Grand welcome for MV Queen Victoria at Laksala

Hundreds of passengers of MV Queen Victoria arrived in Laksala at Thummulla, Colombo 07 on 29th this month received a grand welcome. Visitors entered Laksala throughout the day amidst traditional Kandyan dancing and drumming. They reached the flagship store from 9.30 am 5.30pm on a special shuttle bus service operated from the Port of Colombo.

Tourists visited had an opportunity to see how wooden masks and elephants were carved by skilful craftsmen who were on Laksala premises and they were delighted with handicrafts products on sale in the showroom. The management at Laksalka had prepared special arrangements such as various traditional dancing events to entertain passengers. Whenever this ocean liner arrives in Sri Lanka, tourists onboard visited Laksala as usual.

The MV Queen Victoria, which has been the second largest Cunard ship ever built next to the Queen Mary II, is a UK-registered ship operated by Cunard. The £270m worth, 294m long and a 90,000t cruise ship constructed by Fincantieri Maritimo in Maghera near Venice in Italy. The ship has a passenger capacity of 2,014 with 1,001 crew and 1,007 cabins (creating a passenger to crew ratio of 2:1). Around 86% of staterooms are outside and 71% of staterooms have balconies. There is 10,000ft of open deck space. The vessel’s maiden voyage from Southampton (its home port) took place on 11 December 2007.