On Tuesday 27th of July, Cunards Queen Victoria paid her maiden voyage to the Port of Belfast . The 90,000 ton vessel carrying 2000 passengers and 1250 crew berthed at the Stormont dock at 8.00 am . Invited on-board this 5-star liner were many dignitaries of Belfast City, amongst the invited travel agents and guests were White Star Momentos . We decided right from the start to share this occasion with our readers and have a fantastic set of photos to show you ( below ) .
Cunard`s Queen Victoria at sea .
Invited parties gathering prior to boarding .
The Queen Victoria Atrium art-work .
A view of the three deck atrium .
The Lido pool area on deck 11 .
Queen Victoria`s stern .
Lido area showing red Cunard funnel .
A view from the Queen Victoria of the Thompson drydock and Pumphouse, completed in 1909 it was built to drydock the Olympic class liners ...Olympic , Titanic and Britannic .
The Lido pool bar .
The Lido Cafe . ( Self Service )
Lido cafe dining .
A fantastic view of Titanic and Olympics slips with the new Signature Building on the right and the Old Harland and Wolff office building and Drawing rooms on the left .
The First Class Grills Experience .
The Grills lounge bar .
The Queens Grill dining room .
The Courtyard Dining Experience .
The Winter-garden entertainment venue .
Wintergarden bar area .
Midships pool area .
Forward facing gym .
Gym dance routine area .
The Commodore Club bar area .
Commodore Club Lounge Area .
Queen Victoria`s excellent library .
The library`s featured spiral staircase .
The Queen Victoria ships bell .
On route from the Atrium to the Queens Room.
The Queens Room Ballroom .
The Queens Room ( The home of Bingo ! )
The Casino Bar .
The main Casino gambling area .
The Chart Room Bar .
The Cunardia museum and old thyme shopping experience .
Cunardia shopping .
The Royal Arcade shopping entrance .
Shopping area .
The Royal Court Theatre .
The only ship afloat with private boxes . ( Available for hire )
Passengers resting on the Promanade deck .
W.S.M. WEB EDITOR .
