Do you like the look of cruise ships on the outside?

This blog is about what cruise lines do to differentiate their ships from others.  PandO have announced that they are changing the look of their ships on the outside.  I mean that the paint work is becoming more British.  Aurora is the first to have a paint job when she is in dry dock later this year, and the next ship to have this done will be PandO's Brittania which comes into service in February 2015.

Big Union Jacks (flags) will be painted on the hull of the ships and their funnels will have a rising illuminated sun on them.

Will this make the PandO fleet look like NCL's ships?  Are PandO trying to make their ships more appealing to younger potential British clients or do you think it is purely PandO being patriotic?



Cunards' fleet are very recognizable with ther red funnels and black hulls.  I suppose once P&O do this then their ships will stand out in ports of call.



The PandO fleet are taking turns going into dry dock to be refurbished.  Arcadia has literally just come out in December 2013, two days late I might add.