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Topic: 31 Dec 07 @ MADEIRA with 12 cruise ships

SHIPS AGENT
First Class Passenger
Member # 3827

posted 01-02-2008 10:14 AM

Dear friends,

HAPPY NEW 2008!!!

For the passage of New Year's Eve 07/08 we had 12 cruise ships visiting Madeira to see the greatest pyrothecnic event of the world, according to the Guiness Book of the Records...and the stars were :-

http://bp0.blogger.com/_9wNFnjUoVSg/R3ZZ82olMmI/AAAAAAAAAI0/_u45N-mIeMo/s1600-h/TH EWORLD.jpg

http://bp1.blogger.com/_9wNFnjUoVSg/R3lcwWolMvI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/1lz4NfxyLQc/s1600-h/fa07d .jpg

http://bp3.blogger.com/_9wNFnjUoVSg/R3lcS2olMuI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/JD1m5fVgu4M/s1600-h/fa07e .jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_9wNFnjUoVSg/R3lcGGolMtI/AAAAAAAAAJs/XrycyPEC-E4/s1600-h/fa07b .jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_9wNFnjUoVSg/R3lb7GolMsI/AAAAAAAAAJk/waCMx4B_qFM/s1600-h/fa07g .jpg

http://bp1.blogger.com/_9wNFnjUoVSg/R3lbtWolMrI/AAAAAAAAAJc/Gfjjn8t9FIM/s1600-h/fa07a .jpg

http://bp2.blogger.com/_9wNFnjUoVSg/R3pclWolMzI/AAAAAAAAAKc/mCGroq23vhI/s1600 -h/princessdanae.jpg

http://bp1.blogger.com/_9wNFnjUoVSg/R3pcOGolMyI/AAAAAAAAAKU/9K0CtkXRhmQ/s1600-h/cruisesjan08b.jpg

( last image taken on the 1st Jan 08 already, after overnigth at the Port)

All images are taken from the fantastic blog:-
http://cruzeirosmadeira.blogspot.com

For your guidance the ships were:-

MV AURORA
CS AIDAdiva
MV SAGA ROSE
MV SAGA RUBY
MV ALBATROS
MV VAN GOGH
MV THOMSON DESTINY
MV COSTA SERENA
MV PRINCESS DANAE
MV ATHENA
MV BLACK WATCH
M/V THE WORLD

Can you beat this?

Kindest regards from Madeira

Dimas

[ 01-02-2008: Message edited by: SHIPS AGENT ]

Posts: 100 | From: Madeira Island | Registered: May 2003 | IP: Logged

Steve Read (sread)
First Class Passenger
Member # 788

posted 01-02-2008 10:32 AM

What a great sight - and what a great place to be!

How dd the island cope with so many partying passengers?

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OceanVoyager
First Class Passenger
Member # 5585

posted 01-02-2008 10:51 AM

Wow!
I'd loved to have been there, I bet the fireworks were fantastic.
I bet there were a few sore heads onboard the next day...

Andrew

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SHIPS AGENT
First Class Passenger
Member # 3827

posted 01-02-2008 11:27 AM

Hello again

We had something like 13.000 passengers on board of all cruise ships, + crew members...

The local economy had a good day logically, moreover our industry is turism only, so we certain provided a good show and certainlly nobody was disappointed with the events & fireworks.

Enjoy the fireworks display on the following links:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCLaMy8Gi-k&feature=related

there are many more on www.youtube.com

kindest regards

Dimas

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 01-02-2008 11:32 AM

Nice video clip - thanks for posting the link.

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Cambodge
First Class Passenger
Member # 906

posted 01-04-2008 08:24 PM

We, about 250 or so, watched from the terrace of the Cliff Bay Hotel. It was really a terrific show. I could not keep up with, nor did I try, to monitor the procession of cruise ships entering and leaving the harbor. I believe some, QV for example, departed before NYE and did not get to watch the fireworks. Last year, QE2 bailed out a day early, and we aboard missed it as well. Does Cunard have a thing about this ceremony?

Saga Rose came in in the late afternoon, and anchored just off our hotel. Then, after about 30 minutes, they decided that the place was not satisfactory and moved a few ship lengths to a new location. The seismic effects of the dropping of her anchor, a few hundred yards away, were noted.

At the stroke of midnight, most of the ships blew their whistles, simultaneously with the detonation of the first set of fireworks. and, of course, applauded with their whistles at the conclusion.

There was a respectable presence of nautical ironmongery on hand. See other postings, I just got back to St. Michaels a few hours ago, after being a guest of assorted flying machine companies for longer than I care to remember, and have not unpacked to set up photo reviews. Those presented here are superior, I am sure.

Posts: 2149 | From: St. Michaels MD USA , the town that fooled the British! | Registered: Nov 1999 | IP: Logged

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