It is huge, it is great… It weighs 116,000 tons, stretches 72ft longer than Tower Bridge and comes with a rock guitar school, a West End theatre and a Marco Pierre White restaurant.
Ventura, which cost £330 million to build, is the biggest cruise ship to be made for the British market.
The ship, which can carry 3,600 passengers, is the newest addition to P&O’s fleet and is regarded as a “next generation” ship at a time when cruise holidays are enjoying a surge in popularity.
It was named officially at a ceremony last night and while the Queen was not available, Dame Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for portraying the monarch, was on hand to carry out the formalities at Southampton.
So, who is going to be the lucky reader to go first in this amazing Cruise Ship ! Good luck !