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Topic: P&O's Victoria News

Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-18-2002 03:58 PM

The preview brochure is now available, from the German tour operator Holiday Kreuzfahrten, which will operate the P&O's Victoria from next December .

Renamed the Mona lisa, her maiden cruise from Genoa on next 20 Dec, for Civitavecchia, Palermo, Malta, Tunis, Palma, Barcelona. 7-day cruise from 699 Euro to 5,599. New Year cruise to Madeira, Gran Canaria, Malaga, etc.

On 6 Jan 2003 she leaves Genoa for an Atlantic crossing to Barbados, for a long cruise in Caribbean/Venezuelan waters, including a call in
Cuba. Curious, she crosses back to Genoa, arriving on the 16 Feb. Following cruises to alternate to Canary/Canaria and Med.

Source: m.eliseo

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 03-18-2002 04:15 PM

Molto Grazia Malcolm, I wish
she would come here.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-18-2002 05:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by DAMBROSI:
Molto Grazia Malcolm, I wish
she would come here.

I don't know where you are in FL Dambrosi, but if you just wanted to see her, Victoria will be in Port Canveral on Mon 6 May, with my Mum & Dad aboard

[She then goes on to Charleston, an overnight in Norfolk, then Baltimore, before heading back this way, nice trip]

Pam

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 03-18-2002 08:55 PM

Dose she look nice in her new company colors ?

Ðraikar

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Thad
First Class Passenger
Member # 1224

posted 03-19-2002 09:55 AM

Here is what she is supposed to look like in her new livery.

Click Here for a larger version

[ 03-19-2002: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]

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Jamaica Jeff
First Class Passenger
Member # 2487

posted 03-19-2002 01:07 PM

Lets hope that she doesn't get any Carnival passengers, someone might try to steal the funnel thinking it is an original piece of art!!

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-19-2002 01:23 PM

LOL Jeff! It's a fancy piece of artwork, bet it'll cost a bit to do and keep in good nick. Quite like it though, at least you can see it, unlike the original.

Pam

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PeterUK
First Class Passenger
Member # 1898

posted 03-19-2002 01:45 PM

Nice to see she is still flying the red duster!

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Cunardcoll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1226

posted 03-19-2002 02:20 PM

The "mona lisa" on her funnel ????????
I don't like it !!!!

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-19-2002 02:57 PM

I've seen the above image too, surely it is a spoof?

If it's not, that must be one of the most ugly livery's in maritime history!

Ahhhhhhhh.....

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Beezo
First Class Passenger
Member # 1505

posted 03-19-2002 06:09 PM

I have to agree, I personally think its really ugly!

Brian

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 03-20-2002 09:00 AM

I DON'T LIKE HER COLORS AT FIRST BUT THEN !!!

I like her funnel, she needs a black hull, gotta ambit her funnel is interesting ?

Nice funnel detail...

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 03-20-2002 02:05 PM

ANYTHING LOOKS BETTER THAN A
CARNIVORE SHIP!!!!!!
She's gorgeous. Wish I could go and see her PamM. My hubby won't want to drivr that far. We're 2 hours away om Pt. Can.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-20-2002 05:33 PM

They spoilt her profile when they chopped off the foward of her two funnels, only to replace the stern one with a giant version!

She (or should I say 'IT' to be PC?) is about the same size as the 'Black Watch'at 28,000 Tons approximately, which is a PERFECT size for a ship, in my opinion!

Brits may be interested to know that she is undertaking a for night mini-cruise on 2Oth May, from Southampton - return. The ports of call are Amsterdam and St.Peter Port, Guernsey.

There will only be two more cruises under P&O's wing, in June and July.

Here is an excellent history of the Kungsholm/Sea Princess/Victoria, with a photo tour:

Click Here Please

[ 03-20-2002: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]

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Aussie1
First Class Passenger
Member # 25

posted 03-21-2002 01:33 AM

Malcolm is right, 28,000 tons is about ideal. While the Black Watch is very nice Victoria's interiors are simply stunning with acres of real wood panelling. She really is the last ship running that gives passengers a taste of what liners were like. (Although Maxim Gorki comes close.) Malcolm, are you thinking of trying to cruise on her before she moves on, she still has quite a few voyages to run from England. My lucky parents are sailing on her through the Baltic during June.

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Moneypenny
Just Boarded
Member # 2714

posted 03-21-2002 09:06 AM

Malcolm, I thought Victoria wasn't leaving the P&O fleet until the end of October and that her last cruise, The Farewell Cruise, is scheduled for 22nd October. Can someone set me straight on this?

Many thanks!

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Paddy
First Class Passenger
Member # 357

posted 03-21-2002 03:39 PM

Is that piture some sort of sick joke?

I gotta be honest here - althogh Germans strike me as a nice enough people, their cruise ships do seem to represent a tackier taste than even Canival - A'rosa Blu, Mona Lisa, Aida? We all say that British ships are more tasteful than the Americans but Germany really takes the liverwurst!

Paddy.

P.S. I am totally aware that the Deutschland is in a league of its on class wise but you know what I am saying!

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Ðraikar
First Class Passenger
Member # 1153

posted 03-21-2002 07:51 PM

I wish they gave her a dark hull and restored the forward funnel so i did some modifying to the photo,

Ðraikar

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Guest
First Class Passenger
Member # 1157

posted 03-22-2002 09:56 AM

Sweet bit of computer graphics Draikar!!!

Spose it shows the original pic could be a fake too!!

Black hulls (or Navy) look great.

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Jamaica Jeff
First Class Passenger
Member # 2487

posted 03-22-2002 12:52 PM

Hey Malcom, What's the chances of seeing a ship named MS Page3? With two funnels of course!

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-22-2002 02:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jamaica Jeff:
Hey Malcom, What's the chances of seeing a ship named MS Page3? With two funnels of course!

Yes, two oversized funnels at that!

I still suspect that the original Picture of the 'Mona Lisa' is a fake? I do hope I'm right!

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Britanis
First Class Passenger
Member # 2912

posted 03-23-2002 11:00 PM

Remember when ships' names had some sort of relevance behind them? They used to have something to do with the nation they represented- QUEEN MARY, ROTERDAM, UNITED STATES, etc. Now we have Royal Caribbean's ------ OF THE SEAS, Carnival's bizzare naming practises,etc. As if this wasn't bad enough- now the MONA LISA? Who do these cruise lines put in charge of naming these ships?!

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