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Here's the escalator on the Celebrity Mercury taken last December:
While passenger escalators are rare, they have been a common feature on ships since the 1930s for crewmembers, especially connecting galleys with dining rooms, and upper levels of dining rooms.
Lower Promenade Lobby aboard VEENDAM, 1996, showing the escalators:
Rich
[ 11-04-2011: Message edited by: Linerrich ]
quote:Originally posted by dmwnc1:Here's the escalator on the Celebrity Mercury taken last December:
DMW, the photo striked a very pleasant memory on my Galaxy cruise which has the same elevator, different carpet.
(Epic Galley Escalator)
Oasis/Allure have some that take you down to the disembarcation/security points.
(I believe the SS Norway's galley escalator still functioned until the end).
[ 11-05-2011: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]
quote:Originally posted by desirod7:DMW, the photo striked a very pleasant memory on my Galaxy cruise which has the same elevator, different carpet.
Galaxy and Mercury were among my favorite ships. Would love to get back on Century before I leap into the Solstice-class.
I remember the escalator on Massdam when I was on her. I forget exactly what year it was but I think that was my first encounter with shipboard escalators.
I think several modern cruise ships have escalators between the MDR and galley when they're located on different decks.
Matt
Veendam/Volendam ex.Argentina/Brasil had them too because the gallery was below the dining room.
The first ship I remember seeing them for passengers was the Costa Marina and Rich mentioned the Statendam class.
Yet to see any moving sidewalks, but a few Canadian Pacific ships had revolving doors!
quote:Originally posted by SSTRAVELER:Yet to see any moving sidewalks, but a few Canadian Pacific ships had revolving doors!
Yes, I still remember the revolving door aboard CARNIVALE (EMPRESS OF BRITAIN) which connected the Dolphin Bar to the enclosed Promenade. That door and the whole bar were removed during her big refit in the early 1980s.
Ernie
Pam
Yes PACIFIC PEARL does have escalators; see this this blog. Think someone dropped some food on them
[ 11-28-2011: Message edited by: PamM ]
quote:Originally posted by NAL:I believe the SS Nieuw Amsterdam ('38) had an escalator for dining room stewards to get from the food preparation area to the dining room. I'm not certain of this, but I seem to remember it from what I read. I sailed on N.A. as a small child, but don't remember seeing it.
Yes she and the ROTTERDAM have escalators.
Greetings Ben.
I think these days more ships have escalators than not.
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