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Topic: Pics of Patriot!

Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 01-24-2001 03:39 PM

Here are just two pictures of the new US Lines Patriot (former HAL Nieuw Amsterdam). The first shot shows the new logo being welded and painted onto the funnel.. the other show the ships with its new look. Go to www.casgen.com and look and numerous pics from the conversion- including shots of the new public rooms.

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tg_lindo
First Class Passenger
Member # 806

posted 01-24-2001 04:22 PM

I'd like to see more of the interior public rooms. If I were to do a Hawaii cruise, it would be hard to decide between Patriot (once they get operational bugs worked out) and the Independence.

But then again, I've done land based Hawaiian trips and am not sure that a cruise would be more fun than the B&B's and condos I've been to....

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bmajor
First Class Passenger
Member # 1754

posted 01-24-2001 10:15 PM

Surely any Hawaiin island cruise would beat any land based tour..Am I missing something?
And what are these "operational bugs" you talk about?

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 01-24-2001 10:59 PM

Operational bugs?

Ummm, check out this review from one of our readers...

Patriot Review

Joe at TravelPage.com

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 01-25-2001 01:49 AM

Thanks Joe for the link to that interesting review, Well I guess this officially make the United States Line back with there excellent 1 star service and fake eggs.
Can's wait to see there new ship that looks like a live stock cargo ship, I herd cargo ships get better ratings then 1 star.

I guess its a good thing United States Line has a parent company to back them as if they were just standing on there two own feet they would be bankrupted after a few months.

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Bernard
First Class Passenger
Member # 1038

posted 01-25-2001 09:29 AM

I have read some very bad things about the MS Patriot in the dutch Holland America Line Newsletter.

A Holland america line officer who has trained some of the new crew said that the service and the crew of this ship are terrible.

One week a person was Tablesteward and the other week he was 4th officer. That kind of stories.

He felt sorry for the Nieuw Asterdam to be operated by such a terrible crew and he thinks that this will go very wrong in the near future.

Bernard, Terschelling, The Netherlands

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 01-25-2001 10:11 AM

Here's another Patriot "review" that was posted last night...

Patriot Update

Let's hope they get the act together soon.

Joe at TravelPage.com

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