OMAR STAR at anchorage

OMAR STAR and some other casino ships

OMAR III and OMAR STAR - upon departure

OMAR III and OMAR STAR greeted each other with their horns several times, then OMAR STAR was surrounded by 7 to 9 ships including fire fighter, tugs and yachts, proceeding to the west, like this:

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Originally posted by Gundam X Divider:

The ship will berth alongside (not passenger terminal) and will enter drydock in August.

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There are another wharves in Hong Kong: China ferry terminal and China Merchant Wharf

Omar Star is seemed at China Merchant Wharf now.

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Originally posted by Ocean Liners:
There are two other wharves in kowloon: China ferry terminal and China Merchant Wharf

Omar Star is seemed at China Merchant Wharf now.

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[ 07-07-2005: Message edited by: Gundam X Divider ]

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Originally posted by Gundam X Divider:

She is alongside China Merchant Kennedy Town, which is on the western part of Hong Kong Island.

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Oops, Kennedy Town is located western part of Hong Kong Island and Near green Island or Macau Ferry Terminal

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Originally posted by Gundam X Divider:
My friend saw in a newspaper advertisement that her stripes will be re-painted to pink, and expect some large words like "Asia Cruises" on her hull .

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Its hard to believe that she went from a RSSC 5-stars(?) ship to a casino ship so quickly. I guess I wouldn't mind a OMAR III livery on her, but pink stripes on a white hull?! NO!

Thanks for the pictures though.

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Originally posted by Gundam X Divider:

She will feature a two-deck-high "Titanic theme" restaurant and another Italian restaurant (open galley?).

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There is/was the Grill on Deck Ten and the Grand Dining Room, a three section restaurant with a two deck mid section on Deck Eight on Radisson Diamond.

She featured reservation only Italian trattoria " Don Vito's '.

She also featured a floating marina with staging area for water sports.

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Originally posted by Waynaro:
THATS HORRIBLE!!!

Its hard to believe that she went from a RSSC 5-stars(?) ship to a casino ship so quickly.

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From www.asiacruiser.com

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With the addition of the Asia Star, the pride of Asia Cruises , we hope to expand our fleet operations to include Taiwan , Japan , Korea and Malaysia over the coming years. Asia Star will be the ultimate six-star luxury cruise ship. Leveraging our success and experience with Omar III, we believe Asia Star will become Asian industry leader.

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From what I heard, just the dark blue stripes will be painted blue - the hull remains white I think. I don't think her appearance will be changed much. I just wonder what will they do to the small funnels : flashing lights like OMAR III?

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Originally posted by Ernst:
What did they do to her? Up to now she seems to be unaltered - it is a horrible idea to paint her pink, but let`s see whether this will happen.

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Originally posted by Gundam X Divider:
Don't worry too much, it seems that she is not going to become a low class casino ship like most in Hong Kong. Just read from the news that she will have a number of preview cruises to Shantou which are expected to be HK$1500 (around US$200) per person per night , compared to "HK$300 overnight cruise" on most other casino ships.

From what I heard, just the dark blue stripes will be painted blue - the hull remains white I think. I don't think her appearance will be changed much. I just wonder what will they do to the small funnels : flashing lights like OMAR III?

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for all i care she belongs with RSSC, i no yall will argue with me saying about how slow she is and gosting them alotta money..but i stillthink she should be with them not as sum casino.
cruiseshipluver

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Asia Cruises, through its vessels Omar III and Asia Star, is committed to delivering exceptional cruise experience exceeding the World's Leading Cruise Lines standard. We plan to expand o ut of Asia , becoming a truly international cruise liner .

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cruiseshipluver wrote:
...i mean that she is a casino ship now, its hideous.

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... to me it is real sad that she has to be taken in as a casino ship.

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Cruiseshipluver, I agree with you. I think it would be sad for any ocean liner or cruise ship to end up as a floating casino.

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