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OceanVoyager
First Class Passenger
Member # 5585

posted 10-03-2009 10:08 AM

Was lucky enough to be invited onboard the Saga Rose for lunch yesterday, and surprised to be presented with a book that feature's one of my photos taken in January.
A big thankyou to Saga for the wonderful hospitality, especially as I am still over ten years away from being eligible for a cruise with them!
She is a gem of a ship, and the enthusiasm and pride they have with the ship is everwhere.
I took many photos, here are just a few - it was like stepping back in time!

Brgds,
Andrew

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eroller
First Class Passenger
Member # 1649

posted 10-03-2009 12:53 PM

Stunning photos of an equally stunning ship! It really doesn't get much better than SAGA ROSE for a ship enthusiast. She is class through and through, and pretty much how my ideal ship would look. I had the opportunity to visit her a few times as SAGAFJORD and loved her just as much then!

I hope you are able to share more photos of her.

Thanks!

Ernie

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Pascal
First Class Passenger
Member # 5510

posted 10-03-2009 01:43 PM

I had the chance to visit her as well earlier this year (I don't remember if I posted my photos on this board...)... She is indeed quite a vessel, worshiped by her crew and she looks absolutely wonderfull in the inside.

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 10-03-2009 04:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eroller:
[...]
I hope you are able to share more photos of her.[..]

I hope so too! Thanks a lot - also for the pictures you posted in this thread.

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bcscot
First Class Passenger
Member # 22351

posted 10-03-2009 08:40 PM

Thank you for those wonderful photos. I sailed round Ireland on the Rose last month before changing ships to the Ruby for the crossing, so those scenes are very fresh in my mind. The shot of the dining room could have been taken from our table! You can just make out the stylised viking ships on the wall, up those after stairs. I assume that those are from her NAL days.

You show the blue cabin doors from, I think, the lower deck. Each deck has different coloured doors. Main deck has rather shocking 'shocking pink' doors unless you are well forward in the cheap cabins (where we were) when the doors revert to white!

Your other photo is of the forward area of the promenade deck, just below the bridge. Most evenings we were late for dinner because we were standing up there for hours watching the fabulous sunsets as we sailed westwards out to sea, away from Ireland. It was rather poignant to take photos of the bow of Saga Rose, sailing off into the sunset.

She is indeed a wonderful ship. We did however prefer the Ruby. I was surprised to find that the woodwork on Ruby was even nicer than Rose. Ruby has a warmer mid tone colour of wood & the panelling is more complex, as opposed to the darker & more simple panels in the Rose. Both ships are beautiful though.

I can now classify myself as an experienced 'Saganaut'!! Thanks for jogging those memories.

Graham.

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