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Will all the ships get the art?
Chris
NORWEGIAN SUN
PRIDE OF HAWAII
Images from ncl.com
Norwegian Majesty, Dream, Wind, and Crown will not have hull-art because they are due to leave the fleet and go to Star Cruises in the coming years.
~Brian
quote:Originally posted by jeffrossatsea:did'nt the "contitution" or "independence" have some sort of hull design painted on the side during the wild 70's.....i mean to me it was gawd awful, but it was a artistic design of a sun and a womans face.....any pic's out there?......jeff
In 1968, the travel agency Fugazy charted the INDEPENDENCE as a one-class "funship" for a new style of "hip" cruising. They painted her sides in a sunburst of yellow, orange, red & purple, along with Jean Harlow's eyes. The ship resembled the World War I dazzle-paint on the troopships! This operation only lasted a few months. Following is a black & white photo--I cannot find my color photos of her in this guise:
Rich
Norewgian Spirit Postcard
Pam
So all of the smaller ships will leave the fleet for Star? Is this common knowledge or just guessing?
quote:Chris wrote:So all of the smaller ships will leave the fleet for Star? Is this common knowledge or just guessing?
Well, call it logic. With the entry of P&O Australia and Costa Crociere into Asia, Star may have no choice but to deploying some of NCL’s older smaller (mid-size) vessels here sooner than later. India is also a growing market, and if Star is serious about it (which I know they are) they will consolidate before others come in. Hopefully NCL’s newbuilds will be on time to cover any losses to Star.
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Cheers
timbmn12@yahoo.com
Looking at this valkyrie above I prefer 'Mr Fish' from Royal Iris.
quote:Originally posted by Beezo:I am looking forward to seeing what else NCL has refitted into the ship.
I don't really like the hull art though...
The comparison with Virgin Atlantic is spot-on...Since the rumoured joint venture R.Branson is pursueing appears to be with R.C.L., that would be quite a departure.Another poster inquired about what else was''refitted''.....The whole saga of NCL Spirit's scheduled 30 days drydock which became a 18 day drydock in another locale is really pathetic...**Other than the hull artwork added, the ship was not even repainted; saw her '' close up and personnal''yesterday in Vancouver, looks pretty sloppy still; seems the teak floors were redone; no sign of exterior modifications at all; according to guests,interior of staterooms shows no sign of '' new''stuff, although all staterooms were supposedly '' aired out''; carpeting redone on a couple of decks;....of course, the originally planned '' up-stretching'' of deck #13 with 22 new staterooms never occured ( imbroiled in labour and other issues).I'm sure NCL will be glad when the fallout from that episode is all accounted for; these two or three last minutes trips out of SanFransisco cannot possibly be $$$ makers, and the deadhead move, twice,between Vancouver and SanFransisco is horribly expensive.To top it all up, they had to '' refund ++ 100% new cruise'' monies to a fair amount of people as the sailing was already sold out for months based on the '' new '' model.....which had to be scrubbed last moment...
All in all, even witth a '' fesh '' new hull artwork, she did not look at all like a ship out of '' upgrade drydock''.
Intriguing...CheersCG
quote:Originally posted by SDSail:Thanks timb for posting
My pleasure. Sorry it took me a while to respond I have been offline for a while due to the hurricane down here. I'm only online now because I relocated to GA temporarily
quote:Originally posted by sealeg claude:of course, the originally planned '' up-stretching'' of deck #13 with 22 new staterooms never occured ( imbroiled in labour and other issues).
Interesting to know how many of these plans actually took place.
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