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CRUISOLOGY
First Class Passenger
Member # 1693

posted 11-27-2000 08:06 AM

Enjoyed Paddys "Worst names ships" How aboutnames you think ships should have. Be serious or have fun. For example how about the "Carnival Perspiration" or "Bulimic Princess"

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sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 11-27-2000 08:47 AM

Sitting at breakfast one morning with another couple when in pulls the Destiny - the other lady, who was a real character, says out loud "Oh, here's the DENSITY". Geez that ship is large and I didn't realize how large until I walked down the pier and compared her to the HAL ship I was on!

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Patrick
First Class Passenger
Member # 364

posted 11-27-2000 08:53 AM

When Costa did still own the hull of the unfinihed COSTA OLYMPIA which was laid up at Lloyd Yards in Bremerhaven / Germany, before being taken over by NCL to become the NORWEGIAN KY, people named it the COSTA ROSTA (translation: rusting Costa / ROST=RUST)...
Another one was the VASCO DA GAMA. While under charter to Neckermann, she got her new nick-mame due to plenty engine-problems and failures: FIASKO DA DRAMA.
A nice name in the industry was ROYAL VIKING SEA / SUN / STAR / SKY / QUEEN.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 11-27-2000 05:47 PM

Hmmm, good idea Cruisology, I'm in a crazy mood:

Costa - Costa Packet
Princess - Princess Pea
Celebrity - Celebrity Pinnacle
Carnival - Carnival Rio
HAL - Hoverdamm
Airtours - Sunstroke
RCL - Waves of the Sea
NCL - Norwegian Box
Premier - Big Red Overdraft

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Commodore
First Class Passenger
Member # 1575

posted 11-27-2000 08:20 PM

Ok,I'll be silly.

Commodore-Enchanted Chicken

Carnival-Carnival Overglitzzz

Royal Carribbean- Fruitcake of the Seas

Princess- Flea Princess

Holland America- Raymonddam(Raymond Dam is the name of the name of a dam in the town I live in.

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Jesse C
First Class Passenger
Member # 1678

posted 11-28-2000 01:06 AM

My ship names.

Carnival:
Carnival - MS Carnival Sunshine
Costa Crocriere - SS CostaTorino
Holland America- MS Edam
Cunard - MS Mauretania

P&O Princess:
P&O - MS Canberra II
Princess - MV Mountain Princess

RoyalCarribean-
RCI - MV Prince of the Seas
Celebrity - MV Jupiter

Star Cruises:
Star Cruises: SuperStar Orion
Norwegian Cruise Line: Norwegian Jewel

Nice names?
Jesse

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Jesse C
First Class Passenger
Member # 1678

posted 11-28-2000 01:11 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jesse C:
[B]My ship names.

Carnival:
Carnival - MS Carnival Sunshine
Costa Crocriere - SS CostaTorino
Holland America- MS Edam
Cunard - MS Mauretania
Airtours - MV Sunburn

P&O Princess:
P&O - MS Canberra II
Princess - MV Mountain Princess

RoyalCarribean-
RCI - MV Prince of the Seas
Celebrity - MV Jupiter

Star Cruises:
Star Cruises: SuperStar Orion
Norwegian Cruise Line: Norwegian Jewel

Premier:
SS Big Red Bust

Nice names?
Jesse

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PauloMestre
First Class Passenger
Member # 1613

posted 11-28-2000 03:51 AM

Royal Caribbean:
Idiot of the Seas
BeefJerky of the Seas

Princess Cruises:
Garbage Princess

Celebrity:
Windows Millenium... (on the floating-out a giant blue screen will appear and the ship explodes )

Carnival:
Carnival Greed
Carnival Glutony
Carnival Sink (as in kitchen sink)

Great Names (my personal opinion):
Royal Sovereign;
Conqueror of the Seas;

Regards

Paulo Mestre

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Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 11-28-2000 02:22 PM

I personally really like cruise lines that have original names for each of thier ships- names that do not all take the same form. For example, the early Royal Caribbean ships:
Song of Norway
Nordic Prince
Sun Viking
Nordic Empress
These names had a common theme without being identical- unlike the "of the seas" fleet today.

I really liked the names Celebrity has been selecting- again they have a similar theme without be identical:
Zenith
Horizon
Galaxy
Mercury
But now they have just gotten bad. New ships will be named Summit and Apex. These are just BAD. They should reconsider Jupiter, Contellation, Venus, Meridian.

The fleet that I believe has the best names today is the P&O fleet. All the ships's names end in -a, but they are beautiful and original. They draw from their rich shipping history while still being elegant.
Oriana
Victoria
Arcadia
Aurora
And you should expect upcoming ships to be called Canberra and Diana.

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