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Topic: What?? SOLSTICE "The world's biggest cruise ship"??

vivavegas
First Class Passenger
Member # 3958

posted 09-29-2008 02:04 PM

Even Drudge picked up on this erroneous story...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1063793/Mind-gap-The-worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-squeezes-dock-sets-sail.html

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Cruise Line: Celebrity Ship Name: Celebrity Solstice
Size: GRT: 122,000 Capacity: 2,858 lower berths

What am I missing?

Craig

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Carlos Fernandez
First Class Passenger
Member # 6432

posted 09-29-2008 02:19 PM

It is the largest cruise ship..... built in Germany.

Did you read one of the comments, they said this looks bigger than Liberty of the Seas. Really?

[ 09-29-2008: Message edited by: Carlos Fernandez ]

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dougnewman
First Class Passenger
Member # 11349

posted 09-29-2008 03:05 PM

It's the Mail, what do you expect?

(Runs for cover from any Mail-reading CTers.)

Nevertheless, I have sent a nice note to the editor of Mail Online pointing out the error.

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jsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 3816

posted 09-29-2008 03:25 PM

Accurate? No.

Great photos? Yes.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 09-29-2008 04:36 PM

The UK 'Metro' (Free Paper) made the same mistake this morning!

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

posted 09-30-2008 10:35 AM

our persistance worked! article changed

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 09-30-2008 10:48 AM

Invariably, newspapers are horribly inaccurate when reporting on shipping. Even the Lloyd's List got it wrong today:

http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/star-cruises-218m-norwegian-dream-sale-fails/20017575692.htm;jsessionid=0F458E7F1CCBA517A13B733BE276070A

wrong picture! That's the STAR PISCES.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-30-2008 10:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rd77:
That's the STAR PISCES.

Even the file name has 'Star Pisces' in it.

Pam

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