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Topic: Millennium's New Look

Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 11-17-2002 02:06 PM

Celebrity's Millennium just returned from a reburfishment, and now sports a new look. She has been repainted to more closely resembly her earlier sisters, the Horizon and Century classes. I think she looks better, as I never liked all the red and yellow accents. What do you all think.

Her original look:

New look:

[ 11-17-2002: Message edited by: Thad ]

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gohaze
First Class Passenger
Member # 586

posted 11-17-2002 02:32 PM

A very definate improvement. We sat across from her at Santorini for a day and every time we looked in that direction we just thought "HOW UGLY"
...peter

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empressport
First Class Passenger
Member # 2511

posted 11-17-2002 02:48 PM

Well, I wasn't crazy about the original scheme but the new one really makes her look like a haphazard collection of shapes and angles.

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 11-17-2002 03:14 PM

For some reason I can only see the picture of the original colour scheme. Can you repost her new coclour scheme?

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lambcom
First Class Passenger
Member # 656

posted 11-17-2002 04:54 PM

Thad:
I'm also getting that little red box with an "x" in it where the photo of the repainted Millennium should be. Could you repost it, please?

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 11-17-2002 05:15 PM

Thad,

The photo is not showing up ?

Ðraikar

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Panos
First Class Passenger
Member # 1022

posted 11-17-2002 07:57 PM

Can you post the new picture again please?

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 11-17-2002 08:17 PM

Trying again.

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Green
First Class Passenger
Member # 171

posted 11-17-2002 08:19 PM

Too many colours- replace the orange/gold with white - the deep blue/black? hull is OK.

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 11-17-2002 08:24 PM

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

She looks much better now! I never could get into the gold/ red...howver..once you get aboard those ships WOW...

Are they doing the same colour chnages to the other 3 ships of that class?

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 11-17-2002 08:29 PM

I would imagine that each of the Millennium class will be repainted to match the rest of the fleet. I think that this will give the fleet a nice sense of continuity... It is a much crisper look, more in keeping with the nautical yachting image that the line esposes.

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 11-17-2002 10:05 PM

Is there anyone that liked the old look better ! ?

Im torn but i guess any color will do as long she is not painted in Thomson Cruises colors !

At least Celebrity tried something new with the old Millennium paint scheme (even if im the only one who liked it)

Ðraikar

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 11-17-2002 10:47 PM

Nothing like a coat of white paint to make an ugly ship look like a big metal box. In my opinion she has not one graceful line. She looks like a giant container that fell off a container ship.

Joe at TravelPage.com

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kbozman
First Class Passenger
Member # 642

posted 11-17-2002 11:26 PM

Uuugaalllyyy.....

I liked the old paint scheme. But as for the
new one ... I agree with Joe's comment.

Kboz.

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 11-18-2002 10:12 AM

Another shot of her new look

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 11-18-2002 10:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Ðraikar:
Is there anyone that liked the old look better !

Yes, I liked the original paint job better!

I think white ships are pretty unimaginative. I?d like to see more black or navy blue used, at least for the hulls. I think that a dark hull on a cruise ship makes them look like a traditional Ocean Liner. This trick works well for ships such as the Disney ships and even Caronia.

Although some of the Celebrity fleet look O.K. from a distance, the closer you get the more angular they become.

I must say that 'Brilliance' and 'Radiance of the Seas' which are similar size ships to Millennium, and built on the same hull design, look so much more sleek for big ships, due to their more curved profiles.

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WhiteStar
First Class Passenger
Member # 2740

posted 11-18-2002 10:46 AM

My favorite ship the Crown Odyssey looks much better after Orient painted her white hull black. It also makes dents and rust harder to see.

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BigUFan
First Class Passenger
Member # 1382

posted 11-18-2002 12:36 PM

A classic floating brick to say the least. I'm not sure which I liked better; I think the solid blue hull would have been fine, but with the extra colors on it, the ship looked a bit too much like something out of Fisher-Price. The new paint job at least makes it more consistent with the rest of the line's livery, but there are only so many ways one can dress up a pig.

And the kicker is, I'll probably eventually sail on this vessel anyway, if for no other reason than to bask in the glory of the Olympic Restaurant.

I totally agree about this class vs. RCI's Radiance class. The latter are much prettier.

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gohaze
First Class Passenger
Member # 586

posted 11-18-2002 01:31 PM

The Crown Odyssey's hull went back to it's original colour with Royal Cruise Line - dark blue, which is actually much better than straight black.
...peter

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 11-18-2002 01:59 PM

Peter,

When the CROWN ODYSSEY was still with Royal Cruise Lines, her hull wasn't blue, but white, with a narrow blue stripe.

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Patrick
First Class Passenger
Member # 364

posted 11-18-2002 03:04 PM

Hey, is there something like an improovement going on ? I was getting used to the original design of the MILLENNIUM - class ships but the new design fits better into the fleet !
I just don't like the new Celebrity-logo !

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gohaze
First Class Passenger
Member # 586

posted 11-18-2002 03:28 PM

rd77...you're right. Just had a look at some pix from a Christmas trip on her 10 years ago before the vandals from NCL destroyed a good company yet again.
...peter

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Panos
First Class Passenger
Member # 1022

posted 11-18-2002 04:53 PM

So the new look is in line with the rest of the "old" fleet...hmm...too classic for me...original colour scheme was better ...

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koch
First Class Passenger
Member # 1483

posted 11-19-2002 04:33 AM

any change of color does not improve the whole look of the millenium class ships - they still look like a big floating square metal block - too much of the look of a floating hotel for me

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Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 11-19-2002 10:08 AM

HUGE IMPROVEMENT!!!

I said when she was first launched that her paint scheme was not appropriate for a premium market cruise ship. the blue-yellow-white-red mix was more suited for a mass market ship, and with "gas turbine" along the hull she looked like something out of a comic book.

Celebrity is making the right improvments to move the brand more upscale. She looks more elegent- and more unified (yes, she is a box like most ships today- but at least she is now a classy box). And she fits with the rest of the fleet.

Hooray for Celebrity's new management, may this be the beginning of more good news.

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