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Topic: Solstice - engine room, bridge, deck and interior video

Steve Read (sread)
First Class Passenger
Member # 788

posted 09-29-2008 07:29 PM

My video diary of the "conveyance" up the River Ems - shot with permission of RCI - is here. It includes crew areas, the engine room and bridge as well as the decks and public rooms. Part one is up now, the second part will go up tomorrow.
She looks fabulous!

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Carlos Fernandez
First Class Passenger
Member # 6432

posted 09-29-2008 07:58 PM

Thanks Steve, very nice.

Were you able to stay on the ship?

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 09-29-2008 08:01 PM

Thanks for the nice video clip. I am looking forward to see the second part.

As far as one can tell she seems to be a very nice ship - especially the main dining room looks awesome.

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nycruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 960

posted 09-29-2008 08:03 PM

Thank You! Love the ship.

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 09-29-2008 08:34 PM

I enjoyed it Steve. Nicely done. I look forward to more installments.

I did notice one slip. When you were walking through the dining room you called the ship "Serenity". Wrong cruise line of course, but all those "S" names do get confusing!

Ernie

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 09-29-2008 08:45 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eroller:
[...]
I did notice one slip. [...]

...and she is of course not the first cruise ship with real grass... (I admit, one could debate whether The World is a cruise ship)

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Cunard Fan
First Class Passenger
Member # 7530

posted 09-29-2008 10:19 PM

Thanks Steve. Enjoyed it!

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DEIx15x8
First Class Passenger
Member # 14958

posted 09-29-2008 11:42 PM

Great video, I'm surprised they haven't publicized that security Center any more. That seems like a cool feature that I'm sure Oasis will adopt as well. I was surprised by that cabin though. The TV was awesome, hopefully Oasis will have that size as well, but the entire cabin was way to brown and dull looking.

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 09-29-2008 11:44 PM

i'm planning on cruising aboard her soon...many thanks for the sneak peak....jeff

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 09-30-2008 12:47 PM

I enjoyed that, thanks... and then Part 2.. all very nice except those daft [imo] round edged beds.

Interesting re the 180,000gt figure quoted - quite a fair way to go there then.

Pam

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