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Her funnel (such as it is and unlike her twin sister) has no logo just plain white and they have removed the illuminated name plate previously situated below the funnel.
So lazy or are they planning a change of brand ?
quote:Originally posted by mike sa:So lazy or are they planning a change of brand ?
I'm betting on the change of brand. Pacific Sun has also had the same treatment and apparently the "rising sun" will be removed from Pacific Dawn during its upcoming maintenance.
Brad
quote:Originally posted by miamicruiser:Neil, The Carnival Corp put-downs got really old a long, long time ago. And Neil, why do you need to add exclamation points at the end of each sentence on nearly every one of your posts? I feel like I'm being yelled at.
Had you been brought up in the UK you might understand the use of exclamation marks better !
I suggest you google seach them !
Omitted to mention that as a Carnival shareholder I think I am entitled to express my opinions on how things are run !
Stay on topic.
I did wonder about the brand change - Princess seem to be scoring extremely well in Aus indeed they are deploying more ships than ever to the region next year, if they got rid of Pacific Sun the 3 ships left would all be ex Princess ships - could they be rebranded back to Princess ?
quote:Originally posted by miamicruiser: And Neil, why do you need to add exclamation points at the end of each sentence on nearly every one of your posts? I feel like I'm being yelled at.
Don't bother asking, I asked this a while ago and got exclamation pointed to death.
quote:Originally posted by Neil - Ex P. & O. S. N. Company.:Had you been brought up in the UK you might understand the use of exclamation marks better !I suggest you google seach them !
Yep, as I was raised in the UK and I did go to Oxford I know we are the only country to use them actually, I just get the feeling that someone took the period key from Neil's keyboard.
Also to note, in the UK they spell search without the R.
Anyways, enough Neil bashing.
Does anyone have a picture ?
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1081612
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1081609
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1081604
Pacific Dawn for comparison:
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=1079099
[ 04-05-2010: Message edited by: dmwnc1 ]
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