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Topic: Pride of Aloha - art hull

lebelty
First Class Passenger
Member # 3855

posted 01-20-2004 06:09 PM

quote:
Lei will decorate Pride of Aloha hull
20/01/2004
A flower lei in vibrant yellows, pinks and greens will decorate the hull of NCL America’s Pride of Aloha, which begins service in Hawaii on July 4. The ship, currently Norwegian Sky, will undergo a conversion and reflag to US registry to assume the Pride of America’s previously published program.
Created by Honolulu artist and designer Linda Umstead, the lei design was the winner in an NCL competition. Umstead will receive a $10,000 cash award and a cruise for two aboard Pride of Aloha

from seatrade insider

tyler

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Beezo
First Class Passenger
Member # 1505

posted 01-20-2004 06:15 PM

Images available at www.ncl.com

~Brian

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Commodore
First Class Passenger
Member # 1575

posted 01-20-2004 06:45 PM

It looks pretty nice. I personally both of the NCL America ships' hull art.

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 01-20-2004 07:14 PM

Looks cool!!!

Don’t like Pride of America’s hull art much, looks too much like a hotrod and with that ship design no wavy lines could make it look fast.

But Pride of Aloha looks super, wacky enough an colourful enough to actually work!

However I do wonder how they will maintain these ever getting more complicated hull arts? Are the “paint” crewmembers send to art school now?

Best, Onno

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ScottQE2
First Class Passenger
Member # 4180

posted 01-20-2004 09:24 PM

Onno, I agree with you, Pride of Aloha is beautiful. But Pride of America is a grotesque spectacle. The Tanya Harding of cruise ships.

Scott

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joe at travelpage
Administrator
Member # 622

posted 01-20-2004 11:31 PM

From NCL:

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 01-21-2004 08:48 AM

Very pretty, I would have maybe placed another lei painting just around the Il Adagio dining room windows area because it looks sort of empty back there...

And I wish NCL would get rid of that 'Freestyle Cruising' banner-style logo off the hull of their ships. Tacky.

[ 01-21-2004: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]

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linerguy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4289

posted 01-21-2004 09:53 AM

I like it too....much better than PoA. And, Onno, I was thinking the same thing....I feel sorry for the touch up crew.

"The Tanya Harding of cruise ships."

Thanks, Scott, that made my day.

Russ

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Fairsky
First Class Passenger
Member # 781

posted 01-21-2004 10:19 AM

It won't be long before the entire NCL fleet has hull art... I would expect the two new Star-class ships from Meyer Werft will also have art.

Like it or not, the art is becoming a brand identity for NCL... a very smart idea.

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 01-21-2004 12:20 PM

NCL's hull art...a smart idea? I totally agree! Something has to differentiate them from all the other white-hulled plain janes out there.

And as long as it is done tastefully it will look brilliant, but I agree that the Pride of America's hull art looks awful in the artists renditions. MAYBE it will look better in real life???

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sslewis
First Class Passenger
Member # 3649

posted 01-21-2004 12:43 PM

Very artistic design.
This german-built beauty will distinguished itself even more from the other bland cruiseships she competes with!
Hope Costa applies a similar livery scheme on half-sister Costa Victoria!
sslewis

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cruiseny
First Class Passenger
Member # 2928

posted 01-21-2004 01:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by sslewis:
Hope Costa applies a similar livery scheme on half-sister Costa Victoria!

Oh no... She deserves to be white and unadorned, like every Costa passenger ship, ever... Hull decoration wouldn't fit with her Italian moderne interiors

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Beezo
First Class Passenger
Member # 1505

posted 03-22-2004 08:29 PM

If you go to www.ncl.com it seems like they extended the hull art a little bit longer....does look much better as it doesnt stop mid-ship now...

~Brian

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