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quote: PamM posted:Is this the ship that had all the colourful zig zags on her previously?
I believe her capacity was exactly that of a chartered 747. One flight from California and you have a full ship!
Ernie
quote:Originally posted by Ðraikar:I like this paint colors the best (don't know why but its nice)...
What I really wonder about are her interiors - they looked very attractive as GOLDEN ODYSSEY and seem to have stayed pretty much intact through her career with Royal Cruise Line and Deutsche Seetouristik/Hapag-Lloyd... So I have to wonder what her new owners did?
Knowing typical Asian casino ship owners I suspect they butchered her but it would be interesting to know for sure. The original interiors featured great wall decorations by Antonios Katzourakis (who was not actually the designer of the interiors, but just an artist at the time; the actual design was done by Tage Wandborg who was the ship's naval architect) and excellent designer furniture - one lounge had Eero Saarinen "Tulip" chairs, the reception lobby had black leather and chrome sofas by Le Corbusier, and so on. This was not particularly uncommon for ships of her period but what is important is that it was intact at least until very recently where most of her contemporaries had their '70s modern interiors torn out in the '80s and '90s in favor of much more insipid stuff.
The Omar III is sailing now, here is a photo showing her at the Ocean Terminal:And her funnel:She docked at Ocean Terminal on 29-12-2003 as for the official launch of the ship. I visited the ship on that day and I will post some interior photos here later.
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Anyhow, the interior photos would be much appreciated. You wouldn't happen to have any of OMAR II as well, would you?
At first I thought the scaffolding was for the painting of the dark stripes on the funnel. But if you look carefully you can see that the scaffolding is red! I think they are LIGHTS! Yikes!
Michael534
Her owner seems to be working hard to become a normal cruise line. The ship is now operated by "Asia Cruises", or actually "Asia Cruiser Club". Recently I found their website here. You can find the info of Omar II here, but no info on Omar III yet. The funnel lounge is still open now, as seen from my photos in another post.
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Anyhow she looks to actually be in good condition, with relatively tame interiors and it certainly appears as though the owners have put a good deal of money in her. Same with OMAR III from your photos, though that funnel is hideous.
quote:Originally posted by Keitaro:Nice link GXD. Do you know anything about the CAPTAIN OMAR?
Well someone told me she was in Shanghai two years ago... I am not sure how and where she is now.
I have heard that too. I believe the GOLDEN ODYSSEY has a connection with the Tenerife air disaster of 1977, as the passengers on one of the two 747's involved were either heading for the GOLDEN ODYSSEY or just came off the ship. can anyone confirm this?
quote:On March 27, 1977, a terrorist bombing, heavy fog, a slight problem with the communications system at a critical moment, and an impatient senior pilot combined to create what remains today the single most deadly accident in aviation history. Canary Islands have long been a destination for European tourists with its resorts rivaling the best of the Mediterranean. By 70s the islands had also become a destination for Americans wishing to begin Mediterranean cruises. On the morning of March 27th 1977, two planes full of such tourists departed for Los Palmas Airport - one of two major airports in the Canary Islands. The first plane was a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 747 operating as flight KL4805 on behalf of the Holland International Travel Group. Piloting the plane was KLM's chief 747 training captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zantent, who also had been featured in KLM advertising - including the in-flight magazine aboard flight KL4805. He had been with KLM since 1947 and had trained almost all other KLM 747 pilots and co-pilots. This charter flight was a rare one for van Zantent as he had been spending much more time training other pilots than flying. Captain van Zantent departed Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport that morning at 9.31 a.m. local time carrying 235 mostly young passengers and a crew of 14. The passengers were mostly Dutch and young and included three babies and 48 children. Also on board were four Germans, two Australians, and four Americans. The second plane was a Pan Am 747, which had departed Los Angeles the night before for the Canary Islands with a refueling stop in New York. The flight had been delayed an hour and a half in L.A. and took five hours to make it to New York. 380 passengers were on board and most of them were retirees eager to board the Royal Cruise Line's ship Golden Odyssey for a 12-day Mediterranean cruise.
Canary Islands have long been a destination for European tourists with its resorts rivaling the best of the Mediterranean. By 70s the islands had also become a destination for Americans wishing to begin Mediterranean cruises. On the morning of March 27th 1977, two planes full of such tourists departed for Los Palmas Airport - one of two major airports in the Canary Islands. The first plane was a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 747 operating as flight KL4805 on behalf of the Holland International Travel Group. Piloting the plane was KLM's chief 747 training captain Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zantent, who also had been featured in KLM advertising - including the in-flight magazine aboard flight KL4805. He had been with KLM since 1947 and had trained almost all other KLM 747 pilots and co-pilots. This charter flight was a rare one for van Zantent as he had been spending much more time training other pilots than flying.
Captain van Zantent departed Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport that morning at 9.31 a.m. local time carrying 235 mostly young passengers and a crew of 14. The passengers were mostly Dutch and young and included three babies and 48 children. Also on board were four Germans, two Australians, and four Americans.
The second plane was a Pan Am 747, which had departed Los Angeles the night before for the Canary Islands with a refueling stop in New York. The flight had been delayed an hour and a half in L.A. and took five hours to make it to New York. 380 passengers were on board and most of them were retirees eager to board the Royal Cruise Line's ship Golden Odyssey for a 12-day Mediterranean cruise.
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