together through a two-into-one gearbox.
You'll find propulsion systems where each shaft has two engines geared together (known as Combined Diesel and Diesel) mostly on non-high-speed RoPax ferries, although many military vessels have similar arrangements, sometimes using gas turbines or electric motors in addition to Diesel engines (Combined Diesel and Gas, Combined Diesel–Electric and Diesel, Combined Diesel–Electric and Gas, et cetera ).
There was an earlier P&O SS Oriana, built in Scotland and launched in 1959. She was a line ship between London and Sydney. I sailed a short leg over 4 days from Vancouver to Honolulu in 1973. Drinks were $.25 in her Ocean Bar – those were the days!
I am the son of a former P&O and Orient Line Chief Engineer. I have never been a fan of the all white livery. I much prefer the OLD CORN COLOURED Hull, Green Waterline Paint strip; White superstructure and Corn Coloured Funnel. Leave the Union Flag painted on the bow. My late father was somewhat crushed the day all the "O" Boats of the Orient Steam Navigation company was changed from their corn coloured hull and funnel to the P& O Colours. I remember the fist Oriana.s maiden voyage on 3 December 1960. I hope the bloody Chinese look after Oriana 2, and hope she does not end up wrecked like her first namesake after the Chinese bought that ship.