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Page 3 - Oceana Interiors and Deck Images

 

 

This is the third in a series of pages devoted to postcards and photographs of the P&O Princess cruise ship Ocean Princess, transferred to the P&O Cruises fleet in late 2002 as Oceana. The pages in the series are listed below.

 

Ocean Princess was delivered to Princess Cruises in 2000. She is part of a class of four 77000 gross ton sisterships, the others being Sun Princess, Dawn Princess and Sea Princess. They are 261 metres long, and carry 2100 passengers (2400 maximum), and all were built by Fincantieri in Italy. Ocean Princess was transferred to the P&O fleet as Oceana in 2002. Sistership Sea Princess was transferred to become the Adonia of P&O Cruises in 2003.

 

 

Sections on this Page:-

Oceana Interiors - P&O Cruises 2002-

Oceana Open Decks - P&O Cruises 2002-

 

Ocean Princess - Oceana Pages:-

Page 1 - Ocean Princess - Postcards and Photos with Princess Cruises 2000-2002

Page 2 - Oceana - Postcards and Photos with P&O Cruises from 2002

Page 3 - Oceana - Interiors and Deck Images with P&O Cruises from 2002 - This Page!

Page 4 - Oceana Cruise - Images from an Oceana cruise taken in August 2003

Page 5 - Oceana Cruise - Images from an Oceana cruise taken in May 2007

 

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Oceana - Interiors

(P&O Cruises: 2002- )

 

View from Atrium Deck 8, and Le Jardin cafe.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

Tiffany's coffee bar - Atrium - Deck 7.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Shopping areas - Atrium Deck 6.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 19th/30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Reception and Explorers bar - Atrium Deck 5. Additional computer terminals are available here, although it can get very noisy when "events" are held in the Atrium such as "art" auctions. Evidence of the clutter associated with these is shown in the third picture. Unfortunately, people are prepared to pay huge amounts for this stuff, so the cruise companies must make a fortune out of it.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Ligurian Restaurant - Deck 5.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Adriatic Restaurant - Deck 6.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Magnums Champagne Bar - Deck 7.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

The Library and adjoining Cyber@Study - Deck 7.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Starlights show lounge - Deck 7.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Photographer's ship when closed - Deck 7. A huge area is devoted to this area on Oceana.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Corridors past the Yacht & Compass bar (Deck 7). Evidence of the wretched "art" which cruise companies now auction on their ships is all too obvious.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Yacht & Compass bar (Deck 7). Although similar in decor to Anderson's on Oriana/Aurora, this bar has loud live music and dancing in the evenings. There is no equivalent quiet bar on Oceana, and the Yacht & Compass also gets extremely busy. Alternatives are either off the Atrium, and lacking in character, or in the casino, which is a bit like drinking on Blackpool Pier. There are two identical models of New Zealand/Federal SN freighter sisters. With all the models that P&O own, one would think that two different models could have been found.

 

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

The disco - Deck 7

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

The spiral stairs linking the disco and the casino - Deck 7-8

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

The Casino on Deck 8 - far too large for a UK-based ship.

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 30th August 2003.

 

 

 

Standard outside 2-4 berth cabin - Deck 6. Oceana has very few similar cabins with balcony (most are 2-berth only). All 4-berth cabins with balcony had sold within minutes of bookings opening in summer 2002. P&O said at the time that this would be rectified at first major refit.

 

Photos: © Ian Boyle, 18th August 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oceana - Open Decks

(P&O Cruises: 2002- )

 

View forwards from Deck 12, showing crew swimming pool.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 18th August 2003.

 

 

 

View aft from above the bridge wing - Deck 12.

Unlike the Grand Princess class, the balconies are not overlooked.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 18th August 2003.

 

 

 

Above the bridge on Deck 12, showing the buffet restaurant.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 18th August 2003.

 

 

 

View aft from Pennant Bar on Deck 15.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 18th August 2003.

 

 

 

Promenade Deck - Deck 7.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 19th August 2003.

 

 

 

View aft from Pennant Bar on Deck 15.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 19th August 2003.

 

 

 

Pennant Bar on Deck 15.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 21st August 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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