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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 10-27-2014 08:19 PM

Hey CT friends, here is video TWO in the two-part series filmed aboard the Celebrity Summit. I know this is old news that the Summit was "Solsticized" but in this video I show some of the specific areas that were modified.

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 10-27-2014 08:59 PM

please tell me they still have the normandie restaurant

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 10-28-2014 11:30 AM

Yes the Normandie Restaurant is still there, in fact I am producing a documentary about the Normandie Restaurant, who was it responsible for getting the Baudry statue from the hotel in Miami..etc.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 10-28-2014 04:03 PM

The statue was for years overlooking the pool area at The Hotel Fontainebleau. (pronounced "Fontenblow")
It can be seen at the start of the movie "Goldfinger" of James Bond fame.

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 10-28-2014 04:51 PM

I'm interviewing the man who was responsible for purchasing the Baudry statue from the Fountainbleu hotel. He bought the statue for celebrity for $175,000...they wanted $350,000, but he was able to get the price down. After he purchased the statue, someone offered $1 Million. The statue was then sent to Italy for repairs and refurbishment, then to the shipyard in France where the Celebrity Summit was built.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 10-28-2014 08:38 PM

Barry, since you're writing about the Normandie Dining Room, please note the spelling in my previous post. The hotel uses the French spelling: "Fontainebleau." Also note the last syllable is pronounced as if it were "blow," not "blue."

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 10-29-2014 07:30 PM

PHEWWWWWW!!!!!

quote:
Originally posted by LeBarryboat:
Yes the Normandie Restaurant is still there, in fact I am producing a documentary about the Normandie Restaurant, who was it responsible for getting the Baudry statue from the hotel in Miami..etc.

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 11-01-2014 11:15 AM

Thanks NAL for the correct pronouciation of the hotel...I'll remember to say fountain "blow".

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PamM
Cruise Director
Member # 2127

posted 11-01-2014 06:12 PM

It's not blue or blow but bl-uh, listen here

Pam

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jeffrossatsea
First Class Passenger
Member # 2962

posted 11-02-2014 12:31 AM

well done pam!!!...at least my parents pronounced it right

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 11-02-2014 10:14 AM

Too many commercials!!

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LeBarryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 5308

posted 11-02-2014 03:22 PM

Sorry Frosty4, That's how I pay the bills. I'm trying to have fewer and shorter commercials.

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NAL
First Class Passenger
Member # 1102

posted 11-03-2014 12:06 PM

Sorry, Pam, the closest I could come to was "blow." In French syllables are always short and not drawn out as in some languages. Ask a native French speaker to say it for you so that you can hear it properly done.

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