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MS Arvia is an excellence class cruise ship in service for P&O Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in Papenburg, she was delivered in the 9th of December 2022 to P&O Cruises. At about 185,000 GT, Arvia is the largest ship to be commissioned for the British cruise market as of yet. Arvia was floated out on the 27th of August 2022. Arvia's normal operating capacity is 5200 passengers even though it's maximum capacity if 3rd and 4th berths are used is 6264 passengers. Arvia was supposed to have her maiden voyage on the 9th of December 2022 but due to operational reasons, this was delayed to the 23rd of December 2022. It's maiden voyage was a 14 night Canary Island cruise from Southampton. On the 2nd of March 2023, P&O cruises announced that Arvia's godmother will be Nicole Scherzinger.

Design
Arvia has over 30 bars and restaurants onboard. The design is quite similar to it's sister ship, Iona however with a quite few differences. First of all, unlike Iona, Arvia has two included Freedom Restaurants (Main Dining Rooms) and two included themed dining venues. Iona has 4 included Freedom restaurants. The themed dining venues are the 6th Steet Diner which is themed after a traditional American diner and The Olive Grove which is a Mediterranean style restaurant. Even though, The Olive Grove is also available on Iona, there are a few differences. The first difference is that their is no supplements for selected dishes on the Arvia menu unlike Iona and also that Arvia's Olive Grove is located on deck 6 instead of deck 8. Another difference between Iona and Arvia is the atrium on Arvia has a more wooden tone while on Iona, it uses more marble. Like Iona, their are 4 swimming pools on Arvia including 2 infinity pools.