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Pam
Traditional Sapphire
Revised Ruby?
[ 03-26-2012: Message edited by: Thad ]
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02177/saga_2177690b.jpg
Pam, can you confirm that?
Rich
[ 03-26-2012: Message edited by: Linerrich ]
Great pictures as usual.
I would have thought that during the refit she would have been fitted with covered lifeboats but from the pictures it appears she still has several open boats..
'Then'
[ 03-26-2012: Message edited by: Ernst ]
Wonderful pictures as always! THANK YOU for sharing them with us.
However, I will have to throw my hat in the ring with those who think the new funnel livery is just awful.
I think a single solid color or a distinct visual separation of two or more colors (as shown in the old SS Norway pictures) would have been better, but other than the light blue/medium blue colors they have chosen.
Lovely photos Andrew. I too saw CMA CGM CHRISTOPHE COLOMB arrive, and you are a spec in one of my pictures, you might be able to find yourself here Surprising there were so few people around, she has better hull lines and curves than SAGA SAPPHIRE.
[ 03-28-2012: Message edited by: Daniel Capella ]
I had the pleasure of being onboard her last year, and is really an amazing ship. SAGA did a good job on her interior, but changed almost everything from the original.
I will not say that she was better before, but was also not bad. There's some photos of her interior as Bleu de France here. It's good to compare with the new interiors on Sapphires blog.
One of the ship's more enjoyable places was the Zan-Zi Bar, in my opnion, but SAGA just removed that...
The distance:-
Cutting out the middlet:-
quote:Originally posted by PamM:Lovely photos Andrew. I too saw CMA CGM CHRISTOPHE COLOMB arrive, and you are a spec in one of my pictures, you might be able to find yourself Pam
Guilty as charged Pam. You can see me in the far left - just!Andrew
quote:Originally posted by PamM:Cutting out the middlet:- Pam
I'm sorry if I've overlooked the explanation, but why are there two different liveries for the funnels of the two Saga ships?
She finally departed on her inaugural cruise for Saga yesterday around 17:20, a day later than the original amended itinerary and after several departure times having been listed and changed. In the freezing cold, wind and rain, puffing away rather grandly
More here and of the smoke on YouTube.
I tryed to find this to compare the Europa deck plans with the Bleu de France ones, and now even with the Saga Shappire plans too. But I never found.
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