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Among all the cruise ships sailing on Yangtze River, Victoria Queen was rebuilt in 2003. She is modest in shape, yet she has quite a specialty after absorbed many merits of earlier built cruise ships. Designed specially for cruising through narrow Yangtze River gorges, she appears as a 5 star floating hotel with a grand style. The six-deck vessel is 89 meters long and 16 meters wide and is sailing 28 km per hour in still water.
Accommodations include 2 Shangri-la Suites, 2 Deluxe Suites 6 Junior Suites, and 93 Standard Cabins, which means a total capacity of 206 guests. Besides elegant and luxurious decorations on board, the ship is equipped with advanced navigating system, IDD telephone, satellite telecommunication, closed circuit TV system, central air-conditioning, indoor public sight-viewing areas, as well as business center, gym, bar, karaoke, ballroom, sauna, beauty salon, and so on. There are 121 staff members on the cruiser, among them are well trained waiters and waitresses, veteran chefs, high-level foreign language guides. Quite a few short shore excursion and aboard programs are arranged for you. All the crewmembers were asked to have "passengers are our emperors, to meet what they demand is our sole aim" in their minds. They are boasting that taking their ship for a Three Gorge tour would be your only best choice.
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