Pacific Dawn's Fun Facts and Figures

• Pacific Dawn features 795 staterooms – 165 more than the largest hotel in Australia, Sydney’s Four Points by Sheraton Darling Harbour which has 630 rooms
• Pacific Dawn has more private balcony staterooms (184) than Sydney’s famed Park Hyatt hotel (158)
• Pacific Dawn’s two-storey showlounge can seat 740 people – 200 more than Sydney’s Darling Harbour IMAX Theatre, which seats 540 people
• With a length of 245m, Pacific Dawn is equivalent to three-and-a-half 747 jumbo jets lined up in a row
• If Pacific Dawn was tipped on her stern (rear), the bow (front) would virtually be in line with the observation deck of Sydney Tower at 250m
• Renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, who designed Pacific Dawn, was also the famous architect behind Paris’ revolutionary Centre Georges Pompidou, distinctive Aurora Place in Sydney, the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in Noumea, New Caledonia and Japan’s Kansai International Airport in Osaka
• Pacific Dawn was originally named Regal Princess and was christened by former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in New York on August 8, 1991. The ship was renamed Pacific Dawn by Olympic Gold Medallist Cathy Freeman in Sydney on November 8, 2007.
• 80 tonnes of food and drink are consumed on each cruise
• The ship’s 93 chefs, cooks and bakers prepare more than 8600 meals a day for passengers and crew