With Reuben Goossens
Cruise’n’Travel
Journalist / Cruise Reviewer
P&O
Cruises
MV Pacific Jewel
Bound for

MV Pacific Jewel
P&O Cruises have officially announced that
in December 2009 Brisbane’s popular Pacific Sun will be replaced by a
larger ship which will be renamed Pacific Jewel. This ship happens to be
Pacific Dawn’s 70,000-tonne sister-ship and was built in

The ship is seen here as built for Princess Cruises - MV Crown
Princess
*Photographer
unknown - *See note at bottom of page
After a few movements within the Carnival
Group, she was transferred to Ocean Village Cruises in 2007 and renamed
“Ocean Village Two” after having been given an extensive
refurbishment which saw her interiors modernized extensively, and thus she has
become quite a different ship to her sister the Pacific Dawn, that was once an
identical twin. Without doubt Pacific Jewel will provide a massive boost for
the
To tempt you I have place a number of images of her interiors as she is today as the Ocean Village Two, however, she will receive an extensive refit prior her new role in Australia, thus there will be many changes to make her suited to our Australian needs. From those who have sailed on the Pacific Dawn, they will note one major difference on this ship as she is today, for currently she does not have the “Dome” which apparently was removed during a previous incarnation and it was replaced with Spa facilities, which is rather sad. We might ask, will P&O consider restoring this superb venue? I certainly do not know, however as you can see her lounges in the photographs below, they are magnificent and I only have a few facilities available at this time. We need to understand that she was refurbished for a specific market, being a youth market and thus she may not appear to have those cosy spots that we are used to, however, she will, as I said earlier, she will receive an extensive refit to make her a genuine Queenslander and she will suit our Aussie lifestyle very well!
Come onboard and take a look at

MV
All
images below - except where marked otherwise, are by Carnival Plc/Ocean Village

The Grand Atrium

The Casbah Lounge and Bar

Another view of the Casbah Lounge

Connexions Lounge and bar

The Waterfront Restaurant

The Grill

La Luna Café

The pool deck seen during the AIDA days
*Photographer
unknown

Pacific Jewel Facilities and Statistics
Provided by P&O Cruises
Passenger facilities
Spacious and
modern profile which includes:
A stunning 1300m˛ ocean-view spa and
gym
Three-storey atrium foyer and an
open-air deck aerial stage
Three restaurants and eight bars
Two swimming pools and two whirlpool
spas
Casino, children’s
centres, internet café, hair and beauty salon, and a
medical centre.
Passenger cabins
832 cabins including:
198 cabins with private balcony
628 outside cabins
197 standard
inside cabins
Vital
Statistics
2000 passengers
11 decks
245m in length
70,310 tonnes
Max Speed: 20 knots
Pacific
Jewel’s Fun Facts and Figures
Pacific Jewel’s Spa and Fitness centre, at
14,000 square feet, covers more area that an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
With a distance from bow to stern of 245m, Pacific Jewel
is the length of almost 2 ˝
football fields.
At 70,310 tonnes, Pacific Jewel’s gross
registered tonnage is more than 58,000 new Volkswagen “Beetle” cars.

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