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mike sa
First Class Passenger
Member # 5957

posted 04-04-2010 01:50 AM

Has P&O Australia gotten lazy ?

Her funnel (such as it is and unlike her twin sister) has no logo just plain white and they have removed the illuminated name plate previously situated below the funnel.

So lazy or are they planning a change of brand ?

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reeves35
First Class Passenger
Member # 6021

posted 04-04-2010 02:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mike sa:

So lazy or are they planning a change of brand ?

I'm betting on the change of brand. Pacific Sun has also had the same treatment and apparently the "rising sun" will be removed from Pacific Dawn during its upcoming maintenance.

Brad

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 04-04-2010 05:54 AM

Email Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES

Perhaps they will paint the funnels like that on Mona Lisa and put a picture of Micky Arison on them or the other Carnival directors !

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miamicruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4413

posted 04-04-2010 06:48 PM

Neil, The Carnival Corp put-downs got really old a long, long time ago. And Neil, why do you need to add exclamation points at the end of each sentence on nearly every one of your posts? I feel like I'm being yelled at.

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 04-04-2010 07:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by miamicruiser:
Neil, The Carnival Corp put-downs got really old a long, long time ago. And Neil, why do you need to add exclamation points at the end of each sentence on nearly every one of your posts? I feel like I'm being yelled at.

Had you been brought up in the UK you might understand the use of exclamation marks better !

I suggest you google seach them !

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Neil - Ex P & O & PRINCESS CRUISES
First Class Passenger
Member # 5641

posted 04-04-2010 07:13 PM

miamicruiser

Omitted to mention that as a Carnival shareholder I think I am entitled to express my opinions on how things are run !

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miamicruiser
First Class Passenger
Member # 4413

posted 04-04-2010 07:25 PM

Yes Neil, you actually forgot to mention in your post that you are a Carnival Shareholder which is highly unusual for you as you do generally advises us all of that fact every time you get flack for one of your Carnival put-downs. And yes, we all know that you ended up with the Carnival stock only because of the merger with P&O Princess. So nothing new there. And while you are suggesting I search Google perhaps you too can have a look and read all about the overuse of exclamation points. And Neil, you are right, I was not brought up in the UK. However my Grandparents were and neither one of them used exclamation points at the end of each sentence. Perhaps they were just not as educated as yourself.

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mike sa
First Class Passenger
Member # 5957

posted 04-05-2010 01:18 AM

And being brought up in the UK suggests some sort of superior standard of intellect or education ? Or is it just being Neil that makes you inherently better than anyone else ?

Stay on topic.

I did wonder about the brand change - Princess seem to be scoring extremely well in Aus indeed they are deploying more ships than ever to the region next year, if they got rid of Pacific Sun the 3 ships left would all be ex Princess ships - could they be rebranded back to Princess ?

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jetwet1
First Class Passenger
Member # 6361

posted 04-05-2010 05:19 AM

quote:
Originally posted by miamicruiser:
And Neil, why do you need to add exclamation points at the end of each sentence on nearly every one of your posts? I feel like I'm being yelled at.

Don't bother asking, I asked this a while ago and got exclamation pointed to death.

quote:
Originally posted by Neil - Ex P. & O. S. N. Company.:
Had you been brought up in the UK you might understand the use of exclamation marks better !
I suggest you google seach them !

Yep, as I was raised in the UK and I did go to Oxford I know we are the only country to use them actually, I just get the feeling that someone took the period key from Neil's keyboard.

Also to note, in the UK they spell search without the R.

Anyways, enough Neil bashing.

Does anyone have a picture ?

Posts: 608 | From: Las VEgas | Registered: Mar 2006 | IP: Logged

dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 04-05-2010 01:17 PM

From Shipspotting:

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1081612

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1081609

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1081604

Pacific Dawn for comparison:

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1079099

[ 04-05-2010: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]

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Aussie1
First Class Passenger
Member # 25

posted 04-05-2010 10:43 PM

If they take the logos off the funnels of the Australian ships then P&O please repaint the dustbins P&O buff not plain white.

Posts: 493 | From: Sydney,NSW, Australia | Registered: Sep 99 | IP: Logged

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