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Post by WettCoast on Oct 11, 2023 11:21:39 GMT -8
Regatta ( Oceania Cruises) @ Canada Place, Vancouver. I gather that Oceania Cruises is a 'boutique' small ship cruise line ... Sounds like maybe a better but more expensive option when compared to the big players in the cruise business.
Thanksgiving Monday, 9 October 2023
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Post by Starsteward on Oct 11, 2023 12:41:18 GMT -8
Regatta ( Oceania Cruises) @ Canada Place, Vancouver. I gather that Oceania Cruises is a 'boutique' small ship cruise line ... Sounds like maybe a better but more expensive option when compared to the big players in the cruise business.
Thanksgiving Monday, 9 October 2023
Good sized cruise ship that enjoys a pretty good reputation. I have NO interest in cruising with 6000 other souls, or partaking in go cart races, water slides, etc. "Go small, then go home
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Post by grk2 on Oct 15, 2023 12:33:34 GMT -8
Oceania Cruise Line is owned by Norwegian Cruise Lines and is their “mid market” product. Regency is their very top end line. There were 7 identical vessels constructed, known as R1-R7. Perhaps it was the naming that put them quickly into bankruptcy! Oceania and Azamara now have them all. Not a successful series of vessels.
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Post by Starsteward on Oct 15, 2023 13:45:46 GMT -8
Oceania Cruise Line is owned by Norwegian Cruise Lines and is their “mid market” product. Regency is their very top end line. There were 7 identical vessels constructed, known as R1-R7. Perhaps it was the naming that put them quickly into bankruptcy! Oceania and Azamara now have them all. Not a successful series of vessels. NCL should have known better than to expand that quickly.
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Post by grk2 on Oct 15, 2023 19:21:02 GMT -8
NCL has a history of buying a very successful cruise line and in short order destroying them. Royal Viking was the worst, ruining a very successful operation in a few short years. From recent reports their changes at Oceania are causing upset with the Line’s large past passenger base. Meanwhile Regent still seem the ultimate top luxury line.
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Post by Mike on Oct 16, 2023 19:28:31 GMT -8
Sapphire Princess taking the scenic route around Bowen Island, while on a repositioning cruise, as seen from the much smaller Queen of Surrey. October 8, 2023
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Post by grk2 on Oct 16, 2023 20:15:26 GMT -8
My favourite class of the Princess fleet and perhaps the best of the 7 remaining vessels. She has a covered climate controlled pool area for hot/cool/ wet days and 800 less passengers than 4 of her fleet mates owing to one less accommodation decks than the newest 4.
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Post by WettCoast on Oct 28, 2023 20:30:09 GMT -8
Holland America's Eurodam (IMO 9378448) at Canada Place, Vancouver. Holland America is another one of the 'brands' owned by Carnival Corp. Carnival has a major chunk of the Alaska cruise market.
8 October 2023
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Post by heretix on Oct 29, 2023 4:09:38 GMT -8
A small digression: Re Holland-America line - in the mid 1980s, I was asked to join the new Nieuw Amsterdam (1984-2018) as a musician, but I politely declined the kind offer for personal reasons. However, it would have been fun! Photo credits - Simplon Postcards
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