Regarding INFINITY, yes, she will emerge from dry-dock in Virginia with the new paint scheme. She is scheduled to sail on March 6, reaching Ft. Lauderdale on March 8. Her first scheduled sailing is March 9. I am sailing on her second sailing, on March 23 from Ensenada to Hawaii. I'm very much looking forward to it, and also to returning to my once favorite cruise line.

Attached is a picture of MILLENNIUM in the new colors, along with a link to other photos.

Best,
Ernie

http://www.cruise-addicts.com/picturepost/view.php?uid=1420

Do you have any idea when Summit will be painted with the new scheme? I am hoping to sail on the Summit in Alaska this summer and I am hoping that she will be repainted.

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Originally posted by seatrial:
eroller,

Do you have any idea when Summit will be painted with the new scheme? I am hoping to sail on the Summit in Alaska this summer and I am hoping that she will be repainted.

I see that you live in Atlanta. I live near Atlanta myself. Small world!!!

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Hi seatrial,
I can't really say when SUMMIT will receive the new paint scheme. I would imagine during her next scheduled dry-dock, and I'm not sure when that is. Being that she is fairly new, I would guess that it is not scheduled until sometime next year.

The only reason INFINITY received the new paint scheme so early is because of an unscheduled dry-dock to fix a problem with one of the pods. Celebrity decided to go ahead and do it as long as the ship was going to be out of the water anyway. I don't think INFINITY was originally scheduled for a dry-dock until sometime much later this year.

Hope this helps... and nice to see another Atlantan on the board!

Here is a photo of Summit docked next to Century... you can see how the new Millinnium colors are a much better match to the existing fleet- and how out of place the red-yellow-blue-white looked:

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Look at todays cars and you have the Plymouth Prowler and the Chrysler PT Cruiser, both throw backs to cars of the 1930's. The future is Retro or "Retro-Future" as some people say. I like the "Retro-Future" direction (until it get's to the 1960's and 1970's - YUCK, then it's time to go back to the '30's again).

Remember, "Everything old is new again."

CGT

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1. Perhaps they felt at some point during the design stages that the dark blue and white paint scheme of the older fleet-mates did not suit the outer design of these 4 new ships.

2. Perhaps Celebrity decided to promote a more upscale image and distance themselves somewhat in the public eye (and Travel Agent community) from RCI brand, and they went with the new dark hull to look more upscale. (Similar to HAL ships being dark hulled compared to sister line Carnival Lines white hulls). Just like the dark blue uniforms of the Captain and Officers always looks classier, more formal, especially at night, than the cruising whites.

3. Perhaps the entire fleet was to eventually been painted in the new colors but once the Millenium class had entered service this idea was dropped perhaps due to negative comments from staff, guests, agents, ect. Maybe even Celebrity management came to dislike the colors too.
I wonder what the older fleet mates would have looked like in that paint scheme.