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Rhapsody and Melody gone.
4 Opera class4 Musica class4 Fantasia class All in service or due to enter service within 9 months.
2 New Fantasias on order.
2 ships based in the Americas year round.1 in South Africa1 in Shanghai1 in Austral Asia7 in Europe
When the next 2 delivered 1 goes to China and 1 goes South America ?
MSC buys Silversea.
quote:mike sa wrote:By 2012.Rhapsody and Melody gone.4 Opera class4 Musica class4 Fantasia class All in service or due to enter service within 9 months.2 New Fantasias on order.2 ships based in the Americas year round.1 in South Africa1 in Shanghai1 in Austral Asia7 in EuropeWhen the next 2 delivered 1 goes to China and 1 goes South America ?MSC buys Silversea.
I like this. Christophe D said they won't be Fantasia-class, but smaller. Not to matter. MSC buying Silversea? Are Silversea selling?
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will this be the formal dress?
The lower pic is of the famous Hollywood costume designer 'Nudie' who customized a GM convertible every year until the last full-sized model was built in 1976. The model shown is a '74 Pontiac Grandville.
quote:Originally posted by desirod7:On the Fantasia. MSC is losing it. What happened to the tasteful interiors of the Lirica and Opera?
Well, to be honest image didn't surprise me so much as the caption - it was when I realized it was on an MSC ship that the shock came. The first thing that came to mind was PRIDE OF AMERICA, but alas, her Lazy J Texas Steakhouse (see here) is a paragon of good taste compared to this.
Worse, if Costa's Farcus-designed ships are any indication, it will be popular.
It certainly isn't what I've come to expect from MSC, certainly not from a ship it's touting as "the most beautiful ship in the world".
And I was just saying how nice I thought MSC POESIA looked. I guess she may go down in history as the last MSC ship that was decent inside!
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:Is that an actual public room onboard?? The choice of a 1980s Cadillac de Ville is odd.
As for the car, surely a pickup truck would be more appropriate given the Texas theme? Then again, maybe they're going for that '80s "Dallas" look.
[ 04-08-2008: Message edited by: dougnewman ]
I thought the QV was bad.
Why not spare the grief and put in a Chili's franchise?
[ 04-08-2008: Message edited by: desirod7 ]
Spa
Bar
Suite Sitting Area
No one ever lost money underestimating the taste of the general public!
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:'Nudie' who customized a GM convertible every year until the last full-sized model was built in 1976. The model shown is a '74 Pontiac Grandville.
Bruce, I prefer your original
quote:Originally posted by dougnewman:As for the car, surely a pickup truck would be more appropriate given the Texas theme? Then again, maybe they're going for that '80s "Dallas" look. [ 04-08-2008: Message edited by: dougnewman ]
I think they were going for a more vintage look and an old Cadillac w/Texas longhorns bolted to the hood works-but they should have used a model from the 1950s or early 1960s.
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:I think they were going for a more vintage look and an old Cadillac w/Texas longhorns bolted to the hood works-but they should have used a model from the 1950s or early 1960s.
Or they did, but were cheap - an '80s Deville is definitely a more economical solution, and how many passengers would know the difference?
Either way, the result looks pretty awful.
I agree Doug, an 80s Cadillac is cheaper than a 50's or 60's. Mid Century Cadillacs go from 10g-90g.
Just leave an 80"s Cadillac in the Philly badlands or da South Bronx with the keys in it and the windows down and it will be there weeks later. Hmmmm is that where MSC found it
quote:Originally posted by dougnewman:True - it looks like someone didn't do their research.Or they did, but were cheap - an '80s Deville is definitely a more economical solution, and how many passengers would know the difference? Either way, the result looks pretty awful.
Speaking of late 80s Caddies, a mint condition burgundy 1989 Brougham d'Elegance (that's a mouthfull) w/vogue tires and factory wire wheels was parked at my gym the other day. Talk about a symbol of the glitzy 1980s!
The other thing that brings to mind is Jerry Stiller as Frank Costanza saying of his new ride, "It's a COOP DEE ELEGANCE!"
[ 04-09-2008: Message edited by: dougnewman ]
quote:desirod7 wrote:On the Fantasia. MSC is losing it. What happened to the tasteful interiors of the Lirica and Opera?...
desirod7, you should have started a separate thread!
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