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Post by mrdot on Jun 26, 2011 19:39:31 GMT -8
:)thank-you again mr horn, for your wonderful shots from up seamour narrows way, quite a shipwatchin perch! I am not enamoured with the new generation Holland America ships, but I guess I have been spoiled by the old classic ships I grew up with! I guess thats why all the new generation boxboats are looking so ugly to my eyes, and I am having difficulty accepting todays realities. :)mrdot.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jun 26, 2011 21:39:18 GMT -8
I love the cruise ships! Some are better looking than others but the ones I have seen and cruised on have been really nice ships!
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Post by Kahloke on Jun 27, 2011 7:21:05 GMT -8
Some Seattle cruise ship action, as seen from The Space Needle: Saphire Princess and a Holland America ship (not sure which one) tucked behind the much larger Princess at Piers 90/91  Norwegian Pearl (I think) at Pier 66, and one of WSF's Jumbo Mark II's sliding past  |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jun 27, 2011 8:08:16 GMT -8
Yeah that would be the Sapphire Princess and the Oosterdam and the Norwegian Pearl. Those ships are in Victoria the night before every Saturday night.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2011 7:48:50 GMT -8
Hello friends of ferries and other ships, maybe there is an interest in the interior of cruise-ships. If so, I want to remark that I put some slide shows about Cunard`s Queen Mary 2 in my you tube channel. I took a short cruise from May 4th - May 8th this year from Hamburg, Germany to Oslo, Norway. As I am an amateur only I want to apologize my unprofessional photos. Nevertheless enyoy... www.youtube.com/TorTasKB Some slide shows concerning May 7th and 8th will be uploaded some days later. |
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Post by Starsteward on Jul 9, 2011 13:56:59 GMT -8
:)thank-you again mr horn, for your wonderful shots from up seamour narrows way, quite a shipwatchin perch! I am not enamoured with the new generation Holland America ships, but I guess I have been spoiled by the old classic ships I grew up with! I guess thats why all the new generation boxboats are looking so ugly to my eyes, and I am having difficulty accepting todays realities. :)mrdot. mrdot, you are so correct in your assessment of the new cruise ship designes! Basically floating, top-heavy mega hotels, featuring such inane amenities as 'rock climbing walls' etc. etc. If I want to rock climb, body surf, golf or whatever, I'll do that ashore not on an overpriced, tourist packed party boat  Bring on the true ocean liners, past and present from Swedish America Line, Holland America, Cunard, P & O, French Line, Union Castle, now THOSE were Ships! Anyone seriously considering a 'vacation cruise', should do themselves a real favour and check out companies that offer sailing ship cruises, ie. WindJammer, or River cruises in Europe or North America.  |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 9, 2011 16:00:40 GMT -8
I love cruise ships and cruising. There is nothing better than that waking up everyday somewhere different. Everything is included well mostly everything. The ships are beautiful the 3 cruise ships I have been on. Some cruise ships are nicer than others though. I dont think I would be interested in a sailing ship cruise. Not the type of cruise I am interested in. The older ships like the ocean liners I think are pretty cool but I am more for the modern cruise ships. You have to stick with the times instead of living in the past. Times have changed. I mean I liked the older BC Ferries and I miss alot of the V's and so on that have been retired but they had to have been retired eventually same with the older ocean liners. Not trying to be mean but that is just my opinion. Celebrity and NCL rock!!!
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Post by mrdot on Jul 10, 2011 13:12:29 GMT -8
:)yes, indeed times have changed and that is why Holland America and all the other major cruise companies have gone to these mega vista type hulls with acres of verandas and climbing walls etc. The major players in this industry realize that it is a different croud that cruises than the old fashoned ship purists like myself, that are the bulk of the market, and these people are not interested in ships shape, but rather ship ameneties, and for that reason they are building rather unsightly vessels, but with every amenity one could imagine! :)mrdot.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 10, 2011 15:44:54 GMT -8
The only ship I think that looks a bit weird right now is the Norwegian Epic! With those decks piled above the bridge it looks a bit odd! But alot of the other ships I have seen look pretty good!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 25, 2011 11:03:21 GMT -8
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Post by mrdot on Jul 25, 2011 11:57:32 GMT -8
:)pritty good shots of ms Regatta in Seamor Narrows mr Horn! Not many of the new generation cruise vessels are at all handsome, but these pocket cruisers of the real rennaisance cruse name are! mrdot.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jul 25, 2011 19:52:02 GMT -8
I think samll ship cruising would be neat at some point but I think alot of them are pretty expensive! Handsome?? lol, I dont know if you would call a girl handsome. Dosent sound right to call a ship handsome seeing ships are all She's lol!
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 23, 2011 18:05:19 GMT -8
A cruise ship that is a mystery to me. - seen on the Inside Passage in early July 2011, at the intersection of Fitz Hugh Sound and Burke Channel. She's headed south. We were aways up Burke Channel, so I couldn't get a close enough photo to see her name or cruise-line company name.  - next to a tug and barge  |
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Post by Nick on Aug 23, 2011 18:13:09 GMT -8
Not sure which ship that is, but is that not the Disney Cruise Line?
I'm pretty sure I see Mickey Mouse's head on that stack.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Aug 23, 2011 18:14:08 GMT -8
It's the Disney Wonder.  |
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Post by gordon on Aug 23, 2011 18:35:54 GMT -8
That's definitely The Disney Wonder on her normal South bound route( Same route the Volendam uses. When she homeports in Seattle next year she won't using that route
The Regatta pictured a couple of posts above the Wonder also will not be Home porting in Vancouver next season as Oceania has chosen to withdraw from the market.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Aug 23, 2011 22:04:45 GMT -8
Regatta was in Victoria today! Disney Wonder I think looks ugly from the front, lol! I saw her at Ogden Point earlier this year and thought she had a wierd bow and bridge structure.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 25, 2011 18:21:07 GMT -8
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Post by grk on Aug 27, 2011 23:46:15 GMT -8
Campbell River is not alone with an unused cruise ship dock. Prince Rupert is loosing Norwegian next summer, with the weekly port call switching to Victoria for Norwegian Star. No more Sunday morning passing by Campbell River either, as she will used the outside route.
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Post by gordon on Aug 28, 2011 6:28:10 GMT -8
The East coast Van Island cities depend on Seattle based ships stopping there, but generally only Vancouver based ships use the inside passage. The Amsterdam hat does 2 week roundtrips from Seattle will likely continue to use the IP on her north bound trip
The West coast of the island makes for a much less interesting 1sr & last 36hrs of the cruise
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 10, 2011 12:01:27 GMT -8
Celebrity Millennium at Nanaimo, at sunrise on Saturday September 10th.  |
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Post by gordon on Sept 10, 2011 14:28:04 GMT -8
I womder Where she is heading after Nanaimo?
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 10, 2011 22:27:33 GMT -8
I womder Where she is heading after Nanaimo? . This odd word isn't used very often in modern day vocabulary. So rarely that I'm not sure people will know what it means. Just to clarify for those who aren't sure, here's what a trusted lexiconic source tells us: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=womderI'm not sure you used the word correctly, Gordon. ;D |
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Post by gordon on Sept 11, 2011 6:14:47 GMT -8
oops spelling error. The Millennium is now in Victoria. Her final Destination is Miami Florida via San Diego
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Post by lmtengs on Sept 25, 2011 20:46:00 GMT -8
Quinsam, seen in the evening of Sept.25, 2011 from Pipers Lagoon: - with the Norwegian Star  Same ship, minus two years: |
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