MS Marco Polo Totally Explained

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MS Marco Polo is a cruise ship owned by Global Maritime, under charter to Transocean Tours, Germany. The construction of this class featured some notable differences from contemporary ships built in the West Block. Amongst other things they offered cabins for six people and had three faucets in the bathrooms - for hot, cold and sea water - Both of these features had long since been abandoned in western liners. To enable the ships to navigate through broken ice, they were constructed with greater hull strength and stability than usual in passenger ships of this size. The Ivan Franko class ships were also built with the use as a troopship in mind. Due to this they'd unusually large provision and storage areas, enabling a cruising range of over 10,000 nautical miles. Additionally there were provisions for 500 cabinless passengers.
From 1972 onwards the Ivan Franko class ships were rebuilt. In the first stage the cargo facilities were eliminated and the forward superstructure extended, allowing for additional public spaces. Stabilizers were also installed in this stage. In the second stage the cabins were re-configured to include berths for all passengers. Other sources give a more detailed, but somewhat conflicting, accounts. Philip Dawson's book The Liner - Retrospective & Renaissance gives the full route as Leningrad—Helsinki—Copenhagen—London (Tilbury)—Quebec City—Montreal, in addition to which the ship was used for cruising from Montreal to Saint Pierre and Miquelon, The Bahamas and Cuba during the summer months. According to the book the ship carried just 36 passengers on her first transatlantic crossing. The Marco Polo's cruises continued as before, but as a result of the NCL deal MS Crown Odyssey joined her in the Orient Lines fleet in 2000, turning the company into a two-ship brand. However the Crown Odyssey left the Orient fleet in 2003, The buyer was later revealed to be the Greece-based Global Maritime, who chartered the ship to the Germany-based Transocean Tours. The Marco Polo replaced MS Arielle in Transocean Tours fleet, operating cruises out of the United Kingdom as well as Germany. Transocean Tours are planning to operate the ship at least until 2012.

Decks

Deck plans provided by Orient Lines only include full plans of decks accessible to the public, therefore full details are only provided for those. The side elevation picture accompanying the deck plans includes an extra deck below Safari Deck, although no actual plans are provided for this it's included.

Unknown, probably engine rooms
Safari Deck - Inside and outside cabins
Pacific Deck - Medical center, outside and inside cabins
Bali Deck - Seven Seas restaurant, outside and inside cabins
Main Deck - Suites, deluxe, outside and inside cabins
Belvedere Deck - Ambassador Lounge showroom, Polo Lounge piano bar, tour office, purser's desk, palm court, boutiques, Le Casino, casino bar, card room, library, Raffles indoor and outdoor restaurant, sun deck, pool bar, swimming pool
Promenade Deck - The Charleston Club dance bar, deluxe and inside cabins, sun deck
Upper Deck - Beauty salon, Internet center, Mandara spa & fitness center, suites, deluxe and inside cabins
Sky Deck - Bridge, suites and deluxe cabins, jacuzzis, sun deck

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