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quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Sorry Barry, we Brits are not allowed to take part in the competition!
Why are we Europeans always excluded from these things, it's always such an exclusive American affair....
The cruis elines really need our business too to fill their ships but somehow I feel we are considered to be less important.
That's too bad.
Rex, that's funny!
I wonder if they already have names they want to use and just conduct this competition to see if anyone thinks of the same names?
quote:Originally posted by LeBarryboat:I wonder if they already have names they want to use and just conduct this competition to see if anyone thinks of the same names?
I always wonder that Barry. I guess almost every name know to man will be submitted, so they could choose the ones that match their pre-chosen names.
Yes you are right!! We pay more than Americans and have less facilities!Haco
NORWEGIAN NOT-CRUISE-LINENORWEGIAN, JUST NORWEGIAN
NORWEGIAN STARWARD, SOUTHWARD, SKYWARD,SEAWARD,SUNWARD,WESTWARD AND WINDWARD.
Norwegian Bliss- a new Norwegian sex position?Norwegian Breakaway - a new biscuit? (This one deserves the prize for most original name for a Project Breakaway class ship!!!!)Norwegian Escape - a prison breakout in Oslo?Norwegian Getaway - a long weekend in Oslo?Norwegian Journey - the ferry to Oslo?
methinks they should have held the competition in Europe
Ken
[ 09-08-2011: Message edited by: KenC ]
-Russ
Pam
As NCL sell their cruises in the UK to say their market is bigger in the USA is no excuse for only opening this competition to USA residents.
Had the competition been open to UK residents they might have come up with much better suggestions for the names of the new ships !
Any UK residents got any suggestions for what the new cruise ships might have been named ?
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quote:Originally posted by Neil - Ex P. & O. S. N. Company.:Breakaway reminds me of a type of chocolate biscuit we have on sale in the UK !
Hence my comment above Had the competition been open to the UK market I don't think Breakaway would have come in to the running. The majority would just think of the choc biscuit. Most people also know full well that US and other overseas versions of UK choc biscuits - Kit Kats etc taste quite different [awful in some cases], and therefore people would probably dismiss the name just wondering what a Norwegian manufactured Breakaway would taste like A no go imho.
I wonder if NCL UK had any input themselves.
[ 09-14-2011: Message edited by: PamM ]
I don't think it's any accident the code name for this project is "project breakaway" and that just happens to be one of the names selected. Seems rather silly to have a contest when you already know what you're going to name the ship, but it's good PR.
If anything the PR and marketing folks should have consulted with their counterparts in the UK and other countries to ensure the names would be acceptable there too, and not related to some other product like a candy bar. Regardless, looking at CC there are a few pages of responses on a thread about the names, and no one likes them. There are so many negative responses that NCL's PR Department even made a post saying how disappointed they are with the negative response. Interesting to say the least. Another blunder by NCL? Sort of looks like it.
Ernie
quote:Originally posted by eroller:You guys really think opening up the contest to the UK would have produced better names?
Yes... ...but now the world will never know!
Looks like 'Breakaway' and 'Getaway' to me, as they are sisters!
I don't know why the fuss about the names, few modern ships have very imaginative names these days - in fact many lines seem to share names: "Norwegian Jewel", "Jewel of the Seas" etc.
[ 09-14-2011: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]
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