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Grant
First Class Passenger
Member # 1000

posted 01-19-2007 07:54 PM

First time trying to send a photo, so not sure how it will work. If it does, can you name the ships?
That breakwater you see, is the one Diamond Princess struck on her first arrival, tearing tips off her starboard prop, and bending the shaft. This was not repaired until drydocking in Singapore almost 18 months later.

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Italianliners
First Class Passenger
Member # 5446

posted 01-19-2007 08:06 PM

Well, i will guess... a NCL Spirit Class on the dock and beside her Aurora or Oriana (but i bet on Aurora). Entering in the harbour maybe a HAL Noordam Class?

Italianliners

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 01-19-2007 08:16 PM

I cannot identify the ships - but this picture is the Victoria Harbour in BC - so get out your Alaska schedules and go town LOL. Good one!

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lasuvidaboy
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posted 01-19-2007 08:41 PM

If it is Aurora or Oriana, I thought there were height issues w/their funnels and could not visit Vancouver? I read that Cunard's Queen Victorias funnel was made squat in order to visit Vancouver. I wonder if any of that is true.

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Magic Pipe
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Member # 6994

posted 01-19-2007 08:54 PM

Norwegian Star
Sun Princess Class
HAL Vista

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 01-19-2007 09:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
If it is Aurora or Oriana, I thought there were height issues w/their funnels and could not visit Vancouver? I read that Cunard's Queen Victorias funnel was made squat in order to visit Vancouver. I wonder if any of that is true.

I am positive that neither Aurora nor the current Oriana have visited this part of the globe...although the original Oriana did as part of her world cruise programme.

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Jekyll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1878

posted 01-19-2007 09:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
If it is Aurora or Oriana, I thought there were height issues w/their funnels and could not visit Vancouver? I read that Cunard's Queen Victorias funnel was made squat in order to visit Vancouver. I wonder if any of that is true.

I have not read this but don't think it is true as it is built from the Spirit Class design and we have a number of that class of ships coming in every summer.

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Italianliners
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posted 01-19-2007 09:44 PM

Well, at least i was right about the companies...

Italianliners

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Brian_O
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Member # 3910

posted 01-19-2007 11:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
If it is Aurora or Oriana, I thought there were height issues w/their funnels and could not visit Vancouver? I read that Cunard's Queen Victorias funnel was made squat in order to visit Vancouver. I wonder if any of that is true.

I believe Jekyll identified the port as Victoria, not Vancouver. There is no bridge to go under.

Brian

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gpcruisedude
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posted 01-20-2007 12:04 AM

that port IS the port of Victoria,BC and the one entering is a HAL ship, maybe like Ryndam or Statendam type

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 01-20-2007 07:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by gpcruisedude:
that port IS the port of Victoria,BC and the one entering is a HAL ship, maybe like Ryndam or Statendam type

The HAL ship entering port is not an S class vessel (Statendam, Maasdam, Ryndam, veendam)
But it's an Vista class vessel (Zuiderdam, Oosterdam, Westerdam, Noordam)

Greetings Ben.

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Jonathan
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posted 01-20-2007 11:09 AM

My guess is NCL Spirit, Dawn Princess and Oosterdam.

Jonathan

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Grant
First Class Passenger
Member # 1000

posted 01-20-2007 01:55 PM

There are some other great shots of the cruise ships on the dock operators site. www.westcan.ws

The usual Saturday lineup last season was: Norwegian Star, Sun Princess and entering and about to swing to starboard Westerdam. They are all southbound from Alaska, and at midnight set sail for the 72 mile voyage to Seattle.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 01-20-2007 04:48 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Grant:
There are some other great shots of the cruise ships on the dock operators site. www.westcan.ws
The usual Saturday lineup last season was: Norwegian Star, Sun Princess and entering and about to swing to starboard Westerdam. They are all southbound from Alaska, and at midnight set sail for the 72 mile voyage to Seattle.

It's not the Westerdam, it's the Amsterdam. Look at the extended lido deck and twin funnels, not to mixed up with here sister Rotterdam.

Greetings Ben.

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sealeg claude
First Class Passenger
Member # 5565

posted 01-20-2007 08:56 PM

Originally posted by Jonathan:
My guess is NCL Spirit, Dawn Princess and Oosterdam.

Jonathan[/QUOTE]

BINGO !!!!
You got it .

Cheers
Claude

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HALover
First Class Passenger
Member # 4096

posted 01-21-2007 04:14 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Maasdam:
It's not the Westerdam, it's the Amsterdam. Look at the extended lido deck and twin funnels, not to mixed up with here sister Rotterdam.
Greetings Ben.

Ben, I thought Amsterdam/Rotterdam has no outside elevators?

Greetings, Fred.

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Maasdam
First Class Passenger
Member # 3858

posted 01-21-2007 06:48 AM

quote:
Originally posted by HALover:
Ben, I thought Amsterdam/Rotterdam has no outside elevators?
Greetings, Fred.

Yes yoy are right. I mean the picture in this link:
Westcan.
The HAL ship is not the Westerdam as Grant said.

Greetings Ben.

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Grant
First Class Passenger
Member # 1000

posted 01-21-2007 12:46 PM

For clarity, the ships in the picture at the opening of this thread were taken in 2006, and are I listed: Norwegian Star, Sun Princess and entering the harbour the Westerdam.
If you look at www.westcan.ws on the otherhand, the photo is from a few years back, and shows three vessels secured to the docks. They are from left to right, the Amsterdam, Diamond Princess, and Norwegian Star or Sun ( I forgot which we had in port that summer).

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Magic Pipe
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posted 01-21-2007 01:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Grant:
For clarity, the ships in the picture at the opening of this thread were taken in 2006, and are I listed: Norwegian Star, Sun Princess and entering the harbour the Westerdam.
If you look at www.westcan.ws on the otherhand, the photo is from a few years back, and shows three vessels secured to the docks. They are from left to right, the Amsterdam, Diamond Princess, and Norwegian Star or Sun ( I forgot which we had in port that summer).

That's not time Diamond Princess, but one of the Fincantieri-built Grand classs.

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Grant
First Class Passenger
Member # 1000

posted 01-21-2007 03:15 PM

Good eyes Magic Pipe, the position of the night club gives that away. Must be an old pic, as the Diamond/Sapphire were here in 2004/2005. Golden was the year before I guess, perhaps in 2003. I was not paying much attention to that ship, as I wanted to clairfy the HAL situation.

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