Well here are the first batch of photo's we recieved of the Sun in our Sydney Office. Sorry they are a bit late but i have been extremely busy as i'm sure all of you are aware of the chaos caused associated with the delays to this ship and now ofcourse to Pacific Sky, as they say it never rains it pours!

I started uploading the pictures to cruisepage the other night but it was taking to long and it only held 15 per album so i have put them all together on webshots. It shows her in drydock, and sailing downunder, there is an inside shot as well!

She looks rather good, let me know what you all think. Enjoy!

Check them out at:

Pacific Sun Photos

The lobby looks way better! Anymore pictures of other public rooms?

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If you do have a spare min... one of the photo comments

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Pacific Sun, nearly complete and on her way to her new home
With just some interior work still to be completed as well as the reconstruction of her funnel, the ship is nearly ready to welcome pax

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and also, is the ship heading straight for sydney? or will it stop off in singapore? darwin? brisbane?

However the small pipe looks a bit too small compared to the rest of the ship, maybe it would have been nice if they added some form of shields to the sides of the funnel like was don when Crown Princess become A’Rosa Blu.

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Originally posted by Keitaro:
The lobby looks way better! Anymore pictures of other public rooms?

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Originally posted by phil_a:
what futher work is to be done to the funnel?

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If you look at the back of the funnel you will see it is missing some plating running vertically from the base of the funnel to the top... I wonder if they are going to add a section to the back of the funnel to give it a wider apperance- rather than the slender pipe it looks like now? This would make the funnel look much more like Pacific Sky's.

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Originally posted by Onno:
If I’m not mistaking the openings were also their during the Carnival funnel days, so it is probably there for some function and likely to stay open.

Onno

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Originally posted by Onno:
If I’m not mistaking the openings were also their during the Carnival funnel days, so it is probably there for some function and likely to stay open.

Onno

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Originally posted by Keitaro:
Yes, the rear opening on the funnel were there for day 1. I believe the TROPICALE, HOLIDAY-class and FANTASY-class funnels have the openings.

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Originally posted by cruiseshipluver:

the openings in the funnel arent where they took out the "Carnival wings" or whale tail????
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No, the openings that people are referring to are ventilation openings on the entire back-side length of the funnel. As mentioned earlier, they are also on many of the other Carnival ships. Normally you wouldn't notice it so much, but since P&O chopped off the top of the funnel with the wings the open grate-work becomes much more apparent.

An entirely new funnel would have been great, but I guess that was cost prohibitive.

I'm anxious to see more interior shots and I wonder if more of the interior was modified then what is listed on the PACIFIC SUN deck plan? For now, the deck plan is exactly like JUBILEE's was right down to the lounge names.

A lot can be done with these older Carnival ships, as evidenced by TROPICALE/COSTA TROPICALE.

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Originally posted by eroller:

No, the openings that people are referring to are ventilation openings on the entire back-side length of the funnel. As mentioned earlier, they are also on many of the other Carnival ships. Normally you wouldn't notice it so much, but since P&O chopped off the top of the funnel with the wings the open grate-work becomes much more apparent.

An entirely new funnel would have been great, but I guess that was cost prohibitive.

I'm anxious to see more interior shots and I wonder if more of the interior was modified then what is listed on the PACIFIC SUN deck plan? For now, the deck plan is exactly like JUBILEE's was right down to the lounge names.

A lot can be done with these older Carnival ships, as evidenced by TROPICALE/COSTA TROPICALE.

Ernie

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i'm keen to see interior photos aswell......i believe that all the interiors were stripped and refitted...the deckplans have stayed the same as its a good layout, but the jubilees interiors woulnd't have gone down too well,,,,they would have had to be toned down,,,,like the lobby................\

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Originally posted by eroller:

No, the openings that people are referring to are ventilation openings on the entire back-side length of the funnel. As mentioned earlier, they are also on many of the other Carnival ships. Normally you wouldn't notice it so much, but since P&O chopped off the top of the funnel with the wings the open grate-work becomes much more apparent.

i didnt know that you all were refering to that. i thought it was the holes at the top of the funnel that you all meant. Anyhow IMO the funnel doesnt look too good and should have been totally replaced.
cruiseshipluver
An entirely new funnel would have been great, but I guess that was cost prohibitive.

I'm anxious to see more interior shots and I wonder if more of the interior was modified then what is listed on the PACIFIC SUN deck plan? For now, the deck plan is exactly like JUBILEE's was right down to the lounge names.

A lot can be done with these older Carnival ships, as evidenced by TROPICALE/COSTA TROPICALE.

Ernie

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All i can say is that foyer looks a million times better than the old carnival one. I can't beleive its even the same space. I hope the rest of the interiors have been so masterfully re-decorated.

If anyone has forgotten or didnt realise how revolting this area was check it out here:

Old Interiors

Its called "The Atrium" not that it really is one! They have transformed that tacky thing into quite a classy chic area. Very nice P&O Aus, and thanx P&O for posting them all, must be exciting for you working there and taking delivery of a new ship!

I must say the outside of the ship looks quite impressive to, the Australian Livery certainly improves the look of the ship and so to does the thing they added at the stern. Still dont like the slopy windows that are part of the show lounge though, they spoil the lines of the ship.

Attached is a pic of CELEBRATION's new lobby. As you can see, it's very similar to PACIFIC SUN right down to the ceiling, floor, and pillar treatments. I would imagine we can expect much of PACIFIC SUN to look like CELEBRATION if we go by this first picture.

Ernie

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Originally posted by eroller:
Attached is a pic of CELEBRATION's new lobby. As you can see, it's very similar to PACIFIC SUN right down to the ceiling, floor, and pillar treatments. I would imagine we can expect much of PACIFIC SUN to look like CELEBRATION if we go by this first picture.

Ernie

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