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Topic: Calypso to leave Thomson fleet??

SalamisFiloxenia (Tom...)
First Class Passenger
Member # 6702

posted 05-26-2008 02:45 PM

Steve Read has put this as the second news bulletin on his site, is it going with the emerald or some kind of mistake?

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dougnewman
First Class Passenger
Member # 11349

posted 05-26-2008 03:06 PM

I hadn't heard this before, but I guess Steve will tell us if it is true or not.

It wouldn't surprise me as she is really the "odd ship out" in the fleet, especially once THE EMERALD goes. She is much smaller than and lacks the amenities of SPIRIT, CELEBRATION and DESTINY.

In general, Thomson doesn't really appeal to me but I think I would not mind a cruise in SPIRIT of CELEBRATION. I always thought they looked like rather nice ships and most people I know who have been on them have been very favorably impressed by the quality.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 05-26-2008 03:19 PM

Steve is probably at 30,000 feet in his Lear jet travelling between cruise line press parties at present.

As soon as he's on-line i'm sure that he will let us know.

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greybeard
First Class Passenger
Member # 5284

posted 05-26-2008 04:08 PM

Steve has just been to Alaska on Oosterdam.

And he's been to parts of the ship that most people would never wish to visit.

See here

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Karsten
First Class Passenger
Member # 1509

posted 05-26-2008 05:12 PM

Maybe Louis cruises will replace The Calypso and The Emerald by the Norwegian Dream and Norwegian Majesty? I heard that they have bought the ships... could be replacement ships for the older units??

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SalamisFiloxenia (Tom...)
First Class Passenger
Member # 6702

posted 05-26-2008 05:21 PM

i thought i read somewhere that louis wanted to keep the majesty for themselves

i also notice that you can only see it in firefox... but the rest of the site does not work for me on this

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 05-26-2008 05:23 PM

You can still book Calypso on the Thomson web site for summer 2009, although that is not proof positive that they will retain her.

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Panos
First Class Passenger
Member # 1022

posted 05-30-2008 12:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Karsten:
Maybe Louis cruises will replace The Calypso and The Emerald by the Norwegian Dream and Norwegian Majesty? I heard that they have bought the ships... could be replacement ships for the older units??

I would expect Louis to move Calypso to Limassol to replace Ivory (ex. Ausonia) for which it has allready been announced that will be leaving the fleet after this season.

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