2010 CRUISES FROM SOUTHAMPTON
2010 CRUISES FROM SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton is located on the south coast of U.K. The language is as expected English, but many different accents may be heard between the natives and the immigrants. In the past the city served as a gateway for ocean liners of the British Empire during the war. Nowadays it is considered as one of the principal cruise ports of Great Britain. Most of the travelers consider it as the first port for crossing the Atlantic. This is a homeport for some of the top cruise lines and ships like: Fred Olsen, Royal Caribbean, P&O Cruises and Saga Cruises.
Cruise liners from Southampton are docked with three cruise terminals. Some of the famous cruise liners like Royal Caribbean including the ship Queen Victoria use the Berth 101 for docking, its approximately five-minute taxi ride from Central railway station of Southampton. Next comes the berth 106, it is located further west and P&O and Princess usually operate from here, berth 38/39 is located at the southernmost tip of the western docks.
Southampton is a city of millions of people; it offers several areas of interest for tourists, at present it offers beautiful and business opportunities with education and shopping facilities including a large commercial port supporting year-round cruise operations. Most of the visitors use Southampton as a gateway to the great city of London.
The maritime museum houses a good collection of artifacts related to Titanic. A scale model represents the port in its ocean liner’s peak days. Here the ship enthusiasts will get a beautiful collection that includes models of the ship ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’ and the original ‘Queen Mary’, plus other exquisite examples of the fine art of ship making. Cruises from Southampton not only present the tourists with a fine experience of a great city but it tries to present before them a rare and rich example of the city’s rich culture and heritage.
QUEEN MARY 2 CRUISE REVIEW
QUEEN MARY 2 CRUISE REVIEW
Queen Mary 2 is considered to be the first passenger liner and it is built for trans-Atlantic service in 35 years. It has many facilities for the people which include five swimming polls, bars and restaurants, a casinos, a theater, a ballroom and the first planetarium at the ocean. The other attractions are kennels and nursery onboard. QM 2 has been considered as one of the few ships which have remnants of high class and remarkable dining options.
Most of the major public rooms onboard QM2 are on the lowest public desks of the cruise ship and the passengers cabins are stacked above. This provides the unique style to the ship as compared to traditional designs of the ocean liners. This design of Queen Mary 2 is meant to accommodate more passengers’ cabins so that they can have amazing private balconies so that they do not get affected by the waves.
The main aim of the designs of Queen Mary 2 is to reduce the impact of the ship on the environment making it environment friendly by improving fuel efficiency and improved methods of handing of waste, reducing and increasing the service life of the ship. Initially, the targets included the reuse of wastewater for zero discharge and non-portable use of solid waste into the sea.
Queen Mary 2 Grand Lobby
However, some of these features were not implemented for economic and other reasons. Still Queen Mary 2 achieved some of the goals of being environment friendly which older ships could not. The ship was manufactured in 2003 and at that time; it was considered to be longest, widest and tallest passenger ship.
Britannia Restaurant Queen Mary 2
Queen Mary 2 was named by Queen Elizabeth in 2004. In order to enjoy the luxury of high class ships, Queen Mary 2 is one of the most appreciated and preferred ship by Cunard lines.