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Topic: Celebrity renaming their ships?

AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 06-12-2007 05:34 AM

Hi all,

I was just going through the Helsinki cruise ship arrival list when noticed a ship called CELEBRITY CONSTELLATION there. At first I thought it was a mistake but checked on Equasis and indeed it shows that the Constellation was given the prefix Celebrity in May. Has anyone more info about this, will all their ships be given the prefix the same way like Carnival decided or what's going on? Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
Aleksi

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Pascal
First Class Passenger
Member # 5510

posted 06-12-2007 05:58 AM

Not only are the Millie class renamed but Celebrity added a couple of cabin as well.

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ahrpd
First Class Passenger
Member # 6229

posted 06-12-2007 06:02 AM

Have all the Celebrity ships (ie the Century-class) been renamed or is it just the Millenium-class?

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Tom Burke
First Class Passenger
Member # 5238

posted 06-12-2007 06:07 AM

The new (2008) Celebrity brochure refers to the ships without the Celebrity prefix: they're just Millenium, Constellation, Mercury, Century, etc.

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AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 06-12-2007 08:36 AM

Here's a shot of the Celebrity Constellation a friend of mine took two days ago:

http://media.shipspotting.com/uploads/photos/433101.jpg

Brgds,
Aleksi

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Carlos Fernandez
First Class Passenger
Member # 6432

posted 06-12-2007 09:05 AM

Sounds awful, it's weird: Celebrity Millenium, Celebrity Galaxy, Celebrity Summit ect. Sounds weird when I say it.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 06-12-2007 09:20 AM

quote:
Originally posted by AJL:
Here's a shot of the Celebrity Constellation a friend of mine took two days ago:

A great image, buy god their ships are 'angular' looking the closer you get!

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mike sa
First Class Passenger
Member # 5957

posted 06-12-2007 10:03 AM

Great pic of her, she is an angular beast, I am sure some folks wonder what all the little coloured efforts are up top, still, one of the best interiors at sea.

Celebrity Millenium, hmm is this the Carnivalization of the brand ? Not too bad I thought this would be the case, I just hope they do all of them not just some as that woudl be strange.

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Cambodge
First Class Passenger
Member # 906

posted 06-12-2007 03:37 PM

Can some state as a certainty, given this photo, where the hull ends and the superstructure begins?

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 06-12-2007 04:19 PM

It looks like an Adidas sneaker box with a bow attached to it. Ugly.

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Tom Burke
First Class Passenger
Member # 5238

posted 06-12-2007 04:30 PM

quote:
Here's a shot of the Celebrity Constellation a friend of mine took two days ago:
http://media.shipspotting.com/uploads/photos/433101.jpg
Brgds,
Aleksi

You're right, the 'Celebrity...' does appear to be new. There are pictures on ShipParade from earlier years tha show that the didn't have this in the past.

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Cunard Fan
First Class Passenger
Member # 7530

posted 06-13-2007 12:23 AM

The new names sound horrid!

Celebrity Millenium? Its not even that easy to say

I hope they change their minds about these new additions to what I thought were interesting names before.

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lasuvidaboy
First Class Passenger
Member # 4527

posted 06-13-2007 05:50 PM

I also don't like it but it is all about marketing. I believe w/all the different look-alike ships out there today the average passenger does not even know what ship they were on once the cruise ends. As long as they can get 'Celebrity', 'Carnival' or whatever to stick in the passenger's mind, the marketing department has done their job.

I am still waiting for the new 'Celebrity Meridian, Britanis, Amerikanis' etc. etc.

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AJL
First Class Passenger
Member # 956

posted 06-15-2007 02:13 AM

Just heard that at least the Infinity has been also given the prefix 'Celebrity' by now so at least all the Millennium class ships will be renamed, and why not then the Century, Galaxy and Mercury.

[ 06-15-2007: Message edited by: AJL ]

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Patsy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5611

posted 06-17-2007 09:17 AM

Horrible but it's understandable with the confusion over similar names. I don't remember seeing Celebrity Millennium on the stern when she left here. Is it there? What have they done with the bow name? Does that have Celebrity as well?

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 06-17-2007 11:13 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Patsy:
What have they done with the bow name? Does that have Celebrity as well?

Yes, the line name is on the bows as well.
See Here

Rich

[ 06-17-2007: Message edited by: Linerrich ]

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Patsy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5611

posted 06-17-2007 12:04 PM

Thanks, Rich. Don't like it even more. Makes me glad to have some of the last photos of Connie as she was from the cruise and when she sailed for refit. Why didn't they do that with Millennium?

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tazza
First Class Passenger
Member # 5450

posted 06-20-2007 06:02 AM

Interesting. You would think though, that the company logo would be enough for people to understand what company operates the ship. I think Princess probably have the most recognisable logo... Celebrity's X is slightly anonymous... what do you think?

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Tom Burke
First Class Passenger
Member # 5238

posted 06-20-2007 07:15 AM

I note that the computer-generated images of Solstice show the name on the bow as being 'Celebrity Solstice', in the same style as has recently appeared on their current ships. I wonder if it was this that has triggered this renaming?

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Linerrich
First Class Passenger
Member # 4864

posted 06-20-2007 07:17 AM

quote:
Originally posted by tazza:
Interesting. You would think though, that the company logo would be enough for people to understand what company operates the ship.

Nope, not a chance--the general public is just not savvy enough to identify a cruise company even when it's spelled out for them! To many people, the lines are pretty much all the same and it becomes one big blur called "The Cruise Line." I don't know how many times I've been on the deck of a ship watching something obvious like a Carnival vessel coming into port. Even with the iconic winged funnel, people around me are speculating on whether or not it's a Princess or Costa ship! I learned a long time ago to just bite my tongue sometimes during these events!

Rich

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