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Topic: On board Costa Concordia

greybeard
First Class Passenger
Member # 5284

posted 12-30-2006 10:41 AM

There was much discussion earlier in the year about Joe Farcus's designs for the Costa Concordia.

For those who have yet to be dazzled by them, I have posted an album of pictures taken in September.

Costa Concordia gallery

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KenC
First Class Passenger
Member # 6341

posted 12-30-2006 11:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by greybeard:
There was much discussion earlier in the year about Joe Farcus's designs for the Costa Concordia.
For those who have yet to be dazzled by them, I have posted an album of pictures taken in September.
Costa Concordia gallery
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Nice photos .... BUT when you consider the quality of modern Italian design it just makes you want to cry!

Ken

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rem-dk
First Class Passenger
Member # 5121

posted 12-30-2006 11:37 AM

Great photos all of them. Thank you for showing us.
I don´t know what to say about all that red and green light, but I think she is a nice ship anyway.

Sincerely René.

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greybeard
First Class Passenger
Member # 5284

posted 12-30-2006 12:00 PM

Red and green are only two of the rainbow of colours those lights go through. I could have posted a whole album of pictures taken in the atrium in the space of a couple of minutes, and every one would have looked different

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Rego007
First Class Passenger
Member # 4632

posted 12-31-2006 04:45 AM

Wow. Does anyone remember when the Italians made beautifully decorated ships? I can't think of one of these photos that would make me consider this ship. No disrespect to the photographer, of course. It's just that CarniFarcus gaudiness. And I thought Carnival Victory was bad with her green atrium!

Rego007
Daytona Beach, FL

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bearbuns
First Class Passenger
Member # 6418

posted 12-31-2006 01:21 PM

WOW...that is one migraine inducing decor...what were they thinking of??

I doubt I could spend 5 minutes in those surroundings.

To the OP...your photos are very good...just the suject matter is frightening. And your empty deck chair photo is superb!!

Cheers, Penny

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gaz hants
First Class Passenger
Member # 5749

posted 12-31-2006 02:04 PM

yes penny the empty deckchairs says it all.

either the pax are down below going wow, or they have all jumped overboard!

i do however like it and would not hestitate to try costa. the changing lights could keep me entertained for hours.

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greybeard
First Class Passenger
Member # 5284

posted 01-08-2007 05:43 PM

Read all about it . . .

Daily Mirror article

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 01-09-2007 06:31 AM

Greybeard, an interesting review.

I don’t doubt the quality of the product, but I do have one question: after a week or so onboard, does one develop an immunity to Mr Farcus's 'entertainment-architecture' or does it increasingly start to grate?

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greybeard
First Class Passenger
Member # 5284

posted 01-09-2007 06:47 AM

It grew on me, and I became inured to it - only partly thanks to the volume of Caipirinhas consumed.

In fact as the week wore on, I began to take delight in discovering little details which had not been apparent at first. The statues and intricate chairs in the Piano Bar Budapest, for example, and some of the stairwell artwork around the ship.

The atrium light show never ceased to fascinate, tacky as it was.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 01-09-2007 07:03 AM

Lets be honest, Mr. Farcus is one of the few naval architects that most of us have even heard of. His work is certainly distinctive. However, everyone seems to dislike it, apart from the millions of Carnival and Costa repeat cruisers.

I think Mr. Farcus will widely be regarded as a genius….in a hundred years or so!

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viking109
First Class Passenger
Member # 6280

posted 01-09-2007 11:25 AM

Wow. After a week on board the rest of the world would start to look seriously dull. I think I would head for one of those empty deck chairs. The doorknobs are sort of cute though.

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