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Originally posted by Linerdan:
Gday all
Hope this dosent sound like a stuipd question:
When a ship is lengthen and more cabins/suites are added , do they have to renumber all the cabins again to keep them in running order?
Regards Linerdan.

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Originally posted by Linerdan:
Gday all
Hope this dosent sound like a stuipd question:
When a ship is lengthen and more cabins/suites are added , do they have to renumber all the cabins again to keep them in running order?
Regards Linerdan.

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Ernst wrote:
"...and this is where the whole ship has been cut in two parts..." as most people are not fascinated by the fact that a ship can be stretched.

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Most people have no idea the ship they’re cruising on was built in sections (and welded together) or that ships can be lengthened, but if you actually told them it was cut in two and a piece was added, they’d probably get scared.

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cruiseshipluver wrote:
...they will probably keep the cabin numbers in the foward section then start renumbering from the midsection towards the aft....or it could be the other way around.....i'm not sure what they will do though....but just a thought

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They would follow-on from where the new section comes in like you said cruiseshipluver. You would think numbers go from forward to aft, that’s logical isn’t it?

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Cheers

[ 05-29-2005: Message edited by: bulbousbow ]

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Originally posted by Keitaro:
The pictures Bart uploaded are quiet good! I am disappointed the fact that the new "suspension" bridge has a different window color than the rest of the ship

Anyhow, she is looking nice!

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I thought the same thing. RCI is known for it's "green glass". I wonder why the "bridge" is not the same?

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Originally posted by eroller:

I thought the same thing. RCI is known for it's "green glass". I wonder why the "bridge" is not the same?

Ernie

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Originally posted by eroller:

I thought the same thing. RCI is known for it's "green glass". I wonder why the "bridge" is not the same?

Ernie

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Originally posted by HALover:

Maybe it's a protection foil who will be removed when all the work is finished?

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Originally posted by cruiseshipluver:

well i dont think so, i think that is the actual colour of the glass on the midsection......but i would rekon that they'd tint it sum more so that it can match back with the rest of the Glass on the ship.
cruiseshipluver

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I think it's too late to tint the glass. I believe the "green glass" that RCI uses is a process that happens during the making of the glass, not a "tint" that can be added later.

It is possible the glass does have a white protective
film over it now that will eventually be pulled off (as mentioned earlier), if not, then I suspect that RCI wanted the glass a different color for whatever reason.

I would say it's a glass covering becasue in the picture, if you look above the new glass you can see a yellow crane and if you follow the boom down you can't see it when it's behind the glass which makes me think there's an opaque covering.

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Originally posted by cruisintoday14:
If there is no covering on the glass then maybe they will tent the class that green cover. Cause when we were on some RCCL ships the green was waxy feel and peeling on one of the pool side windows i think it is an aftermarket tint. Cause on the Explorer of the seas the balconies and stuff don't have the green.

Jonathan

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I don't' think it's aftermarket. The glass is manufactured that way. It would be way too much upkeep if it were a film. It would be peeling everywhere and the RCI ships are covered with green glass from head to toe. You would also be able to see seems where the film was not fitted exactly. I've never seen that on a RCI ship nor have I seen peeling on any of the windows.

Balconies probably have clear glass so there is nothing distorting your view of the ocean. It's also not necessary to reflect heat on the balconies which is probably a reason for the green glass on the major windows. It no doubt saves RCI on a/c costs. I notice Princess has blue tint glass and Carnival uses a lot of dark (almost black) looking glass.

I remember on the NORWAY the glass on the interior promenade was covered with a mirrored film. It would reflect the sun to help keep it cooler in side. From the exterior it looked pretty cool, but once it got old and started peeling it really looked like crap.

Jonathan

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Originally posted by mec1:
OK this will probably sound like another stupid question but isn't meant to be - on the whole topic of ship stretching - I happen to think that every ship that has ever been stretched has emerged looking better. What do you all think?

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Originally posted by mec1:
I happen to think that every ship that has ever been stretched has emerged looking better. What do you all think?

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Homeric - pre-stretch

As Costa Europa - post-stretch

Windward - pre-stretch

Norwegian Wind - post-stretch

This next is in my opinion the best of the stretch jobs

Song of Norway - pre-stretch

Song of Norway - post-stretch

And I like this one too

Norwegian Majesty - pre-stretch

Norwegian Majesty - post-stretch

So in my mind some stretches have improved the ships appearance, some have hurt it.

Thad

[ 06-03-2005: Message edited by: Thad ]

[ 06-03-2005: Message edited by: Keitaro ]