
The new venues join P&O Cruises favorites, such as The Glass House, Epicurean, Sindhu and Brodie's among a long list of cafes, bars, self-service choices, and restaurants. With a choice of 30 venues, many of which open from early morning until late at night, guests enjoy the widest ever selection of spots to eat and drink onboard a ship built exclusively for the British cruise market. Shipboard dining options - Food and Drinks Excepting the Suites, all cabin balconies are very small - sized just 20 ft2 (2 m2).

P&O Iona has a total of 32 studios (single-occupancy cabins) and 55 wheelchair-accessible/handicap cabins (for disabled passengers). Staterooms include 121 Suites, 1496 Balcony, 174 Oceanviews/Seaviews, 819 Interior.
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The largest passenger accommodations are the 2-Room Sky Suites (400 ft2 / 37 m2 plus 110 ft2 / 11 m2 terrace/step-out balcony). The boat has 8 laundrettes (self-service laundry rooms for passengers). MS Iona has 18 decks (16 passenger-accessible, 11 with cabins), a total of 2614 staterooms for 5204 passengers (lower berths/max capacity is 6264) served by 1762 staff-crew, 17 dining venues (11 restaurants plus 6 food bars, including 9 breakfast-serving, 7 coffee-serving, 5 Afternoon Tea-serving, 8 specialty restaurants, 4 MDR-dining rooms), 12 bars and lounges, 4 swimming pools (1 indoor plus 3 outdoor/2 infinity), 18 outdoor Jacuzzies (large outdoor whirlpool hot tubs), 13 entertainment venues (including adults-only), kids-dedicated zones (indoor-outdoor facilities and sundecks/playgrounds), 22 elevators (passenger lifts located forward-midship-aft). It also can be used for private parties and celebrations with an in-cabin beverage service by a dedicated butler. The conservatory opens out fully and leads directly onto the suite's balcony. Offering more flexibility, this lounge room is furnished with an L-shaped sofa and can be left open or closed off. The stateroom features a separate, conservatory-style area as a cabin extension. The ship also introduces the fleet's first "Conservation Mini-Suite" cabin category. Passenger cabins were designed by Partner Ship Design (Hamburg Germany). The vessel design was developed in collaboration with renowned maritime companies and interior design firms, including Meyer Werft (German shipbuilder), Jestico+Whiles ( London-based hospitality design studio), Richmond International (London-based hotel architecture), Partner Ship Design ( Hamburg-based maritime architecture specialist with several Carnival Corporation projects - including AIDA, Costa, P&O, CCL-Carnival).įor cruise liner's hotel facilities and amenities were contracted the companies Richmond International (London UK), The Four Seasons Moscow, Langham Hotel, and Sandy Lane Hotel (Barbados). P&O Iona and Arvia ships are from the Carnival Corporation's Excellence Class (aka "Helios", and "Carnival XL"). P and O is the world's oldest cruise company, starting passenger shipping operations in 1822 on the routes connecting England with Iberia. In 2000, P&O Cruises became subsidiary of P&O Princess Cruises, which in 2003 merged with Carnival Corporation. P&O Cruises is a subsidiary company and two brands owned by Carnival Corporation - P&O UK and P&O Australia. The vessel (IMO number 9826548) is currently UK- flagged (MMSI 232025845) and registered in Southampton. Other Helios-Excellence-Class vessels (Iona sisterships) include Carnival Mardi Gras (2021), Carnival Celebration (2022), Carnival Jubilee (2023), Costa Smeralda (2019), Costa Toscana (2021), AIDAnova (2018), AIDAcosma (2021).

P&O Iona and Arvia are currently the newest and largest passenger liners designed and built for the UK source market.

The 2020-built/2021-inaugurated MS Iona cruise ship is P&O UK fleet's first Excellence-class boat (delivered in October 2020 and inaugurated in August 2021), with sistership Arvia (2022). 14 days, round-trip Spain Portugal And Canary Islandsħ days, round-trip Northern European City Escapeġ4 days, round-trip Portugal And Canary Islands
