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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
Member # 100

posted 04-19-2000 12:22 PM

With no doubt in my mind S/S NORWAY,
we visited the Q.E. 2, but we were'nt on it long enough to get interior photos, but it was lovely to see (1982, Port Everglades).
I still miss the FLAVIA, FAIRWIND,
AMERIKANIS, EMERALD SEAS. They just
don't know how to build them like that. To quote a worker from Belfast, prior to the departure of
the R.M.S. TITANIC, they do the same
now as they did then, 'THEY BUILDS THEM AND JUST CHUCKS THEM IN."

Posts: 2554 | From: Florida, USA, Where the Legend SS NORWAY sailed from. Moving back to FL next yr. | Registered: May 99 | IP: Logged

Ascendancy
First Class Passenger
Member # 840

posted 04-19-2000 02:14 PM

I like the Grandure of the Seas. I just love those new layouts. They have used what works with the old ships and made improvements to the things that didn't work. To top it all off, they purchased contemporary art pieces and display them everywhere including the pool deck. This ship also visits my favorite stop of them all, Labadee, Haiti.

Posts: 354 | From: Aurora, CO | Registered: Oct 1999 | IP: Logged

Cunardcoll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1226

posted 04-20-2000 05:09 AM

If you need information , ask ma and I will see what I can do!

Posts: 947 | From: Belgium | Registered: Apr 2000 | IP: Logged

Bernard
First Class Passenger
Member # 1038

posted 04-20-2000 08:51 AM

My favorite ship of all time is The SS Nieuw Amsterdam of 1938.

She was the most beautiful ship ever build.

My favorite ship in the current cruise fleet is the maasdam of the Holland America Line.

Bernard, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Posts: 94 | From: The Netherlands | Registered: Jan 2000 | IP: Logged

Cunardcoll
First Class Passenger
Member # 1226

posted 04-20-2000 01:44 PM

ik ben Jochen Gielen uit België , mail mij eens alstublieft

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Rex
First Class Passenger
Member # 1113

posted 04-21-2000 09:43 PM

NAL...did not see your post earlier...sorry..
One ship with great funnels (that a lot of people seem to dislike) was the LIBERTE' with the 1954-installed stacks. They were huge and dramatic looking, and I would die and go to heaven if I could find a really good pic of her with these stacks. You see, everyone knew she was a replacement for the peerless NORMANDIE. But no one could EVER replace that ship (and as a Yank and an ex-Navy man, I get so pissed whenever I see the newsreels, knowing it was the US NAVY who destroyed her. If the QUEENS shortened the war with their trooping duties, the the loss of the NORMANDIE most likely lengthened it, but I digress), so they had to give her something to make her stand out, and those stacks were just IT.

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
Member # 1626

posted 07-28-2003 05:56 PM

The Empress of Britain 1931 was 1/2 the size of the Normandie and cost 1/5 as much to build. She was a beautiful ship both inside and out.

If factor in price, she is a superior ship to the Normandie.

any engineer worth his salt can design a water pump for a Rolls Royce. It only has to work. It takes a genius to design for a Hyundai, it not only has to work, but take abuse and be inexpensive to make

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Originally posted by Rex:

But an all-time favorite? It's hard to say, since most of them I have only seen in pics. But it would have to be the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN of 1931. She seems to be the most ignored of all the big liners from the 30's.

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Commodore
First Class Passenger
Member # 1575

posted 07-28-2003 06:26 PM

My favourite ship of all time would have to be Rex or Michelangelo. I've never even seen both. (Which is quite obvious.) However, their exteriors were beautiful, and from the photos the Michelangelo looked very nice.

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Ocean Liners
First Class Passenger
Member # 4013

posted 07-28-2003 09:13 PM

Kungsholm in Swedish American Line Livery
Her elegant Style and Twin Funnel
I was very surprised when her forward funnel was removed after acquired by P&O

[ 07-28-2003: Message edited by: Ocean Liners ]

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PeterUK
First Class Passenger
Member # 1898

posted 07-29-2003 05:43 PM

After all the Atlantic liners mentioned my all time favourite was P&O's Iberia. The best looking of the post war liners and she had all that warm water liners should have - two open but covered promenade decks, a forward observation lounge, accessible open decks forward on three decks and first class public rooms than ran the lengh of the promenade deck. Unfortunately she had a history of mechanical problems and was the first post war P&O liner to be withdrawn. My last view of her was aground and listing of Kaoshung harbour in Taiwan in 1972. I sailed on 6 times in all including part of her last homeward journey from Sydney.

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62france
First Class Passenger
Member # 4038

posted 07-29-2003 08:35 PM

What can I say guys, I love the France from 1962. Ever since I got into ship back in the early 90's, the France has always had a hold over me. Her sleek hull, smooth bow with a breakwater, her funnels, she was beautiful, I wish they still built ships like that. The only thing I did not like was her interiors with the exception of a few rooms. Wouldn't history have been interesting if the France had been built with normandie interiors

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petede
First Class Passenger
Member # 3459

posted 07-29-2003 10:07 PM

The Michelangelo / Raffaello are my favorites of all time. My favorite afloat has the be the Voyager Class, they are so awsome.

Posts: 146 | From: New York, USA | Registered: Nov 2002 | IP: Logged

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