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Topic: What would you name a ship?

debr
First Class Passenger
Member # 5126

posted 11-13-2004 02:14 PM

just for fun, what would you name a cruise ship if you could.

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elad
First Class Passenger
Member # 5150

posted 11-13-2004 02:43 PM

i would name it:

Queen of Sheaba
Princess Diana
Atlantic Queen
Queen Anne
Queen Melody
Arctic Queen

Elad

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 11-13-2004 03:08 PM

I like British inspired names such as:
Britannic
Great Britain
and my Canadian Pacific knock offs in place of 'Empress', substitute 'Princess'
Princess of Wales
Princess of England
Princess of Scotland
Princess of Ireland
Princess of France
etc.
and just return to great classic names such as:
Homeric
Olympic
Majestic
Mauretania
Aquitania
etc.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 11-13-2004 04:29 PM

Ocean Lust would be my first ship.
When I'd made a mint:-
Atlantic Lust
Pacific Lust
Indian Lust
Mediterranean Lust
Caribbean Lust
Antarctic Lust
Baltic Lust
Eastern Lust
Arabian Lust
Would follow on

Then I'll retire.
Pam

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Onno
First Class Passenger
Member # 3071

posted 11-13-2004 04:48 PM

Let me guess Pam, your company would be named Lust Line or Lust Cruises?!

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Johan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4458

posted 11-13-2004 04:52 PM

Difficult to say, a name is a strange thing, must be original, but has sometimes double layers of meanings, the name must also reflect the ship, and more importantly the owner/shipping/company and fleet.

a suffix like "-ic", "-ia", "-dam", "-ville" or "-land" is always good - it immediately places the ship in the fleet, but also being on its own (other than name of company + word).

The name "Etheldreda" flashes to my mind, I don't know, but I'd love to sail on a MS Etheldreda, it is a serious ship.
And female names, which have a speical touch to it like : Agatha, Diana, Sidonia, , Zenobia

I always thought "Rembrandt" a good name : presently there are some ships carrying artists names.

There are also composers.

So my fleet :

flagship
MS "Etheldreda"

Big ships

Rubens
Rembrandt
Renoir
Rothko

Intermediate

Mahler
Mussorgski
Meyerbeer
Monteverdi

smaller luxury yachlike ships

Agatha
Diana
Sidonia
Zenobia

Another options would be nautical names with "Ic" : Oceanic - Adriatic - Pacific - Atlantic - Indianic - Baltic - Nordic - Neptunic

Nice, and with a classical touch would be mountains and mountain ranges
Himalaya (which I always thougt a beautiful ships name, and one with legal history) - Karakoram - Anapurna - Ruwenzori - Kilimandjaro - Alpen - Rockies - Taurus - Fuji - Andes

the interior decoration could be focused, and the rock climbing wall wouldn't be a gimmick

It s a fun exercise

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 11-13-2004 05:09 PM

I would name my ships (all designed fore the liner voyage/cruises frome Rotterdam to Indonesia and back. Rotterdam / Sydney and back) after the old names off the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd liners.
Rotterdam Ocean Lines (Black hull, Buff yellow smokestack with black top and under the black top a red white bleu ribbon)

Dempo
Baloeran
Insulinde
Indrapoera
Patria
Sibajak
Slamat
Tambora
Garoet
etc. etc. etc.

Ore iff it was specialy fore the Atlantic.

After the Dutch Queens.
Regina Atlantic Lines (Royal bleu hull, Orange smockestack and logo made frome the Durch crown)

Koningin Anna Paulona
Wife off King Willem 2
Koningin Sofia
First wife off King Willem 2
Koningin Emma
second wife off King Willem 2 and Regentes
Koningin Wilhelmina
Dual there where 2 Queens 1 Queen consort to King Willem 1 and Queen Wilhelmina head off state frome 1898 till 1948
Koningin Juliana
Koningin Beatrix

After Dutch Province Capitols.
Netherlands Capital Lines (White hull, Red white bleu wave styled smokestck)

Haarlem (Noord Holland)
Den Haag (Zuid Holland)
Breda (Brabant)
Maastricht (Limburg)
Middelburg (Zeeland)
Assen (Drenthe)
Zwolle (Overijssel)
Groningen (Groningen)
Leeuwarden (Friesland)
Utrecht (Utrecht)
Lelystad (Flevoland)
Arnhem (Gelderland)

[ 11-13-2004: Message edited by: Maasdam ]

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flotsam'n jetsam
First Class Passenger
Member # 2712

posted 11-13-2004 05:15 PM

President Bush!

Heh, heh!!!

On a more seriously note, I like local names such as a series of Gulf of Maine names: Quoddy, Fundy, etc...

I also like Amitie, from a Van Gogh painting.

I also like sea-wind names such as Atlantico, Pacifico, Arctico, Aegean, Mediterranean, Westerly, Easterly, Seabreeze, Mistral, Chinook, Karayel, Lodos, Levanto, Zephyros, however there would be many of these.

Female names with local character are fine too, such as Stella Solaris. I find male names to be usually unappropriate, except in some cases (5 poets of ex BLASCO was an exception).

.-ata

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Salaison
First Class Passenger
Member # 4722

posted 11-13-2004 05:27 PM

Ocean Dream
Dynasty
Lucian Princess
Island Wind

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 11-13-2004 05:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Onno:
Let me guess Pam, your company would be named Lust Line or Lust Cruises?!

Lust = Luxury Universal Sea Travel

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 11-13-2004 05:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:

Lust = Luxury Universal Sea Travel

Pam i would sail with your lines iff the name is explained in Dutch oh lalala

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Brian_O
First Class Passenger
Member # 3910

posted 11-13-2004 06:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:

Antarctic Lust

This one would probably earn the nickname Numb Nuts. Of course I might be wrong.

Brian

[ 11-13-2004: Message edited by: Brian_O ]

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debr
First Class Passenger
Member # 5126

posted 11-13-2004 06:31 PM

wow, these are all really thought out. we should all join forces and make our own cruise line!

anyways, mine would be

Regal Escapade
Escapade of the Seas (RCI)
Bohemian of the Seas (RCI)
Bahamian Dutchess/Princess
Bahamian Spirit
Rapsodia
Destiny
Ocean Chancellor

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Johan
First Class Passenger
Member # 4458

posted 11-13-2004 07:07 PM

Ocean Chancellor is original,
and "Regal Escapade"...
could be more of a class, like Montespan/Maintenon/Pompadour

sorry,
better names, than those proposed these days.

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chrisrotlmacin
First Class Passenger
Member # 4531

posted 11-13-2004 08:23 PM

DRACULA !!!! full Romanian crew , best service in the cruise industry .European itinerary in summer time "Dracula Journey " and deep southern carribean cruises out of New York in the winter . What you guys think ? I can get the crew any one with the ship ???

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6263866
First Class Passenger
Member # 5115

posted 11-13-2004 09:39 PM

Atlantean of the Seas for Celebrity, Atlantis

For some reason I really like the name Atlantic,Atlantis,ect

But Atlantis would really be a good name for a mega yacht

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P&Ocruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 5040

posted 11-14-2004 12:03 AM

quote:
Originally posted by chrisrotlmacin:
DRACULA !!!! full Romanian crew , best service in the cruise industry .European itinerary in summer time "Dracula Journey " and deep southern carribean cruises out of New York in the winter . What you guys think ? I can get the crew any one with the ship ???

tht sounds interesting ...... if i were to invest in a ship it would be for your company......its very original....no one has done it

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nevadaflip
First Class Passenger
Member # 1682

posted 11-14-2004 12:49 AM

At one port (I think it was Manila) in the 1960's we were docked right across from a beautiful and well maintained Belgian general cargo ship named "BRUEGEL" or "BRUEGELS", for Pieter Bruegel, the famous Flemish painter.

Nice name for a ship.

Jerry

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mec1
First Class Passenger
Member # 4287

posted 11-14-2004 10:31 AM

I have always liked the Inman line "City of" names and also the short-lived Spirit of .... theme from P&O. I think Spirit of New York, Spirit of Paris, Spirit of London, Spirit of New Orleans etc. would be great and would allow each ship to have a specific decorative theme (though not hopefully executed by Mr Farcus).

I would also suggest famous female rulers - Cleopatra, Dido, Victoria, Cleopatra, Guinevere etc.

Mike

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Sailor Sam
Just Boarded
Member # 5271

posted 12-19-2004 01:49 AM

All cruiselines claim they offer a heavenly experience. So why not name ships after mythical paradises ?
Xanadu, Shangri-La, Bali Hai, Avalon, Nirvana

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 12-19-2004 09:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mec1:
I..would be great and would allow each ship to have a specific decorative theme (though not hopefully executed by Mr Farcus).

A nice idea.

We could let Joe Farkus do one ship, 'City of Las Vegas'!

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Karsten
First Class Passenger
Member # 1509

posted 12-19-2004 10:19 AM

"QUEEN OF THE SEVEN SEAS"

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WhiteStar
First Class Passenger
Member # 2740

posted 12-19-2004 11:38 AM

Tsarina

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annnthony
First Class Passenger
Member # 3733

posted 12-19-2004 12:12 PM

How about SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!

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star_maker
First Class Passenger
Member # 5205

posted 12-19-2004 02:36 PM

how about this name... Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
its a maori name but would make an interesting ships name!!

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