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Topic: Far East Cruise on 'Silver Wind'

ahrpd
First Class Passenger
Member # 6229

posted 01-07-2015 11:17 AM

Happy New Year!

I've just returned from a two-week cruise aboard Silverseas' 'Silver Wind' round-trip from Singapore, during the course of which I finally met up with fellow cruise ship enthusiast Jonathan Boonzaier who will be well-known to many reading this. With sincere thanks to him, I was able to visit NCL's former 'Skyward' which is operating in Singapore waters as the casino ship 'Leisure World' and through her Master, Captain Mark Amielanczyk, her even more veteran fleetmate 'Amusement World' in Penang a few days later.

I've uploaded pics of both these and other vessels seen during my most enjoyable trip on my Flickr page at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/50194818@N05/page1/?details=1

I hope you like them!

Best

Tony

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rem-dk
First Class Passenger
Member # 5121

posted 01-07-2015 01:46 PM

Thanks for sharing Tony.
I have seen a few right now, and will enjoy the rest later this evening.

Best regards
René

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 01-10-2015 08:42 AM

Thanks a lot for providing us with all these pictures. You met a quite interesting selection of ships during your cruise.

Amazing that Amusement World is now one of the very few "classic" ships left.

It is interesting to compare your Leisure World pictures with Pam′s Louis Aura (back then Orient Queen) pictures.

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Aussie1
First Class Passenger
Member # 25

posted 01-15-2015 08:01 PM

What a difference the teak decking makes, the Orient Queen's deck areas are so much more inviting. I wonder why all the wood was ripped off the Leisure World's decks when all of it appears to have been left in place aboard the Amusement World?

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claudio
First Class Passenger
Member # 1214

posted 01-24-2015 04:10 PM

Ee were beside uou at singapore on celebrity millennium watched you guys depart

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